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Editorials

Read the editorial. In your journal, answer these questions: 1. What is the claim? In other words, what stand is this writer taking? 2.What is the writer’s best support/evidence to prove his side? 3. Could you write an essay like this? Why or why not?. Editorials. Why write one?.

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Editorials

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  1. Read the editorial. In your journal, answer these questions:1. What is the claim? In other words, what stand is this writer taking?2.What is the writer’s best support/evidence to prove his side?3. Could you write an essay like this? Why or why not?

  2. Editorials

  3. Why write one? • An editorial is a short persuasive essay that usually has the writer’s opinion or reaction to a timely story or event. Its main purpose is to persuade readers to think or act the way the writer thinks or acts. Some editorials promote (the formation of a school whiffle ball team), praise (the individual who helped create a teen center in Wilmette) or entertain (why flairs at a soccer game work) as well.

  4. What to do first . . . • Choose an issue: Be sure this is something very interesting to you. Begin your writing with a surprising statement, a quotation, or a brief anecdote. • Gather support: What facts or evidence that will support your case? Can you get statements from written sources or from authorities that will support your main point? Is there a particular image or picture that you can use to strengthen your argument? Can you use comparisons to similar situations to support your argument?

  5. Write • The body of the editorial must develop logically with clear and accurate evidence. • Present your strongest arguments first and last. • Offer a solution or suggest an action at the end. • Use a positive tone of voice; being too emotional or name-calling will weaken your argument. • Keep language simple and direct. Tasteful humor or wit is appreciated on an editorial page.

  6. Imagine you are a neurosurgeon and all of a sudden you get a call to come into the emergency room: “We need a neurosurgeon for a gunshot wound to the head in the ER stat!”  For some people, this is a reality that can happen at any day.  In fact, my interviewee has dealt with this many times in his life.  My interviewee was my dad who practices neurosurgery and does research.  With his research, he has been trying to find different cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s to creating vaccines for brain tumors.  From neurosurgery, he has learned a lot such as, you can’t please everyone and things are not always going to end the way you would like.  Furthermore, my dad talks about the fluke on how he became a neurosurgeon and how it was mainly by luck.  Finally, he talks about how he and his partners had the most cases of gunshot wounds to the head in a year.  Now it is time to listen to how he became a neurosurgeon and all that he has done.

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