RRR2

The execution of Thomas Scott made news across Canada. It was interpreted differently by French and English Canadians. Ontario Protestants viewed the death as murder by an illegitimate government. Many French Catholics viewed the death as an unfortunate necessity in the struggle for equal rights.

Your assignment is to write two newspaper articles and two opinion pieces. One pair of texts will be for the largest English newspaper in Ontario the //Toronto Globe//. The other pair of texts will be for //La Presse//, the largest French newspaper in Montreal.

Use the following template to create your articles:



Here is a link to some information about the newspaper coverage of this event.

It can be printed on paper or submitted to the FTP by Friday. When saving the document make sure it is **.doc** format and your file name is like this: **familyname.englishname.RRRnews**

Each article will be marked separately and will have a total of 12 points.