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Avoiding libel in satire
This is a lesson reviewing libel and how to avoid it in writing satire.Satire
Writing
What are editorial cartoons?
This is a lesson about the reasons for editorial cartoons, their parts and how to read and create them.Satire
Writing
Ethical concerns with editorials
In this lesson, students look at how their decisions in writing editorials may affect others.Opinion and Editorial Writing
Writing
Peer editing and sharing
Students will share their editorials with their groups and mark which parts help prove their point more or fit best with the original stance. Then students will have time to revise their editorials.Opinion and Editorial Writing
Writing
Using evidence in editorials
This is a lesson on researching information and using evidence in writing editorials.Opinion and Editorial Writing
Writing
Say something with columns
This is a lesson on sharing opinions and insights of newspaper column.Columns
Writing
Organizing an editorial
In this lesson on editorial structure and how to order its parts, students will look at examples of editorials and examine how they are organized.Opinion and Editorial Writing
Writing
Ethics in column writing
Students learn how the SPJ Code of Ethics applies to opinion writing and work in groups to discuss how they would deal with potentially difficult ethical situations in writing.Columns
Writing
Editorial voice
This is a lesson about how voice can affect how the audience perceives an editorial.Opinion and Editorial Writing
Writing
Counterarguments
This is a debate activity using students’ topics to get an idea of what the other side thinks as a way to strengthen their argument.Opinion and Editorial Writing
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Using evidence to support opinions
This is a lesson on using evidence to back up the reasons for their main claims in a column.Opinion and Editorial Writing
Writing
Tone in column writing
This is a lesson about identifying and using a formal tone in columns.Columns
Writing
Peer revision
This is a lesson in which students read each other’s columns and help them meet the established criteria from the rubric.Columns
Writing
Types of opinion stories
A lesson comparing three main types of opinion stories.Opinion and Editorial Writing
Writing
Becoming a columnist
This is a lesson on taking the idea of column writing to the next step — becoming a columnist in for student media.Columns
Writing
Types of editorials
This is a lesson that outlines the difference between editorials and columns and types of editorial topics.Opinion and Editorial Writing
Writing
Brainstorming column ideas
In this lesson, students brainstorm ideas for their columns, then narrow down their ideas conduct research on a selected topic.Columns
Writing
Editorials and news
This is a lesson on how editorials are often connected to news stories.Opinion and Editorial Writing