Writing with

“The Urgency
of the Pen”:
Editorials and
Multimodal
Pieces
 Editorial Topics
For the Writing with “The Urgency of the Pen” editorials students
self-selected their topics. Their topic had to be one that they felt was
most urgent of their pens to write about.

Below is a list of some of the topics students chose:

● Climate Change ● Disinformation
● Police Brutality ● LGBTQ+ Representation in Media
● Racism that Exists in Seemingly ● Voter Suppression
Safe Places Like Schools ● The United States Healthcare
● Whaling System
● Depression ● Gun Violence
● The Importance of Taking ● The Transfer from Gasoline to
COVID-19 Seriously Electric Cars
● Income Inequality ● Dog Abuse
● Deforestation ● Anti-Semitism
 Editorials and Multimodal Piece Examples
In addition to writing editorials, students created multimodal pieces to
raise awareness about their topic in another form.

Student Examples: Editorials, Multimodal Pieces, and Feedback

Multimodal Piece Examples