WORKSHEET 2

A. In 1-3 sentences, define what news is.

 News is an accurate, unbiased account of the significant facts of a timely
happening that is of the interest of the readers of the newspaper or the general
public.

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WORKSHEET 2.2
B. Clip news items from the Philippine Star and identify the different elements of news
in them.

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C. Is there a right or wrong opinion? Why?
 We should know that if the opinion at issue is a judgment of the validity of
some testable assertion, and if the assertion is checked and the check
produces a well-defined result, then the judgment will be shown to be correct
or incorrect. For example, if two bags were placed over the counter where I
judged to be bags of groceries and fruits, this judgment can be tested by simply
opening the boxes and having a look at what’s in the boxes which will then
determine whether my opinion is true of false. Of course, there are other types
of opinions where the validity of the opinion is not objectively testable, and
hence the opinion cannot be determined to be true or false. Nevertheless, to
say that someone's opinion is right or wrong is using criteria from scientific
reasoning to judge the "validity" of someone's thinking, and opinions fall
outside of that. Note that opinions themselves are subjective as they are
basically based on personal belief.

WORKSHEET 2.4
1. Introduction 6. First person Point-of-view
2. Body 7. Interpretative Editorial
3. Conclusion 8. .
4. Conclusion 9. .
5. Informative Editorial 10. Don’ts

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WORKSHEET 2.6 (Post Assessment)
A. Write the appropriate headline
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B. Write an editorial articles based on these topics:

 Same sex Marriage
 Capital Punishment Be Imposed