New York Times Learning Network:
Our Third Annual Student Editorial Contest: Write About an Issue That Matters to You
(Taken from the website)
An Overview
- Does Technology Make Us More Alone?
- Do Violent Video Games Make People More Violent in Real Life?
- Is There Too Much Pressure on Girls to Have ‘Perfect’ Bodies?
Every day during the school year we invite teenagers to share their opinions about questions like these — on topics from cheerleading to police tactics — and hundreds do, posting arguments, reflections and anecdotes to our Student Opinion feature.
And for the third year in a row, we’re inviting you to channel that enthusiasm into something a little more formal: short, evidence-based persuasive essays like the editorials The New York Times publishes every day.
The challenge is pretty straightforward. Choose a topic you care about, gather evidence from both New York Times and non-New York Times sources, and write a concise editorial (450 words or fewer) to convince readers of your point of view.
Because editorial writing at newspapers is a collaborative process, you can write your entry as a team effort, or by yourself. When you’re done, post it in the contest form below by March 29, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
With our judges, we will then use this rubric (PDF) to select winners to publish on The Learning Network.
As teachers know, the persuasive essay has long been a staple of high school education, but the Common Core standards seem to have put evidence-based argumentative writing on everybody’s agenda. You couldn’t ask for a more real-world example of the genre than the classic newspaper editorial — and The Times publishes, on average, four of them a day.
So what issue do you care about? Climate change? Sexism?Government surveillance? You decide. Then use the facts to convince us that you’re right.
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