Editorial

1. opposed to your view supports your view Editorial The audience is limited

2. Newspaper Extreme Park … Louisville’s new Extreme Park is a huge success, as witnessed by the thousands of fans who showed up recently to watch the world-class athletes perform at this new venue. More important, local enthusiasts have adopted this park as theirs and have taken ownership and accountability. The nature of the sport guarantees that there will be injuries. Let us not one unsupervised youth’s serious injury jeopardize the success of this new and exciting venue for the youth in spirit of our community. Too often government’s response to unfortunate events is not well thought out. Let’s not let this accident lead to overly restrictive regulations. Let’s not take the “extreme” out of Extreme Park. (Courier-Journal July 24, 2002) E. Barnett Lou., 40243 Types of Audiences Magazine Power Play“Iceland Be Damned” described the threat to eastern Iceland’s great wilderness posed by the government’s plan to dam the region’s glacier-born rivers and put much of the area underwater to provide hydropower for a large aluminum smelter. If it goes forward, an American manufacturer, Alcoa, will own and operate the smelter for which this wonderful wilderness will be sacrificed. It seems that political and financial concerns, rather than environmental ones, are paramount in the decision making process in this case. (Published August 2002) D. Klein and F. Vuijst Great Barrington, Mass This was a response to the Smithsonian's article Iceland Be Damned published June 2002 in which the article highlights the environmental impact of a new dam, but offers few details about political or business interests at work in this controversy.

3. Limited topic Support or oppose a position Requires research Writer should care about the issue Limited Topic Positive or negative response to a previously published article Requires research Writer should care about the issue Audience’s expectations Magazine Newspaper

4. Purpose in Editorials Extreme Park … Louisville’s new Extreme Park is a huge success, as witnessed by the thousands of fans who showed up recently to watch the world-class athletes perform at this new venue. More important, local enthusiasts have adopted this park as theirs and have taken ownership and accountability. The nature of the sport guarantees that there will be injuries. Let us not one unsupervised youth’s serious injury jeopardize the success of this new and exciting venue for the youth in spirit of our community. Too often government’s response to unfortunate events is not well thought out. Let’s not let this accident lead to overly restrictive regulations. Let’s not take the “extreme” out of Extreme Park. (Courier-Journal July 24, 2002) persuade inform express

5. One topic Purpose informs focus Very limited focus Power Play “Iceland Be Damned” described the threat to eastern Iceland’s great wilderness posed by the government’s plan to dam the region’s glacier-born rivers and put much of the area underwater to provide hydropower for a large aluminum smelter. If it goes forward, an American manufacturer, Alcoa, will own and operate the smelter for which this wonderful wilderness will be sacrificed. It seems that political and financial concerns, rather than environmental ones, are paramount in the decision making process in this case. (Published August 2002)

6. ‘Ext Mayor Armstrong has been reluctant to impose a helmet rule. He says a rule and staff to enforce it would increase the city's liability and would change the park's free-wheeling atmosphere. It also would give parents the false impression that they no longer need to supervise their children. Format Opening • Should mention issue you will address • Or when the article was published • Or that it is a response to something published • Or a public issue • States point of view immediately • Body • Supports the point of view with a fact or two if the editorial is short, but several if the editorial is longer • Close • Must include writer’s name and address at the closing

7. Closing points • First or third person: I or group’s identity • Not scholarly but uses power language or issue related language • Concern must be real from the writer • Must allow for student choice on the issue

8. Several points of view in any issue so explore and pre-write to discover the possible angles on any issue. Have students research and discuss a point of view on this subject that is important to them Several points of view

9. A lesson for . . . “the assessment of learning concepts surrounding an issue” and not “an opportunity to demonstrate learning“