Lesson 45

Upcoming in your life!EA3: Write an Editorial

Test over Unit Three Part 1

Today’s Agenda1. Check homework. Turn in. Did you agree/disagree?2. “Abolish High School Football” Writing3. Quiz

OBJECTIVE: Students will identify different examples of slanters used in Schroth’s article and explain the effect of such devices.Students will use specific strategies to analyze an editorial.

Check HomeworkDo you have the five slanters marked?

“Abolish High School Football”

Which slanter is being used?• “concussion is a blow to the head that

smashes the brain against the skull”o rhetorical definition

• “The victim feels weird”o downplayer

• “has splotchy vision, falls to the ground, vomits, goes into a coma, dies”o hyperbole

• so-called educational institution”o downplayer

“Abolish High School Football”

Which slanter is being used?• boys as “bedazzled heroes,” “grotesque,”

“fat,” and designed to do “damage”o labeling

• “small Texas town with nothing going for it but its high school football team”o ridicule

• “some football players are very bright”o innuendo

Writing Prompt– “Abolish High

School Football” pp. 197++

• Are you convinced?

• Choose at least one slanter Schroth uses and analyze the effectiveness or lack thereof. Use a quote to support your argument.

• Be sure to incorporate the FOUR STEPS to integrate the quote.

Quiz!Bias and slanters are on your test!

Read through Unit Three EA1

Pg. 204-205

Brainstorm ideas for your editorial!