JournalismEditorial Writing

Week 4

Swbat analyze the characteristics of an editorial

• DO NOW New Headlines:– Spend 5 minutes and look up the top stories of the

day.– Switch to the editorial section of the newspaper

HW Bring in a newspaper of your choosing tomorrow.Brainstorm an editorial idea

Characteristics of an Editorial

• What makes an editorial good—readable—relatable?

The Catch

NY POST: An average girl became the ‘White Widow’When Samantha Laithwaite’s husband blew up a London subway, she played the grieving victim. Then she became a killer.NY Daily News: Firearms: the terror of our timeAs always, it was the middle of the night and I heard the window open and felt the breeze on my face. It was my grandfather, long dead but an occasional visitor from God-knows-where . I wiped the sleep from my eyes and sat up in bed.

Looking Through Examples

• Choose a different newspaper from last week. So if you worked with the NY Post and the NYT, choose a different paper.

• Read through the editorials. Make a list of the topics.

• Go through my checklist sheet with your group.

SHARE

• We are going to share around the room