Editorials

• Introduction
• How To Write Editorials
  • Another Tutorial
• Variations
  • Rhetorical Approach
  • Literary Approach
• Editors Say ...
• Models of Editorials
  • Professional
    • "Angel of Death, they say"
    • "The kids' long mile"
  • Student
    • "Snuffing Out the Stars"
    • "County should improve parks, cut user fees"
    • "Of Crime and Punishment"
    • "Deadman Walking"
    • "Snack Machine Removal Detrimental to Student Body"
• Lesson Ideas
  • Does Ownership Determine Editorial Stance?
  • Inner/Outer Circle: Prewriting Activity
  • Who Says So? Prewriting Activity
  • Killers as Heroes
  • "Angel of Death, they say"
  • Tell the Media what you think of the Media
• Resources
  

Commentary/Columns

• Introduction
• How to Write
• Types
  • curmudgeon
  • humor
  • review-restaurant
  • review of arts
    • book review
  • science/technical
  • social commentary
  • sports
  • world/political/legal
• Variations
• Columnists
  • List of Columnists, Past and Present
    • Jimmy Breslin
    • Dorothy Gilliam
    • James Kilpatrick
    • William Raspberry
    • H.L. Mencken
• Models
  • Professional
    • Science/Technical: "New Law Protects HMO Members' Access to Drugs"
    • Social Commentary: "Looking Back Before Moving On"
    • Social Commentary: "Viewpoints: Dorothy Gilliam"
    • Social Commentary: "Leeches in the Pond of Prose"
    • Social Commentary: "Tears of Frederick Douglass"
  • Student
    • Book Review: "Searching for an Identity"
    • Movie Review: "The New Face of Animation"
    • Movie Review: Star Wars
    • Restaurant Review: "A Winning Atmosphere"
    • Restaurant Review: "Lunch Thai Style"
    • Science/Tech: "The Door Can't Be Held Closed Forever: The Future is Open"
• Lesson Ideas
  • "Tears of Frederick Douglass"
  • Time-slip Drama: "Tears of Frederick Douglass"
  • Set Up Your Own Columnist Web Site
  • Sports Writing: Assignment Idea
  • You can be a Sports Writer
  • Vocabulary from Context
  • National Columnists Day
• Resources
  

Editorial Cartooning

• Introduction
• How to Draw
• Techniques
• Models
  • Professional
    • Chip Beck: "The Unabummer"
  • Student
    • Adam Grossi Cartoon 1
    • Adam Grossi Cartoon 2
    • Adam Grossi Cartoon 3
• Lesson Ideas
  • Drawing Caricatures
  • Talk to Your Editorial Cartoonist
  • Teddy Bear Lesson
  • Lesson Ideas on the Internet
• Resources

Art of Writing

• Introduction
  
• Taking the Lead
  
• Vocabulary
  
  • Rhetoric
  • Thinking and Writing with Logic
  • Succintness of Expression
  • Glossary of Comedy
• Fallacies of Logic
  
  • Fallacies of Logic Quiz (No longer available)
  • Fallacious Editorial
• Reliable Sources
  
• Relevant Ideas
  
• Policy
  
• Lesson Ideas
  • Stylus and Hot Lead
  • Personal Persuasion
  • "A Modest Proposal"
  • Journalistic Writing and the World of Shakespeare
  • The Chicago Press

Resources

• Resources for Editorials
• Resources for Commentary & Columns
• Resources for Editorial Cartoons
  
  
• Professional Journalism Organizations
• Scholastic Journalism Organizations
• Bibliography of Resources
• Add Resources (No longer available)
  
  
• Teachers Guide
• Assessment
  • Peer Evaluation of Student Work
  • Checklist for Evaluation Editorial Cartoons
  • Assessing Essays from an Editorial Perspective
• Lesson Ideas
• Case Studies
  • Violence in Schools
    • Part I
    • Part II
    • Part III
  • Religion in Schools
• Using Models
• Teacher Exchange (No longer available)
  
  
• Timeline
  
• Quotation Generator (No longer available)
  
• Research Center (No longer available)
  
• Writing Exchange (No longer available)
  

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• Guestbook (No longer available)
• Search (No longer available)
• Help
• Credits
• About the Authors