Finishing Your Op-Ed

Guide to Writing an Op-Ed

Goal: Finish our opinion-editorials entirely and write a précis on a TED Talk

Agenda: 
Journal
Writing Time
Submitting Your Work
TED Talk
Powerschool Check
Check Out a Book

1. Journal 
How are you feeling today? Write about it.

2. Writing Time 

• You should be able to finish your typed rough draft today. 
• Nick is there to help you if you need anything. 
• Use the coral guide to writing an op-ed I gave you yesterday
• You should be able to check off each box by the end of today.

3. Submitting Your Work 

• Today your work should be typed and submitted to Google Classroom where I have an assignment called "Op-Ed: Fake News and Bias in Reporting" 
• Your formatting should include: 
• 1 inch margins all the way around
• Your name, period, and date 
• A Title 
• 12 point font 
• Times New Roman 
• THIS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TODAY.

4. TED Talk 

• Put on headphones and watch this TED Talk. 
• Write a 4 sentence précis in your journal titled "Precis: How Fake News Does Real Harm" under today's journal entry. 

Talk by Stephanie Busari you're watching today

5. Powerschool Check-Up

Check Powerschool and make up an assignment that you didn't do so well on. You can always request a regrade on any assignment that was done on paper or submitted online (just not verbal assignments like discussions).

6. Check out a Book

• Check out a book from the classroom library and read if you are finished with all of your work and have extra time. 
• However, I'd encourage you to go back and make sure all of your assignments are in a good place. 

Reminders: 
Be prepared to engage in a peer review of your writing tomorrow.