Apply it!

1. Apply it! • Now that you are familiar with the list of slanters, apply this knowledge to a reading of the editorial, “Abolish High School Football!” on pages 136-7 of your SpringBoard book. • As you read, highlight or mark the words and phrases that show the writer’s feelings about the topic. • Because the text is an editorial, it will obviously be biased towards a particular position on the issue. • Your job is to focus on howthe language helps construct that biased perspective.

2. Identify it! • Now that you have read and marked the text, go back to the beginning of the editorial, “Abolish High School Football!” on pages 136-7 and go to Edmodo: quiz Fair and Balanced Part II and identify the followingslanters in the editorical • Labeling– • Rhetorical Definition – • Innuendo – • Hyperbole – • Ridicule/Sarcasm –

3. SMELL it! • I know, I know, SMELL is a strangename for a graphic organizer, but it actually stands for: • Sender-Receiver Relationship • Message • Emotional Strategies • Logical Strategies • Language • SMELL is an effective strategy for analyzing a writer’s use of language in support of a position. • Now that you have read theeditorial “Abolish High School Football!” and identified the slanters used, you need to completethegraphic organizer on page 138 of your SpringBoardbook.

4. Generalize it! • Ok, so now you have read theeditorial “Abolish High School Football!” and identified the slanters used, you’ve SMELLED it by completing thegraphic organizer on page 138 of your SpringBoardbook. • The last step is to use deductive reasoning to composeageneralization about the following “essential question”: • How does a writer use tone to advance an opinion? • Write yourgeneralization as a complete sentence on Edmodo quiz titled: Quick Write pg 138