Read general information texts or media

1. D1.LAN.CL10.08 D1.LAN.CL10.09 Read general information texts or media

2. 1 3 2 Read general texts or media This unit is comprised of three elements: Identify the purpose of general information texts or media Apply reading strategies Apply critical reading skills

3. Assessment Assessment for this unit may include: • Oral questions • Written questions • Work projects • Practical exercises • Role plays • Formal report from employer/supervisor.

4. Identify the purpose of general information texts or media Performance criteria for this element are: 1.1 Identify informative texts or media 1.2 Identify persuasive texts or media 1.3 Identify instructional texts or media 1.4 Identify descriptive texts or media

5. Identify informative texts or media Informative texts or media provide information about a topic or situation and can include: • Newspaper articles • Handbooks and manuals • Textbooks • Brochures • Menus and recipes.

6. Identify informative texts or media Read the newspaper article in your Trainee Manuals and answer the questions:

7. Identify informative texts or media

8. ASSISTANT CHEF Identify informative texts or media A p ______t_________ position exists for an assistant chef in our modern restaurant. You will need to be very hard working, with a passion for high quality food preparation.You must be able to work very e_____________________ in a high-pressured environment. You must be able to speak English f___________________ and be able to follow recipes written in English. Your main d______________ will be helping the head chef in the preparation of the soups and meat dishes. You will receive an excellent monthly s______________ For further information, please c______________ the restaurant on 456 987 625 Send your letter of a____________________ to Mr Pat Smith Mubbo Restaurant, 220 Main Street Oslo

9. ASSISTANT CHEF Identify informative texts or media The Harbor Café Soups Pumpkin and cashew 5.00 Chicken noodle 4.50 Sweet potato and coriander 5.00 Tomato and risoni 4.50 Main dishes Seafood platter 20.00Roast chicken and vegetables 13.00Roast lamb and vegetables 13.00 Pepper steak and fried rice 15.00 Beef and mushroom pasta 14 .00 Battered fish and French fries 12.00 Desserts Strawberry cheesecake 6.00Fresh fruits 5.00Apple pie and ice cream 6.00 Chocolate mousse 4.00

10. ASSISTANT CHEF Number of guests at four hotels 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Mama's Mansion Hamish's Hotel Master’s Motel TaTa's Tent Identify informative texts or media

11. ASSISTANT CHEF Identify informative texts or media

12. ASSISTANT CHEF Identify informative texts or media

13. Identify persuasive texts or media Persuasive texts or media try to convince you to do something or think a certain way. They include: • Advertising • Political speeches • Debates.

14. Identify persuasive texts or media The real estate advertisement tries to persuade the reader by using: • Exclamation marks!!!! • Capital letters make information seem more important • Comparatives and superlatives are often seen in persuasive texts (most, best, bigger, biggest) • Extreme adjectives • Emotive topics.

15. Identify persuasive texts or media

16. The Grand Hotel The Golden Sands Hotel The Green Palms Hotel Identify persuasive texts or media Click Click Click

17. Identify persuasive texts or media

18. Identify instructional texts or media Instructional texts often have: • A title to explain what the instructions are for • Materials or equipment that may be required • A sequence or series of actions or steps that should be followed • Numbered bullet points (1,2,3,4) or sub-headings (step 1, step 2, Step 3) • Imperative verbs • Short sentences • Labelled diagrams, charts, tables, photos and graphs.

19. Identify instructional texts or media

20. Identify instructional texts or media No right turn Road narrows Roundabout Crossing No u-turn Right of way intersection

21. Identify descriptive texts or media Descriptive texts describe: • People • Places • Food • Events • Customs and traditions • Situations.

22. Identify descriptive texts or media

23. Identify descriptive texts or media

24. 2.1 2.2 Element 2: Apply reading strategies There are 2 performance criteria for this element: Use skimming skills to gain the gist or main ideas of a text Use scanning skills to locate specific information in a text

25. Use skimming skills to gain the gist or main ideas of a text When skimming a text it is important to: • Read the title • Look at any pictures or diagrams • Look for an author • Predict what the text is about.

26. Use skimming skills to gain the gist or main ideas of a text

27. Use skimming skills to gain the gist or main ideas of a text Skimming is used to quickly identify the main idea of a text. Skimming strategies include: • Reading the first and last paragraphs of a text • Reading summaries, headers, notes • Reading titles, diagrams, sub-headings, illustrations • Reading the first sentence of each paragraph.

28. Using scanning skills to locate specific information in a text Scanning is used to identify specific information in a text such as: • Dates • People • Places • Time • Names • Numbers and facts.

29. Using scanning skills to locate specific information in a text

30. Element 3: Apply critical reading skills There are four performance criteria: 3.1 Analyze and identify bias and exaggeration in a written text Read the small print in written text to determine conditions which may apply to special offers 3.2 3.3 Evaluate the accuracy of written texts Synthesize what is read by demonstrating comprehension of the whole text 3.4

31. Analyse and identify bias and exaggeration in a written text A written text is often attempting to position the reader a certain way. It is important to be aware of: • Bias – a judgement based on a personal point of view • Exaggeration – to make an overstatement or stretch the truth.

32. Analyse and identify bias and exaggeration in a written text William Wallace – The Brave William Wallace was a famous Scottish knight from the 13th Century. He was over 10ft tall and stronger than a lion. His hands were as big as boulders and he could kill 100 men with one hand tied behind his back. He could drink 10 litres of beer for breakfast and eat a whole deer by himself.

33. Analyse and identify bias and exaggeration in a written text Climate Change is a Joke! Rising temperatures, floods, tsunamis and hurricanes are not increasing according to Bill Smith, the CEO of Petro Industries. He believes that all of the scientific data and research being conducted about climate change are lies and that oil-based industries are safe and good for the environment. Petro Industries made a 400% profit last year and Bill Smith received millions in bonuses from oil sales.

34. Read the small print in written text to determine conditions which may apply to special offers “If it is too good to be true, it probably is!”

35. Read the small print in written text to determine conditions which may apply to special offers

36. Evaluate the accuracy of written texts There are many different types of written texts such as: • Books • Magazines • Newspapers • Advertising materials • Websites and the internet.

37. Synthesize what is read by demonstrating comprehension of the whole text

38. Synthesize what is read by demonstrating comprehension of the whole text Essential details include: • dates • times • people • places • important events • contact details (address, email address, telephone number, fax number).

39. You’ve completed ‘Read general information text or media’ unit