editorial prewriting

1. What is a problem/issue that our entire student body (our school, community, country, etc.) faces today? Being flooded with information; information overload. We are losing our ability to process and analyze information because of the influx of technology and new sources of information


2. What is your view/position on the problem or situation? I think that it is a bad thing, ADD is on the rise and students/young people in general are having a harder time processing and understanding any of the information that is thrown at them.

3. What would you like to achieve with your editorial? (What is the desired result?) To convince students to take time to really think about what they are reading, seeing and hearing

4. How will you persuade your audience to adopt your viewpoint as theirs? List at least
4 persuasive points.

-The dramatic rise in ADD and ADHD in our generation
- Losing the ability to determine what is important and what doesn't matter
-Students know a little bit about a lot of different topics, but depth of knowledge is slowly fading.

5. How will you motivate your readership to action in your conclusion?
By bringing up all of the downsides of being overloaded with information, and discussing the benefits of depth of knowledge, analysis and comprehension

6. How will your editorial serve a public purpose?
It will serve the purpose of convincing students to think more deeply about what is going on around them