Opinions Writing Preview

Changes to schedule cause issues both in school and after school
1. Who wrote the story?
Ian Miller

2. What is their story about?
AISD schedule change

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing.
Ian thinks "these changes made to the schedule are extremely unnecessary and unfair."

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?
Yes.

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.
No. He repeated his opinion and gave strong examples as to why the schedule is bad. 

6. Are there any quotes in the story?
No.

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?
1st

Epipen costs raise concerns over financial problems
1. Who wrote the story?
Maria Dimopoulos

2. What is their story about?
Raised epicene costs

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing.
Maria thinks the new pricing is "ridiculous for something that's so small and needs to be replaced and bought repeatedly." She also hopes "this controversy ends immediately and the prices reduce to a more affordable price."

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?
Slightly. "As hard as it is to believe, the reason they did this is simple: because they can."

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.
No. She really emphasize how unfair the prices are and how she would be "fuming" if put in that situation.

6. Are there any quotes in the story?
No. 

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?
1st

Inequalities evident in campus sports
1. Who wrote the story?
Editorial

2. What is their story about?
How it isn't fair that girl can't practice sports at school in their sports bra.

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing.
They believe "girls should be allowed to remove their shirts and just wear their sports bra to cool down as long as guys are allowed to run without a shirt."

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?
No. 

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.
No. They continually talked about how sexualizing young girls is not okay, and how both genders should be allowed to cool off in the same way.

6. Are there any quotes in the story?
No. 

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?
3rd

Changes in the iPhone 7
1. Who wrote the story?
Harrison Louis

2. What is their story about?
iPhone 7

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing.
Harrison believes "the updates to the iPhone 7 are fantastic."

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?
Yes. 

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.
No. He gave many examples of iPhone updates and explained why they are so cool.

6. Are there any quotes in the story?
No.

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?
1st

Stricter finals incentive
1. Who wrote the story?
Douglas Smith

2. What is their story about?
New finals incentive

3. What is their direct opinion about that topic? Please quote it directly from the story or do a really good job of paraphrasing.
When Douglas "found out about the limiting of all our incentives [he] was initially confused and somewhat aggravated.

4. Did they address what the other side might think about their topic?
Yes.

5. Were they wishy-washy with their opinion? By this I mean did they every go back and say well maybe if this were to happen, then their opinion wouldn't be valid. Support your opinion.
No, he repeated how aggravated he was about the unfair incentive changes.

6. Are there any quotes in the story?
No.

7. What point of view did they write in (1st, 2nd or 3rd)?
1st



A. Three big differences between a hard news story and an opinion piece would be that an opinion piece may not have quotes, while a hard news story is backed up by quotes. An opinions story does not have as strict of a format and the author does not have to sound as professional. Opinions pieces are encouraged to have a strong bias, while hard news stories are simply reporting facts.

B. I think there aren't very many pictures on this page because there are a lot of stories that aren't tied to events, and therefore don't require a visual.

C. Three topics I think would be good to write opinion pieces on are animals being used for medical research, legal ages for drinking, driving, etc., and gay marriage.