Please check the links your students are to use before they begin the projcet to make sure they are in working order and that the content is what it says it is. Students will identify different types of editorials. Students will identify an issue of interest and research. Students will write an editorial identifying and using techniques of persuasion.
Students read several different editorials from the local paper.
They identify what kind of editorial it is and what language techniques the writer used. They create a rubric for evaluating how effective an editorial is. They discuss and rank several editorials. Students read editorials and identify what characteristics they have that make them an effective editorial using a list of criteria. Students read the strategies used in classical rhetoric and examples of each.