Opinion Writing Preview Activity

Going Above the Norm for College

1. Jake Brien
2. Getting ready for college and other info
3. "...going to medical school, or becoming a circus performer and attending the Circus Conservatory of America in circus arts, college is essential."
4. The other side of the argument was really mentioned, but the author was talking about the different colleges you could choose.
5. Jake seemed very confident with his statement about college being very important
6. No
7. Jake wrote in third person

Betsy Devos Unfit to Serve as US Secretary of Education

1. Reagan Wallace
2. How Betsy Devos is said not to be the right person to be the U.S secretary of education
3. "Her support could be deemed helpful, yet I don't believe she is prepared to lead a country's education system."
4. They didn't address the other side
5. They only spoke of the fact that she wasn't ready for the position. She still needs more training and experience.
6. Not full quotes
7. Reagan spoke in third person

Our Great Tree is Worth Saving

1. Ian Miller 
2. The story gave reasons why we should save our tree here at Bowie
3. "In my opinion, It's absolutely worth the price to save it."
4. He did not go to the extent of talking about the downfalls of saving the tree.
5. Ian portrayed a great deal of passion towards saving the tree, not showing any wishy washy feelings
6. No quotes
7. Ian wrote in first person

Importance of Physics Class

1. Abby Ong
2. How important physics is to take in high school
3. "[Physics] may not be a required class anymore, but it should still be required."
4. Ong only talked about the different classes students could take instead of Physics.
5. She was't very confident with her argument as some of the authors were...
6. No
7. Abby spoke in first person

Immigration Laws Getting Out of Hand

1. Editorial
2. Immigration laws
3. "If this country continues on this path of demonizing immigrants and refugees, a whiter and less diverse America is inevitable and this is not a good thing in the year 2017."
4. They did not address the other side
5. They were confident with their argument, "We should be doing everything we can to reach out to the world's immigrants in an effort to continue to be the world leader that we have been for so many years.
6. No quotes
7. The story was written in first person

A) A news story has hard facts whereas an opinion story might have facts, but might push the facts based on their opinions.
Opinion story is based around peoples thoughts and not necessarily statistics
A news story doesn't include opinions and only facts
B) There wasn't a ton of space on the paper. For as much writing needed in those stories they probably thought it was okay.
C) Presidential Election
School rules
Staar Tests (EOC)



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