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News written tasks
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The following files are all part of one section from a very useful guide about tackling textual analysis of paper 1. They are in separate files because the file would be too big to upload if they were all as one. Tedious, I know.
paper 1 advice page 1
paper 1 advice page 2
paper 1 advice page 3
paper 1 advice page 4
paper 1 advice page 5
paper 1 advice page 6
paper 1 advice page 7
More advice on writing a comparative commentary. This is aimed at Literature tasks, but the same skills and tasks apply.ISM Paper 1 SL Rubric
Another resource – a list of the elements to focus in textual analysis
Textual Analysis
ISM Paper 1 HL Rubric
comparative commentary

Below are all of the files required for the news unit. The only hard copy you will receive will be the first one. You are expected to access the rest from this blog and download them if you wish. Laptops will be beneficial in class for this unit. If you don’t have one sit next to someone who does and become their bff. Another useful tip is to read newspapers and online articles regularly.
News Unit
sexism ideology – minor assessment
discourse articles only
Below are the timetables for HL and SL for the remainder of the semester, including the timeline for the unseen commentary assessment.
LLHLQ2 timetable
LLSLQ2 timetable
Unseen Commentary Practice Task Timetable

a href=’http://curryp.ism-online.org/files/2011/09/Human-Energy1.docx’>Human Energy
This is primarily the script of a monologue delivered by me, the advertising company, to convince the product company, in this case Chevron, to buy and use my advertisement. In the pitch I try to use several persuasive techniques to convince them, but also to demonstrate my understanding of them.
See the link below for examples of the ad campaign.

http://www.chevron.com/weagree/

Another way to approach this task is to delineate the marketing campaign. See the file below.
sample marketing plan chevron<
Another way to approach this:
Marketing Plan to Company Executives
Remember: choose the approach that will best demonstrate your understanding of all of the elements we have discussed so far – audience, text types, persuasive techniques, language use, image use.
Sample Rationale

See the attached file for an exercise on understanding text type conventions.Text Type Conventions

a href=’http://curryp.ism-online.org/files/2011/09/Marketing-Campaign-major-WT.docx’>Marketing Campaign – major WT
rationale explanation<
ISM Written Task SL Rubric
Written Task ISM RubricHL
Further Oral Activity RubricHL&SL

ISM Written Task SL Rubric1
interview grandparent WT
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