1. ROMAN NEWSPAPER WRITING: IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE WE NEED SOME HELP…

2. HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK YOU MAY HAVE NOT REALIZED YET… This is going to take some creativity. You are not going to be able to find the main ideas for your article word-for-word in the text. You have to look a little deeper For example: Sports– You will not know specific gladiator’s names (you have to make them up) War/Military– You may not know the exact battle plans (you have to make logical predictions) Local – Your event will not be significant enough to find it in your text book, but you can guess at something that would have been of interest to your reader Science – Pretend you are a scientist…what would you be teaching your reader? Human Rights – Come up with a SPECIFIC EVENT to be arguing for Opinion – Your argument must be based on facts, but you have to be arguing for something that affects your people

3. LET’S LOOK AT AN OPINION ARTICLE BRAINSTORM My opinion of my topic is: Reason To support it:: Supporting Details: Reason someone would not support it: Supporting Details: What will happen in the future: Supporting Details:    This is to help you write your topic sentence This is to help you start you paragraphs This is to help you get your text support

4. NOW IT IS TIME TO GET SOME BRAINSTORMING IN: YOU ARE GOING TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE THAT SHARE YOUR TOPIC WITH YOU!

5. ONCE YOU ARE THERE… YOU SHOULD DO THE FOLLOWING: 1.Come up with a list of possible ideas for your topic:  Here is a starting idea for each of them:  Julius Caesar: His assassination was what Rome needed. (opinion article)  Punic War: The crow was what helped us win the First Punic War. (War article)  Gladiators: The epic fight where Joseph Awesome destroyed Philip the Ton (Sports article)  Technology: Arches will allow people to walk more freely through Rome. (Science Article)  Christianity: The disciples of Christianity visited my door last night – I wish they would just leave me alone! (Local Article)  Plebeians: The Patricians don’t want to share in the Senate with us! (Human Rights/Justice Article  As you will notice – None of these are necessarily real events…but we can ASSUME THEY COULD HAVE HAPPENED… Get Creative!

6. THEN MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH SHEETS – YOU ASK THEM NOW!!! This is your opportunity to compare notes…don’t miss out on it!

7. NOW FILL OUT YOUR BRAINSTORM TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO GO FOR TOMORROW!