1. Warm Up:
Number your paper Beside each number write the name of the event and a short description of what happened. 1 3 1 2

2. What are the different perspectives on colonial rebellion?
Today’s Question:
What are the different perspectives on colonial rebellion?

3. Agenda:
Discuss editorial instructions
With a partner: Prewrite your editorial
Independently: write editorial

4. Opinion letters printed in newspapers
Editorials:
Opinion letters printed in newspapers

5. Editorial:
Choose an act of colonial rebellion—Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, the tarring and feathering of a tax collector—to write an editorial about.
Tape a picture of your event onto the “prewrite.”
Complete the “prewriting for editorial.”
Decide which perspective you will write your editorial from: Patriot or British.

7. In Your Editorial:
The name of your newspaper in which your editorial appears. The name should reflect the perspective of the editorial. The picture representing the event pasted or taped on your editorial with a caption. A headline for your editorial that reflects the main idea. A brief introduction that summarizes the who, what, when, and where of your event. This should be short and written in language that reflects your perspective. A section that clearly supports or criticizes the actions of the people involved in the event and explains what should be done as a result of the action. A section that briefly presents the opposing view and tells why that point of view is wrong. A conclusion emphasizing why your point of view is right.

8. Evaluation: REQUIREMENTS POINTS TEACHER EVALUATION
Editorial is historically accurate, facts are included 4
Editorial describes the events that are happening in detail
Editorial is emotional, feelings are reflected
Editorial is written in complete, grammatically correct sentences
All requirements are included in the editorial (headline, picture, etc)  4
Total 20