SOAPSTone Introduction and Practice

Read the SOAPSTone article. Pay attention to the function of each part of SOAPSTone. Do you understand each part of the acronym? Rate your understanding of the concept from one to five and list any questions that you have about SOAPSTone in the box below.

Not very well                                                                                                                   Fully 1                                        2                                 3                                 4                                 5

How well do you understand the different parts of SOAPSTone?

 

 

What questions do you have about SOAPSTone? List them below. We will address these questions together during group discussion.

 

 

 

 

 

Now we will read a speech together. We will fill out the SOAPSTone chart below as we read so that we can model the strategy.

What is the speaker?
What is the occasion?
Who is the audience?
What is the purpose?
What is the subject?
What is the tone? (Choose three words from the tone list and explain why they apply.)

 

Reflection. Respond in approximately 100 words on the back of the worksheet.

Why do you think that it is important to be able to recognize the different parts of SOAPSTone? How can they help you develop as a reader and a writer?