Opinion Writing Preview

Story 1: Beyonce causes controversy
1. Fuaad Ajaz wrote the story.
2. Their story was about Beyonce's song, Formation, and the controversy it caused.
3. He doesn't think it is right that people choose to criticize an artist expressing their opinion
4. He did mention that they could have offended by it, but he didn't state why they would be.
5. No, he was very firm in his opinion that Beyonce was doing the right thing.
6. Yes
7. Third Person

Story 2: Is the AP world history test worth it?
1. Mia Barbosa
2. The AP world history test, and how it can benefit the student to take it in high school
3. "I think that the test is a great way for students to get ahead in the competitive race for college."
4. Yes
5. No, she did a good job of backing up her reasons of why it was worth it, and even when she brought up the other sides opinion, she still provided reasoning as to why it wasn't enough to not take the test.
6. No
7. First Person

Story 3: Social media, back at it again
1. The story was written by Alicia Molina
2. It is about Damn Daniel's story of how he got famous and what is happening now as a result
3. "I thought the video was funny but after awhile it starting to get annoying."
"We need more people like Daniel and Josh who use their fame for good."
4. Yes, she did acknowledge that everybody found them funny
5. No, she shared her thoughts in a way that made it clear she was annoyed.
6. She quoted a tweet from Daniel Lara
7. First Person

Story 4: Drug dog investigations have students feeling as though their rights are being violated at school
1. The story was written by Granger Coats
2. The police providing disciplinary action for students
3. "An institution intended to enrich and better the lives of students should never detract from that role when punishing students, especially with the use of police as school disciplinarians."
4. Yes, he addressed the fact that students need to kept safe.
5. No, he never went back on his opinion, and maintained the same opinion start to finish.
6. He quoted from the school handbook, but not from people.
7. First Person

Story 5: Apple refuses to violate privacy of users
1. N/A
2. Apple and the FBI, who are trying to get them to unlock phones
3. "Although the phone could yield valuable information, we believe that the FBI is asking Apple for too much at the risk of all other iPhone owners."
4. Yes
5. No, the writer explains their reasoning on why Apple shouldn't unlock the phones throughly and sticks by it
6. There was indirect quotation of a federal judge.
7. Third Person

A. The major differences include the fact that in a hard news story, opinions aren't allowed, but in opinion pieces, the writer must have an opinion and they have to stand by it and back it up. Opinion pieces also contain less quotations, whereas hard news stories are required to have quotations as proof of what occurred. Another difference is that I noticed is that opinion pieces didn't really follow the inverted pyramid format, and their second paragraphs were more hooks for the story rather than providing additional information.
B. I think that there were a lack of pictures because pictures represent a captured moment in time. An opinion's writer can sway the way the reader sees an event or picture by the way they explain things, and this can discredit photographs.
C. 1. Should PE Credit be required? 
2. Should AISD take away late start or extend the school day?
3. Should Bethany Church revoke Bowie student parking?