Opinions Writing Preview Activity

Story 1-

1. Katie Holme
2. The story is about leaving behind 2017 and all the bad things that happened then and hoping for a better year.
3. Their direct opinion is being frustrated with the trends of 2017, being mad at the president, and thinking 2017 trends were mostly bad, and happy to leave all the bad things of 2017 in the past.
4. They did not address what the other side might think.
5. They never seemed to by wishy-washy with their opinion.
6. There are no quotes.
7. First person.

Story 2-

1. Maddy Rice
2. Their story is about how AISD does not give enough help to students who are feeling bad or in a bad situation, counselors don't help.
3. Their direct opinion about the topic is that their needs to be more help for students at risk or in a bad situation.
4. They did not address what the other side might think.
5. They were not wishy-washy with their opinion.
6. There are no quotes in the story.
7. First person.

Story 3-

1. Ian Miller
2. Their story is about how Apple has given software updates to make older iPhones slower, as a way to encourage people to buy the new models to earn more money.
3. Their direct opinion was that Apple should not be giving these updates, because they are lying to their customers which is bad.
4. They did address what the other side (apple) would think.
5. They were not wishy-washy about their opinion.
6. There are no quotes in the story.
7. First person.

Story 4-

1. Natalie Aman
2. Their story is about how to set goals better not to have a new year's resolution, and also how to spend your time better to achieve your goals.
3. Their direct opinion is that New Year's resolutions are a bad thing to do, and setting a goal a day is better way to get what you want.
4. They did not address what the other side would think.
5. they were not wishy-washy about their opinion.
6. There are a couple of quotes in this story.
7. First person.


A. One major difference is that there are no quotes, another difference is there is a lot less facts and nothing but opinions. A last difference is that it is all first person point of view based off the ones I read.

B. There aren't many photos because an event didn't actually happen, it is just a person speaking their mind about a topic.

C. A good topic to write about would be how many hours should their really be in a school day, another topic could be which pet is the best one to have for a high schooler. A last topic could be if having a really young sibling makes school easier or harder.