ISM 9th Grade Media Unit: Presentation
Assignment Overview:
As a group you are to choose one of the following topic in which you will create a presentation. No two groups will have the
same topic.
 Political Crisis in Egypt or Syria
 10th Anniversary of 9/11
 Riots in England
 The Spratly Island dispute China v Philippines
 Phone hacking scandal in England
 American military bases in Japan (removal)
 Terrorist attacks in Norway
 The reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines
 United States Credit Downgrade
 N. Korea’s provocation of S. Korean Islands
 Amanda Knox Murder Trial
 Occupy Wall Street
 Famine/Drought in Somalia
 Another topic approved by teacher
Your job will be to reveal the differences in news coverage regarding a particular topic. You will do this by each person in your
group looking at a different newspaper and how they covered and reported the story.
Some possible e-print agencies: (You are NOT limited to these as some of these papers will not apply to your chosen topic)
Once in the newspaper you may want to use each site’s internal search engine to narrow your search!
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Aljazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net/)
The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/)
The Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/)
Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/)
Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/news)
China Daily (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/index.html)
Canada.com (http://www.canada.com )
New York Times ( http://www.nytimes.com/ )
CNN (http://edition.cnn.com/ )
The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk )
The Inquirer ( http://www.inquirer.net/)
BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/)
Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)
As a group you will find an assortment of articles for your assigned topic from a variety of e-print media (one article for each
group member and one newspaper/e-print agency – no two agencies should be repeated) .
As a group:
1. Print out the articles (minimize paper by pasting to a word document, ½ inch margins, 10 point font)
2. Read them together
3. Highlight key passages throughout the each article
4. Determine the SOAPStone (see workbook) of each article
5. Determine the Claim/Evidence/Warrant (PEE) (see workbook) for 3 key claims, of each article
6. Consider the use of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos (see workbook) of each article
Presentation:
As a group you should give a brief introduction to topic and mention the news source each person will present (1 PowerPoint or
Prezi slide).
Individually you will create a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation for your article. Each individual will prepare 5 slides:
 The first will be a breakdown of the SOAPStone,
 Three will be about three seperate quoted passages (each a complete point/claim) so you can analyze the language
(diction, syntax, tone, mood) and the quality of evidence and explanation/ warrant used to support the point/claim.
 The final slide will address the overall balance of the article in terms of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos.
Then all individuals will put their five slides into one group PowerPoint or Prezi, which means you will want to set out the
design, font and color of your PowerPoint or Prezi so that each person has identical slides.
ISM 9th Grade Media Unit: Presentation
You will be graded individually for the quality of presentation using the ISM English Oral Rubric for English 1 & 2 (see
handout).
Worksheet
Name:______________________________________
Topic: __________________________________________
Group Members:
Category of Article
Name of article found:
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Individual Article: ___________________________________________________________________
SOAPSTone (Slide 1)
Subject:
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Occasion:
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Audience:
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Purpose:
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Speaker:
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Tone:
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Claim #1 (Slide 2)
Claim/Point__________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Evidence: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Warrant/Explanation___________________________________________________________________________________________
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Claim #2 (Slide 3)
Claim/Point__________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Evidence: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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ISM 9th Grade Media Unit: Presentation
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Warrant/Explanation___________________________________________________________________________________________
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Claim #3 (Slide 4)
Claim/Point__________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Evidence: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Warrant/Explanation___________________________________________________________________________________________
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Tools of Persuasion (Slide 5)
Logos_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Pathos______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Ethos_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Quick Summary of Key Terms:
1) SOAPStone = Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker, and Tone.
2) Claim, Evidence, Warrant or PEE = Claim/Point), Evidence/Example (statistics, opinion, experience, anecdotes), and
Warrant/Explanation (reasonable, logical, refutes counter-arguments)
3) Logos = Logic, Pathos = Emotion, Ethos = Ethics/Credibility [Law and Social Norms]