School: Davao City National High School Grade Level: 7

Teacher: Louie Andrei G. Jamito Learning Area: Journalism

Quarter: Third

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson students are able to:
1. Define what editorial writing is through a class discussion
2. Enumerate the different qualities of an editorial
3. Determine the sources of editorial topics
4. Analyze how the different kinds of editorial writing are used in a given context
5. Express importance in using editorial writing through a monologue
6. Create an outline for an editorial article

Learning Competencies:
EN7RC-III-g-2.13: Distinguish fact from opinion, fantasy from reality in the text

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Editorial Writing
Concepts: Editorial writing is “an expression of fact and opinion in concise, logical, pleasing
order for the sake of entertaining, or influencing opinion, or policies in such a way that its
importance to the average reader will be clear.”
Values Integration: Professionalism, unbiased, equality, appropriateness
Reference: Campus Journalism in the New Generation 2011 Edition, THE MANILA TIMES
Materials: Projector, PowerPoint, pen and paper

III. Lesson Procedure

A. Classroom Routine: Cleaning the classroom, Prayer, and Attendance
B. Review of Past Lesson: The teacher will ask the students what the students learned from
their news writing activity last meeting
C. Motivation
Activity: Fact and Opinion
1. Students will be individually given colored strips of paper.
2. They will then write a fact on one side then an opinion on the other.
 3. The teacher will then collect the strips of paper, put it in a jar, then call students to
pick one and determine whether or not the statements are fact or opinion.
D. Lesson Proper
 Analysis
o The teacher will let students explain the difference between fact and opinion
and why it is important to differentiate the two. The teacher will ask the
following questions:
 What is the difference between fact and opinion?
 Why is it important to differentiate fact and opinion?
 Would an article written solely based on opinion be valid?
 Abstraction
o The teacher will have a discussion about editorial writing through a
PowerPoint Presentation:

Editorial Writing: Its Definition and Distinction

Editorial writing according to Alito L. Malinao is “an expression of fact and opinion in concise,
logical, pleasing order for the sake of entertaining, or influencing opinion, or policies in such a
way that its importance to the average reader will be clear.”

Editorial articles appeal to the intellect. They help the reader do the following: sift, digest,
interpret, evaluate an event or issue and propels him/her into action.

An editorial article is the newspaper’s opinion on an issue:

A newspaper’s opinion must be written objectively. Both sides of the issue must be written
objectively. Both sides should be researched thoroughly before taking a side and fighting for it.

Examples of Editorial Articles:

Terrorism in rooted in poverty by SPECTRUM

We choose the way we are remembered in life and death by THE MANILA TIMES

On Pornographic Films by The Metrian

Qualities of an Editorial

1. Interesting
2. Clear and effective reasoning and has the power to influence the reader’s opinion
3. Factual and contains information to support the side it chooses to take
4. Concise

Sources of Editorial Topics

1. News. An editorial that is pegged to a current event will more likely be read and have an
effect.
2. Research. Wide reading, gathering of factual data to back up opinion, and mulling over the
material must precede the writing.
3. Special occasions

Kinds of Editorial

1. Editorial of information – Peace for Mindanao by SCRIBBLERS

2. Editorial of interpretation – A matter of attitude by Western Glow
3. Editorial of argumentation – On Pornographic films by The Metrian
4. Editorial of criticism – Fear of the living on the Day of the Dead by THE MANILA TIMES
5. Editorial of persuasion – Open-pit mining needs expert policy study, not whitewash by THE
MANILA TIMES
6. Editorial of commendation – Remember our WWII Filipino Veterans by THE MANILA TIMES
7. Editorial of celebrating special occasions
 Activity

What Makes a Great Editorial?

1. Using the editorial your teacher read you, describe the content for each main part
below.
Opinion that was stated:
Reasons stated to support this opinion:
Facts that support this opinion:
Author’s suggestions for dealing with the topic of the editorial:
2. What is the writer’s purpose in an editorial?
3. What form of writing is used when someone writes an editorial?
4. What types of topics should be selected when one decides to write an editorial?
5. Discuss the role of research and the presentation of facts in an effective editorial.
6. Before writing an editorial, why is it important to create a list of arguments that both
support your point of view as well as those that differ from your point of view? How will
doing this help you to construct a stronger editorial?
 IV. Evaluation
V. Assignment

Create Your Own Editorial

a. Pick an issue that you would like to write an editorial about. Record specific facts,
examples, quotes, etc. carefully on paper.
b. Make a list of arguments that support your opinion and those that contradict it. That way
you will be able to address different points of view in your essay.

Prepared by:

Louie Andrei G. Jamito

Student Teacher

Nova Starr Lacerna

Mentor