Name:____________________
Date:______________
Period:_______
Weekly Editorial Assignment
Title of the
Editorial:______________________________________________________
Author (if no name is listed, write “Editorial Staff”):___________________
Explain the current issue that this author is writing about:_______________
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What is the author’s main argument (or thesis) about this issue? _________
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Give 3 supporting arguments the author uses to support his/her thesis
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2. ______________________________________________________
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3. ______________________________________________________
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What is your opinion about the issue, or the author’s arguments here? (i.e.,
do you agree or disagree? Why?) __________________________________
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