Opinion Journalism

Read page 20-23 of the student handbook ( use download button on right hand side of this page)

Ask the students to analyse one of the following articles using the below prompts:

Ireland’s far-right activists don’t want what they say they want

I don’t want to have children and I’m sick of people telling me I’ll change my mind

Why our addiction to cheap, disposable clothing is an environmental disaster

Why are the Oscars lauding Banshees, a movie depicting Irish as drunk eejits?

We need to face the fact that mega sports events are fuelling climate crisis

Why did you choose this opinion piece?

Can you summarise what the central opinion of the writer is on the topic they are discussing?

Did the article challenge you or change your mind?

What words or phrases indicated to you that you were reading someone’s opinion on an issue rather
than just information?