Opinions: compare and contrast

Your job, with your partners, is to look at three editorials and contrast and compare them.  You will present these to the class on Friday, 4/11.  Below are four choices and editorials; choose one, but not the same as other groups in your class.  You do not have to use these, but if you choose another topic, make sure that you find three opinion pieces on the topic to compare and contrast.

It shouldn't take you more than the two hours in the computer lab, and perhaps another hour together on Thursday.

Possible Topics

Scottish independence (from the United Kingdom) upcoming vote:
- "I will vote no to independence because I love Scotland"
- "The independence referendum will be a historic moment for young Scots"
- "Scotland is already another country"

Québec's independence party's failure in elections:
- "Good reasons Pauline Marois’s Parti Quebecois was hurled from office: Olive"
- "PQ’s Pauline Marois richly deserved voters’ rebuff: Editorial"
- "Sovereignty is overblown: It would bring less power, not more"

Global Climate Change:
- "In the Land of Denial"
- "The IPCC report takes us from alarmism to adaptation"
- "So, after the IPCC report, which bit of the world are you prepared to lose?"

Education:
- "How to raise a smart kid: live chat with author Amanda Ripley"
- "I teach high school on Chicago's South Side. What would you like to know?"
- "Why do people view teaching as a 'B-list' job?"


Presentation Content:
This is meant to be done in point form, to show your understanding of the different points of view.  For each, make sure you explain.
- the issue in brief
- each author's point of view
- each author's main arguments for that point of view
- where the authors agree
- where they disagree

Presentation Form:
What you do must be shown on the TV in the resource room on Friday, and be a good choice for compare and contrast.  You will all have to speak.  You should save this file, and share it with all members of the group, in case of absence: that is, not a USB or similar, but on 'the cloud', such as Google Documents.  If you cannot present on Friday, because you did not share it this way, all of you lose marks.

Some examples of how to present it visually:

Venn Diagram

Graphic Organizer

List