Monday, November 2, 2015

Editorials and Personal Columns

Three ideas you have for an editorial that could appear in the Lone Star Dispatch....

  • How the severe weather was handled last Friday/ the reverse evacuation
  • The school's money division (AKA where most of the money goes and who doesn't get enough)
  • What our school blocks on it's computers


I always read the advice column in Seventeen magazine. I read it because sometimes they include funny stories and questions. Other times they include advice that's actually helpful. I keep going back to read it because the column is applicable to my life.



FINAL ASSIGNMENT
The final assignment of the 6 weeks is to write a 2nd opinions piece, either an editorial, a personal column OR a regular opinions piece. Each has different characteristics and you have to follow them correctly.

If you choose to do an Editorial (500 words), you must choose from the following topics:

Cell phone addiction
Snapchat
Fast food
Traffic

If you choose to do a normal opinions piece (500 words) you must choose from the following topics:

A book, album or movie review (yes you must have read, seen or heard the subject)
Violence on television
Allowances
Social Media

If you choose to write a personal column (length to be determined upon approval), you must clear your topic with Mr. Reeves prior to beginning.

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