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Source: http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

This tool is called Fodey. You are able to generate a newspaper article and save as a jpg. file then upload to your blog as a picture.  This would be an interesting way to assign a persuasive speech  writing lesson to a class. The students could decide which  character they wish to be and write a letter stating their stance.  The final paragraph asks that submissions contain relevant research and references and not be based solely on personal opinion.

To help develop the students higher order thinking skills the teacher could write names of characters on paper and have the students draw out a role. This would ensure that the students persuasive speeches are not all one sided.  The students who need to write a persuasive speech against the use of Smartphones when they are actually for the use will need to use critical thinking as well as creative thinking as they push the limits of their knowledge as discussed in Dimensions of Learning 5. DoL 1 Attitudes and Perceptions will also be challenged with this task as the students need to consider their own attitude to undertaking a stance they don't agree with. (Manzano, R. & Pickering, D. 1997)