Group

Discuss what your group feels about the issue

assigned to you and what your positions are regarding
each one.

Group 1 – Spanking Children as a Form of

Discipline
Group 2 – Implementation of the Reproductive
Health Law
Group 3 – Discrimination Against Homosexuals
Group 4 – Firing Unmarried Female Teachers
for Being Pregnant
 As a group, share your positions
and beliefs regarding each issue.
Listen to what everyone has to say.
Take down notes regarding
interesting or insightful observations
or comments that were made by
your teacher or your classmate.
Dyad
 With your group, choose an editorial from a
newspaper. Break down the arguments of the
editorial by filling in the worksheet below.

Is the
Argument
Assertion Evidence Explanation
Valid? Why or
Why Not?
Group
 With your group, write a newspaper
editorial dealing with the same issue as the
editorial you just analyzed. Choose whether
you will take the same position or the opposite.
Choose an appropriate editorial cartoon, and
place it on top of your text. Photocopy it so that
everyone in the class has a copy. Let everyone
read each group’s editorial.
The rubric for evaluation should be the following:
(quality of logic, evidence,
Argumentation 25%
and explanation)
Persuasion 25%

Language 20%

Organization 20%
(spelling, grammar,
Mechanics 10%
punctuation)