Abolish High School Football discussion Activity 39 How to Read an Editorial p 200 OBJECTIVE Students will identify different examples of slanters used in Schroths article and explain the effect of such devices ID: 714489
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Lesson 45Slide2
Today’s Agenda
“Abolish High School Football”
discussion
Activity 3.9 “How to Read an Editorial” p.
200
OBJECTIVE:
Students will identify different examples of
slanters
used in
Schroth’s
article and explain the effect of such devices.
Students will use specific strategies to analyze an editorial.Slide3
Check Homework
Do you have the five
slanters
marked?Slide4
Which Slanter
is it anyway?
One whiteboard
One marker
One eraser
GROUPSlide5
“Abolish High School Football”
Which
slanter
is being used?
“concussion is a blow to the head that smashes the brain against the skull”
rhetorical definition
“The victim feels weird”
downplayer
“has splotchy vision, falls to the ground, vomits, goes into a coma, dies”
hyperbole
so-called educational institution”
downplayerSlide6
“Abolish High School Football”
Which
slanter
is being used?
boys as “bedazzled heroes,” “grotesque,” “fat,” and designed to do “damage”
labeling
“small Texas town with nothing going for it but its high school football team”
ridicule
“some football players are very bright”innuendoSlide7
Writing Prompt #7 – “Abolish High School Football” pp. 197++
What is Raymond
Schroth’s
claim? How
effective is
Schroth’s
evidence? Provide at least one slanter Schroth uses and analyze the effectiveness or lack thereof.
Be sure to incorporate the FOUR STEPS to integrate the quote.Slide8
Activity 3.9Slide9
“How to Read an Editorial” pp. 200
What is the difference between a news story and an editorial?
News story: to inform
Editorial: to inform and PERSUADE
In the
margin OR in your notes,
summarize the 8 bulleted points on p. 200
.
Which bulleted points included steps you don’t normally take?Slide10
How to Read an Editorial
Look at H
EADLINE/SUB-HEADING
and predict what the editorial will be about.
Who is the
AUTHOR
? Is there an
AFFILIATION
? Any potential bias?Read beginning of the editorial. What is the ISSUE
and what is the writer’s
STANCE
?
Stop and
PREDICT
the
OPPOSITION
.
What
EVIDENCE
does the writer provide?
Does the writer address the
OPPOSITION
? Why or why not? (Remember bias through selection and omission?)
Circle words that are “
SLANTED
.”
What would you say to the writer?Slide11
Revisit: “Facebook
Photos…Students”
pp 192+
How was the author biased?
For the students
What is the evidence to support the bias?
“Sting” in the headline
Administrator not heard from until paragraph 11 (through email
).
Attempt to appear objective by quoting a student who was not involved in the incident. He is standing up for the punished kids even though he had nothing to do with it.Slide12
“Facing Consequences at Eden Prairie High
School”
pp. 202+
Draw
the chart from page 201 on the back of writing prompt 7. The eight sections correspond to the eight bulleted points on page 200.
Fill in the chart with information from the editorial on page 202.