IV. Skip the text once again and explain the following points.

1) What does the word combination “a scarce commodity” mean?

2) How can various opinions be incorporated in journalism?

3) Paraphrase the following “It does not mean parroting lies or distortions to achieve that lazy equivalence that leads some journalists to get opposing quotes when the facts overwhelmingly support one side.”

4) Why does the author refer journalism to “an independent monitor of power”?

5) When do people tend “to exercise their personal conscience”?

V. Look through the text put down all collocations with the word information and make up sentences ofyour own .

For example: the sources of information. Our reporter is not going to reveal the sources of information.

VI. Compress the text using “TRACK & DICE” model given below.

T	Task	Make sure you understand the terms of reference, the task you have been set.
R	Read	Read through the passage once to perceive the general drift. Then read it again more carefully.
A	Ask	Ask questions such as “What is this about?”, “What other title could it be given?”
C	Clarify	Look at any difficult words or passages. Try to work out their meaning from the surrounding text.
K	Key word and phrases	Which are the vital parts of the narrative? Where possible underline them. Use broken lines to show the secondary phrases, those you consider to be fairly important but not vital
D	Draft	Make a rough draft of your summary, using your own words to link up the elements.
I	Improve	Refer back to the instructions. Read the passage once more and make any necessary amendments.
C	Count	Is there a limit to the number of words you are allowed to use in your summary? How many words have you used? Add or subtract according to the degree of importance.
E	Edit	Read through the draft once more before editing and producing the summary in its final form.

VII. VOCABULARY REVISION: PYRAMID GAME.

All you need for it is some paper, a pen and a stopwatch (or the second hand of a watch).

1) Divide into teams. The object of the game is for these contestants to describe two words from a vocabulary category to their partner within a time-limit. Suggested words: newscast; to be onto the air; medium;hard news; soft news; to be in the public eye; toverify information; blogger; gossip; commodity; strike; orphanage and etc. Otherwise you may use the words from glossary.

2) Players take it in turns, and the teacher gives the player the 2 words which he must describe to his partner in English. He is given thirty seconds to do this, and gets a point for each word his partner guesses within this time limit. Depending on the size of the group, give each player a couple of turns at describing words, then add the scores of the pairs to find out which is the winner.

3) The rules are fairly simple: no root words (e.g. if the word is headache, no using the word head) and descriptions only in English. The game also tends to work better without excessive use of gestures!

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