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
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