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​​Opinion Piece

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​​Purpose ​🎯​

​​Opinion Pieces, Commentaries, and Blogs are an important of media writing. Through this assessment you will learn how complete research, critically think and engage with a subject matter, and write content in clear, logical, and convincing manner.  

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​​Task Description ​✏️​

​​For your Opinion Piece, Commentary or Blog, you must: 

• ​​Use a clear first person narrative

• ​​Clearly defined your argument

• ​​Have a strong primary interview subject, conventionally this would be who the feature is about. NB you must have at least 1 interview subject but you can have more

• ​​Include a direct quote from the interview subject

• ​​Good use of detail and create a sense of place through words

• ​​Not have an spelling or grammar errors 

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​​Additional Information ​📚​

​​To help you complete this task successfully, the following resources are provided:

• ​​Marking Rubric — refer to this to understand how you will be assessed

• ​​Example: Feature — review this to see a completed example of the task

• ​​Checklist: How to write an Opinion Piece, Commentary or Blog — use this to help you complete the task

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​​Checklist: How to write an Opinion Piece, Commentary or Blog ​✅​

​​Please copy + paste this checklist into your Notes, ticking off each task as you go. 

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​​Step 1: Task Understanding

​​To help you understand what you need to do for this task and how will be assessed, you must:

• ​​Read the Instructions and Checklist carefully

• ​​Read the Marking Rubric

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​​Step 2: Choose Topic

​​To help find a compelling topic, you should: 

• ​​Find a topic that relates to current events, trends or opinions of others 

• ​​Select a topic that you are passionate about (a strong opinion is a requirement)

• ​​Pick a topic that you know a lot of information about

• ​​Once selected, boil your argument down to its simplest form (1-2 sentences)

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​​Step 3: Research Topic 

​​To help deepen your understanding of your topic: 

• ​​Start researching (on the internet, archives, conversations, etc)

• ​​TIP: the more factual your information the more convincing your argument

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​​Step 4: Plan Piece

• ​​To help you plan, use this structure (adding dot points):

• ​​Headline: give your piece a title

• ​​Introduction: state your argument

• ​​Body: outline your arguing points with examples

• ​​Conclusion: sum up what you think should be done 

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​​Step 5: Write Piece

​​Building on your plan, start writing your piece — using these tips to guide you: 

• ​​Introduction