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HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK YOU MAY HAVE NOT REALIZED YET…• This is going to take some creativity.• You are not going to be able to find the main ideas for your article word-for-

word in the text. You have to look a little deeper• For example: • Sports– You will not know specific gladiator’s names (you have to make them

up)• War/Military– You may not know the exact battle plans (you have to make

logical predictions)• Local – Your event will not be significant enough to find it in your text book,

but you can guess at something that would have been of interest to your reader

• Science – Pretend you are a scientist…what would you be teaching your reader?

• Human Rights – Come up with a SPECIFIC EVENT to be arguing for• Opinion – Your argument must be based on facts, but you have to be arguing

for something that affects your people

LET’S LOOK AT AN OPINION ARTICLE BRAINSTORM

My opinion of my topic

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Reason To support it::

Supporting Details:

Reason someone would not support it:

Supporting Details:

What will happen in the

future:

Supporting Details:

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This is to help you get your text support

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ONCE YOU ARE THERE… YOU SHOULD DO THE FOLLOWING:1. Come up with a list of possible ideas for your topic:

Here is a starting idea for each of them: Julius Caesar: His assassination was what Rome needed. (opinion article) Punic War: The crow was what helped us win the First Punic War. (War

article) Gladiators: The epic fight where Joseph Awesome destroyed Philip the

Ton (Sports article) Technology: Arches will allow people to walk more freely through Rome.

(Science Article) Christianity: The disciples of Christianity visited my door last night – I

wish they would just leave me alone! (Local Article) Plebeians: The Patricians don’t want to share in the Senate with us!

(Human Rights/Justice Article As you will notice – None of these are necessarily real events…but

we can ASSUME THEY COULD HAVE HAPPENED… Get Creative!

THEN MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR RESEARCH SHEETS – YOU ASK THEM NOW!!!• This is your opportunity to compare notes…don’t miss out

on it!

NOW FILL OUT YOUR BRAINSTORM TO MAKE

SURE YOU ARE READY TO GO FOR TOMORROW!