What is your role?
Your job is to take all the bell ringers and from your group and synthesize the information into 1-3 paragraphs. The paragraphs should be extremely persuasive as you have been given multiple ideas to help in the creative process. Once the article is written, it will be an expectation that all members have an opportunity to review it and edit where need be. Once you have finished with the rough draft, type the polished copy and email it to the Article Submission Editor in your group.
Writing an Article for the Magazine
Go over your group's bell ringers and/or essays (graphic organizers)
Identify the 3 most intriguing arguments and then put them in the following order:
Identify the 3 most intriguing arguments and then put them in the following order:
- Middle Strongest
- Weakest
- Strongest Argument
Article Structure
Introduction: Hook your readers/audience and state the topic/issue. Write the how you would fix it.
Body Paragraph(s): This is where you state your middle strongest argument first, followed by the weakest and lastly the strongest. Don't forget to explain with evidence/statistics/quotes.
Conclusion: Restate the topic/issue and restate the strongest 2 arguments with a restatement of the thesis as well.
Body Paragraph(s): This is where you state your middle strongest argument first, followed by the weakest and lastly the strongest. Don't forget to explain with evidence/statistics/quotes.
Conclusion: Restate the topic/issue and restate the strongest 2 arguments with a restatement of the thesis as well.