CMS DEMO TASK

You will be doing the following activities in a Word Document, so then you will print it and turn in next week.

YOU WILL CREATE YOUR OWN NEWSPAPER OPINION ARTICLE!

Assignment: 

You will write an opinion piece on either an assigned topic.The article will be published in an actual newspaper.

Skills that will be challenged: writing, research, critical thinking, layout and design.

There needs to be elements of critical thinking in the argument:

1. Identification of basic premise and conclusions. A student is likely already to have an opinion, so they should break their opinion down into statements for evaluation and verification.
2. Clarification of arguments. Students then should evaluate their own arguments and opinions, looking for weaknesses, vagueness, and contradictions.
3. Establishment of facts. Students should gather more information to help clarify their arguments.
4. Evaluation of logic. Students will then evaluate if their opinion can be true based on the facts and logical direction those facts take them. This is where opinions may change somewhat.
5. Final evaluation – or expressed opinion based on their research.

ACTIVITY:

• Choose a topic and read the article that belongs to it:

1. Ban plastic shopping
• bags. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/opinion/kenya-plastic-bags.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FPlastic%20Bags&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection
2. Ban violent video games
• http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/opinion/sunday/03video.html
3. Junk food in schools
• http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/17/opinion/l-junk-food-in-schools-936570.html

You must take your topic and do more research needed to understand both sides of the issue. 

• Pick a side of your choice and explain why you believe it to be superior. 
• Your article will need to include both sides of the issue in some form, the pros and cons of each, but then explain why you believe in one or the other.
• Build your newspaper opinion article such as the one I did.
• Print it and turn in on next week. We will share and gather up all the opinion pieces and build a complete newspaper with all your opinions.