Outline an Op-Ed Piece about a Current Event



Outline an Op-Ed Piece about a Current Event

Rifkin’s “A Change of Heart about Animals” related specifically to animal research conducted at the time of publication. I have selected a pair of articles from last Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle for your group to respond to in a similar fashion. Complete the following steps:

1. Read through each of the articles. As a group, decide on a position related to each topic. Pick the topic you think will support your most defensible position.

2. Identify 3-5 examples from personal experience, history or our local community to support your position.

3. Cite two examples from the article to support your position.

4. On a piece of butcher paper, outline the column you would, as a group, write about this topic. Do not use a standard outline format! Be creative; use a picture to illustrate your ideas (for example, a mighty dinosaur argument crushing counter points under his clawed feet). Label each parts of the picture with the following terms:

• Argument

• Counter argument

• Concession

• Personal example

• Community example

• Historic example

• Call to action

• Evidence from article

Next to your label, include quotes or headings related to specific evidence. You will present your posters at the end of class.

Outline an Op-Ed Piece about a Current Event

Rifkin’s “A Change of Heart about Animals” related specifically to animal research conducted at the time of publication. I have selected a pair of articles from last Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle for your group to respond to in a similar fashion. Complete the following steps:

1. Read through each of the articles. As a group, decide on a position related to each topic. Pick the topic you think will support your most defensible position.

2. Identify 3-5 examples from personal experience, history or our local community to support your position.

3. Cite two examples from the article to support your position.

4. On a piece of butcher paper, outline the column you would, as a group, write about this topic. Do not use a standard outline format! Be creative; use a picture to illustrate your ideas (for example, a mighty dinosaur argument crushing counter points under his clawed feet). Label each parts of the picture with the following terms:

• Argument

• Counter argument

• Concession

• Personal example

• Community example

• Historic example

• Call to action

• Evidence from article

Next to your label, include quotes or headings related to specific evidence. You will present your posters at the end of class.

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