Opinions Writing Preview Activity
Ideacide and you: the guide to avoiding self-censorship
1. The Newspaper Staff
2. Self-censorship, being afraid of expressing ideas for various reasons
3. "We should all make an effort to actively note and rethink our hesitations, for freely expressing our thoughts will add different perspectives and have an impact on important issues."
4. They addressed that they understood that one may be intimidate by authority figures, or may not want to express their full ideas to avoid controversy or opposition.
5. I believe that they were very strong with their opinion. Despite understanding the other side, they "make efforts move past [their fear] in order to uphold the virtue of true journalism and put out the best work possible."
6. No.
7. First person.
Letter from the Editors
1. Cianna Chairez and Abby Ong, Editors-in-Chief
2. Explaining that this issue is focused on being honest and relevant on journalism and the topics they are bringing into the light, and that they are ready to hear the opinions of the public to ensure that they are not spreading 'fake news.'
3. "Our purpose as a student-led newspaper is to serve the student body through informing, challenging, and highlighting different parts of the school.
We aim to spark conversation through the work we publish."
4. They briefly addressed how newspapers were 'being called out for fake news,' but said that they would do their best to be as honest as possible and satisfy readers.
5. I think they were steadfast with their opinion. They didn't attempt to make any excuses, even saying that they "acknowledge that readers may be discontent with what they read."
6. No.
7. First person.
Understanding political perspectives
1. Carter Scruggs
2. The recent emergence of the increase of political activeness
3. "Bottom line, we shouldn't be judging people for stuff that is not entirely under their control."
"Our political beliefs are just one of the things that make us who we are, but that doesn't mean that we should let them control every other aspect of our lives."
4. Not really.
5. Yes, because they seemed to cater to a lot of different views at once, speaking of how politics are important to current lives and opinions should be allowed to be shared, but also saying that we shouldn't let it control our lives.
6. No.
7. First person.
ID's spark debate: purpose vs. plastic
1. Ian Miller, Jake Brien
2. It is about the pros and cons of student ID's.
3. Pros: "The new ID's really are just small, plastic cards. ... AISD is looking out for our safety."
Cons: "This entire, needlessly complicated process is ridiculous. ... I don't feel safe at Bowie and I'm not alone. Just because something is being done doesn't mean it's working."
4. Both sides were a part of this story.
5. No. The pros point of view was determined to get the point across that the ID's were a positive thing, and showed that AISD was just trying to look out for us. For the cons point of view, they argued that these ID's were nothing more than an overly complicated process that didn't help make many students feel any safer than before.
6. No.
7. First person.
Chat with Nat
1. Natalie Aman
2. This story addresses the cost of college applications, and their ridiculousness.
3. "I understand it is peoples' jobs to sift through the thousands of applications, but having a $75 fee just for the chance to get accepted seems a little ridiculous."
4. She briefly spoke on how she understood that it cost time and some things were out of the other side's control, but he was mostly very stuck with her opinion of the stupidity of such high fees, with all the stress that came with it.
5. No. She made hard hitting and convictive points on the cons of college application fees and how much stress all of the money, tests, essays, etc, evoked.
6. No.
7. First person.
A. There are many differences in between a hard news story and an opinion piece. Hard news stories do their best to have reporters speak from facts alone, and grab quotes from others who may have opinions, while opinion pieces focus solely on getting their views across. While hard news stories have many quotes, the opinions being expressed in opinion pieces mean that they lack quotes, because they are unnecessary. While hard news stories are generally written in third person, opinion pieces are spoken in first person.
B. There isn't a need for many pictures because the main point of the piece is not to illustrate the whole issue from a bird's eye view, but to press the focus on the opinion on an issue, which is usually only going to be a small piece of the overall topic.
C. Three topics that are good for opinion pieces are rape, dress code, and the American school system, because there are many varying thoughts on each topic.
1. The Newspaper Staff
2. Self-censorship, being afraid of expressing ideas for various reasons
3. "We should all make an effort to actively note and rethink our hesitations, for freely expressing our thoughts will add different perspectives and have an impact on important issues."
4. They addressed that they understood that one may be intimidate by authority figures, or may not want to express their full ideas to avoid controversy or opposition.
5. I believe that they were very strong with their opinion. Despite understanding the other side, they "make efforts move past [their fear] in order to uphold the virtue of true journalism and put out the best work possible."
6. No.
7. First person.
Letter from the Editors
1. Cianna Chairez and Abby Ong, Editors-in-Chief
2. Explaining that this issue is focused on being honest and relevant on journalism and the topics they are bringing into the light, and that they are ready to hear the opinions of the public to ensure that they are not spreading 'fake news.'
3. "Our purpose as a student-led newspaper is to serve the student body through informing, challenging, and highlighting different parts of the school.
We aim to spark conversation through the work we publish."
4. They briefly addressed how newspapers were 'being called out for fake news,' but said that they would do their best to be as honest as possible and satisfy readers.
5. I think they were steadfast with their opinion. They didn't attempt to make any excuses, even saying that they "acknowledge that readers may be discontent with what they read."
6. No.
7. First person.
Understanding political perspectives
1. Carter Scruggs
2. The recent emergence of the increase of political activeness
3. "Bottom line, we shouldn't be judging people for stuff that is not entirely under their control."
"Our political beliefs are just one of the things that make us who we are, but that doesn't mean that we should let them control every other aspect of our lives."
4. Not really.
5. Yes, because they seemed to cater to a lot of different views at once, speaking of how politics are important to current lives and opinions should be allowed to be shared, but also saying that we shouldn't let it control our lives.
6. No.
7. First person.
ID's spark debate: purpose vs. plastic
1. Ian Miller, Jake Brien
2. It is about the pros and cons of student ID's.
3. Pros: "The new ID's really are just small, plastic cards. ... AISD is looking out for our safety."
Cons: "This entire, needlessly complicated process is ridiculous. ... I don't feel safe at Bowie and I'm not alone. Just because something is being done doesn't mean it's working."
4. Both sides were a part of this story.
5. No. The pros point of view was determined to get the point across that the ID's were a positive thing, and showed that AISD was just trying to look out for us. For the cons point of view, they argued that these ID's were nothing more than an overly complicated process that didn't help make many students feel any safer than before.
6. No.
7. First person.
Chat with Nat
1. Natalie Aman
2. This story addresses the cost of college applications, and their ridiculousness.
3. "I understand it is peoples' jobs to sift through the thousands of applications, but having a $75 fee just for the chance to get accepted seems a little ridiculous."
4. She briefly spoke on how she understood that it cost time and some things were out of the other side's control, but he was mostly very stuck with her opinion of the stupidity of such high fees, with all the stress that came with it.
5. No. She made hard hitting and convictive points on the cons of college application fees and how much stress all of the money, tests, essays, etc, evoked.
6. No.
7. First person.
A. There are many differences in between a hard news story and an opinion piece. Hard news stories do their best to have reporters speak from facts alone, and grab quotes from others who may have opinions, while opinion pieces focus solely on getting their views across. While hard news stories have many quotes, the opinions being expressed in opinion pieces mean that they lack quotes, because they are unnecessary. While hard news stories are generally written in third person, opinion pieces are spoken in first person.
B. There isn't a need for many pictures because the main point of the piece is not to illustrate the whole issue from a bird's eye view, but to press the focus on the opinion on an issue, which is usually only going to be a small piece of the overall topic.
C. Three topics that are good for opinion pieces are rape, dress code, and the American school system, because there are many varying thoughts on each topic.
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