Writing Day

Guide to Writing an Op-Ed

Goal: Make significant progress on our opinion-editorials

Agenda: 
Journal
Defining Op-Ed
Revisit Thesis
Selecting Audience and Purpose
Writing Time

1. Journal 
Write down one question you would ask the author of one of our pieces if you got the chance to meet them.

2. Defining Op-Ed 
Here is a video that defines exactly what an Op-Ed is if you need more help.

3. Revisit Thesis 

• Yesterday you began to write your thesis statement for YOUR op-ed. 
• Let's revisit it today and make sure it's really the main idea you plan to write about. 

4. Selecting Audience and Purpose 
I am going to give you a planner that will help to identify who your audience is and what your purpose is.

5. Writing Time 

• Today is a big day for writing for you. 
• You should be able to complete MOST of your rough draft today. 
• Nick and I will be rotating around the room helping you as you write. 
• This is one of the longest writing pieces we will have this quarter and THIS GUIDE will help you plan it (also on coral paper I will hand to you today) 
• The question for the performance task is: To what extent should technology and news media companies be responsible for monitoring and preventing the spread of fake news and to what extent is the consumer responsible? 

6. Submitting Your Work 

• You can type or handwrite your first draft. However, your work will ultimately need to 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 

Reminders: 
I will not be here tomorrow because I am taking students to Miramar College. However, you should have work ready to turn in when we do peer review on Friday.