Session 23 Learning Objectives: - understand how to plan to write for a specific audience and purpose - participate in Spoken Language assessments
What do you want to achieve today?
Commonwealth Day 13th March (2nd Monday of every March) Hot topic Commonwealth Day 13th March (2nd Monday of every March) What is the Commonwealth? 2. What’s its relevance today?
Population: 1.8 billion (30% of world population) Values: democracy, good government, human rights and economic development. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1554175.stm#members
SPAG revision: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zx3gr82/test
Conveying a viewpoint – YOUR TURN! Genre (or form) Audience Purpose Conveying a viewpoint – YOUR TURN!
Underline key words in the question… Genre (or form) Audience (Purpose) Underline key words in the question…
Persuasive Instructional Informative Descriptive
To inform/ advise To entertain To persuade (To instruct) Purpose…
To inform/ advise To entertain To persuade (To instruct) leaflets/ websites/ facts/ information vibrant, figurative language/ humour/ fiction to argue/ to discuss To inform/ advise To entertain To persuade (To instruct)
“The text has a formal register” Formality Register
The choice of style depends on the form Paper 2 Q5 Task = present your point of view on a subject … The choice of style depends on the form
Task 1 – paired Underline key words GAP Formality & style (use the cut-outs to help)
Task 2 Homework Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part etc. Conclusion Choose 2 questions and plan an answer for each Intro: or mind map: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part etc. Conclusion Homework Beneficial… Not enough time Not helpful…
Assessment: Spoken Language
Plenary: Independent learning -