In Your Opinion

Name: In Your Opinion
SKU: 5881
Price: 44.95 NZD
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Author: Laura Williamson
ISBN: 9781776550661

Write what you think for print and online media

By
Laura Williamson

Equip your students with the tools they need to be more than passive consumers of the opinion writing that is all-pervasive in both traditional and online media today. With In Your Opinion they can become active readers and effective opinion writers as well by developing their skills in critical thinking, research and the language of persuasion. The resource begins by exploring the distinction between facts and opinion and shows how opinion writers can use facts to good effect in their writing. It then takes students through the process of producing different forms of opinion writing, including editorials, opinion columns, letters to the editor and reviews. Extension activities also feature throughout.

Ages: 12-17 | Pages: 56 | Code: 5881 | ISBN: 9781776550661

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Laura Williamson

Laura Williamson is a Canadian teacher and freelance writer who is currently based in New Zealand. She teaches English and history at the secondary school level, and initiated the media studies programme at Mount Aspiring College in Wanaka, New Zealand. Over the past 15 years, her articles, columns and reviews have appeared in newspapers, magazines and websites based in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.

Contents
Introduction	4
Features of this book	4
Section 1: What is opinion?	5
The purpose of opinion	5
Types of opinion writing	6
Purpose, audience and tone	8
Section 2: First, the facts	12
Facts about facts	12
Fact finding	12
Three from three	15
Crazy for quotes	16
Using quotes correctly	17
Section 3: Writing an editorial	19
Choosing a topic	21
Looking at logic	23
Get writing	25
Section 4: Writing a column	28
All about columns	28
Choosing a topic	29
Coming full circle	30
Set the tone	31
Getting sporty	32
Section 5: Writing a letter to the editor	37
What's in a letter to the editor?	38
Formatting a letter to the editor	39
Section 6: Writing a review	43
Are you positive or negative?	43
Where's the evidence?	44
Section 7: Online opinion 50 G
et blogging	50
Open journalism	52
Glossary	53
Selected activity answers	54