Name: ______________________________________ Grade & Section: ________________

Subject: Journalism 8 Guro: _______________________________ Score: ______________

Lesson : Quarter 2 Week 5 LAS 3

Activity Title : Designing the opinion page
Learning Target : Discuss the different styles in designing the opinion page SPJ8MP-II2e-33
Reference(s) : https://www.slideshare.net/jam18/journalism-guidelines-and-steps-in-page-
designing, Juanico, R., Carisma, K. & Alix, Abigail. Colllaborative and Desktop
Publishing
Writer : Cristine A. Hapulas-Ansa

How to design the opinion page?

1. These pages should have a distinctive, dignified and formal appearance.
2. Editorials traditionally appear in the first two columns of the left page of the editorial spread.
3. The editorial box, which should be relatively small, may be anchored in any of the lower
corners, or on the upper left hand corner of the editorial page.
4. Titles of editorials, like the headline of news stories, should be of the masculine appearance,
not the italic type.
5. Editorial and opinion columns ordinarily appear in the same position of the same page every
issue.
How to style the opinion page?
1. Formal and masculine
2. Dignified
3. Editorial Cartoon
4. Columns
5. Infographics
What is inside the opinion page?
1. Editorial (laudatory) with cartoon
2. Column
3. Letter to the editor
4. Editorial board

Sample of Opinion Page Design

Directions: Write T if the statement tells fact about designing the opinion page and F if the statement
tells opposite idea in designing the opinion page.

____1. Like news page, opinion page must also be formal and masculine.
____2. Instead of pictures, editorial cartoon is used in the opinion page.
____3. Title of editorials can be italicized.
____4. Letter to the editor must be included in the opinion page.
____5. The editorial box in the lower corners, or on the upper left hand corner of the editorial page is
relatively small.
____6. Editorial and opinion columns appear in the same position of the same page every issue.
____7. Opinion page can be design without editorial board.
____8. Opinion page should always have columns.
____9. Infographics can also be put in the opinion page.
____10. An opinion page could exist even without an editorial cartoon.