2.  Collect Writing Prompt 7 (and chart from 3.9-from periods 1 and 2)  Modifiers – Review  Quiz – Bias and Slanters  Activity 3.9 – How to Read an Editorial” OBJECTIVES: Use specific strategies to analyze an editorial. Identify fallacious logic, appeal, and rhetoric in sample texts.

3. Modifiers are on your test too!

4.  She observed the monstrous skyscraper with binoculars.

5.  Donna served hot dogs, fries, and potato salad to her guests on paper plates.

6.  Did you see a guy cross the bridge with a beard?

7.  The red sports car was reported stolen by the police officer.

8.  While fixing my bicycle chain, the ice cream man drove by.

9.  Buddy sat in the chair with a broken leg.

10.  Sam played the "Star- Spangled Banner" to the audience on his saxophone.

11.  Covered with dirt, I saw the farmer plowing his field on my bike.

12.  While lacing my shoelaces, the cat yawned and settled into the chair.

15.  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?

16. 1. Look at HEADLINE/SUB-HEADING and predict what the editorial will be about. 2. Who is the AUTHOR? Is there an AFFILIATION? Any potential bias? 3. Read beginning of the editorial. What is the ISSUE and what is the writer’s STANCE? 4. Stop and PREDICT the OPPOSITION. 5. What EVIDENCE does the writer provide? 6. Does the writer address the OPPOSITION? Why or why not? (Remember bias through selection and omission?) 7. Circle words that are “SLANTED.” 8. What would you say to the writer?

17.  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.

18.  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.

19. After Reading: 1. What does the author seem to assume the audience is feeling about the issue? 2. How does the author tailor language and argument to his audience? 3. Did the author use slanters? What is their effect?