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Contents

Term 3

Essays

1. Persuasive writing 3

Transactional writing

2. An interview 13

3. Agenda and Minutes 15

4. Newspaper article 17

Term 4

Essays

1. Descriptive essay 18

Transactional writing

1. Directions 21

2. A flyer 24

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1. Persuasive Writing A persuasive essay is an essay used to convince a reader about a particular idea or focus,

usually one that you believe in. Whether you're arguing against junk food at school or

asking for a raise from your boss, the persuasive essay is a skill everyone should have.

1. Choose a strong, defendable stance for your thesis statement. The thesis

statement is your argument boiled down to one sentence. For a persuasive essay, this

statement needs to take a strong, active stance on the issue. Don't try and play both

sides and be wishy-washy - it won't persuade anyone.

2. Use clear, directed topics sentences to begin each paragraph. Consider the

beginning of each paragraph as a mini-thesis statement. This allows your argument to

flow cohesively. You build the argument brick by brick for the reader so there is no

confusion.

3. Back up your claims. The best rule of thumb is, whenever you make a claim or point

that isn't common sense, you need to back it up. One of the best ways to do this,

however, is in reverse. Let the evidence lead to your arguments - bringing the reader

with you.

4. Keep your sentences short and to the point. Only make one point or argument in

each sentence. You want the reader to be able to build the argument logically, but this

is impossible if they get lost in the weeds. 5. Use a variety of persuasion techniques to hook your readers. Learning the tricks

and tools will make you a better writer almost immediately. Examples include:

Repetition: Keep hammering on your thesis. They'll get the point by the end.

Quotes: Common quotations or quotes from well recognised people reinforce that you

aren't the only one making this point.

6. Be authoritative and firm. You need to sound like an expert, and like you should be

trustworthy. Cut out small words or wishy-washy phrases to adopt a tone of authority. 7. Challenge your readers. Provoke thought in your readers. Look at the example of a persuasive essay on whether school uniforms should be worn to school.

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2. An Interview Listen to the following role play interview (link 2) and answer the questions that follow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie0K1GsDM08

1. What were the 9 steps used to create this type of interview? (9)

2. Do you think the lady gave the man good advice? Explain. (2)

3. What other advice could you have given this young man? (1)

(12)

How to write a dialogue/interview

1. Title

The title is usually the name of the subject being discussed or the main topic being interviewed.

Example:

Advice for a friend who wants to get married, but is too young.

2. Author

The author usually gets a by-line beneath the title.

By I. M. Wright and U. R. Wrong

3. Introduction

Start with a short introduction that explains to the reader who is being interviewed, when and where the interview is taking place and what the main topic of the interview will be.

On Tuesday, the 19th March 2014, Mr Wrong was interviewed by Mrs Wright at the local coffee shop. She wanted to give him some advice as she thought that his decision to propose to his girlfriend was premature and that he hadn’t thought things through.

4. Questions

The rest looks very similar to a script.

• If the interviewer represents a specific group or magazine, his or her questions are usually prefaced with the name of the group or magazine instead of his or her name.

• Alternatively, the interviewer's words can be prefaced with his own name. This could be both first and last name, or just a last name.

Time Magazine: How do feel about this?

Mr Wrong: I am not too sure.

OR

Mrs Wright: Have you thought this through?

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• The subject's name precedes her responses. As with the interviewer, this could be both first and last name, or just a last name.

• Frequently, after the first question and answer, the identifiers are abbreviated to initials.

Mr Wrong: I thought I had.

I.M.W: Don’t you think you are too young?

U.R.W: Perhaps.

5. Emotions/gestures

Sometimes, a question or answer may be preceded by a context clue that will help the audience understand that there is more meaning going on than just the words themselves. These notes are usually in brackets. They usually appear right after the speaker's name, although they can go in the middle of a question or answer if that is where the notation belongs.

I.M.W: (Confused) Don’t you think you are too young?

U.R.W: (Shrugs shoulders) Perhaps.

6. Conclusion

The interview usually concludes with a question designed to provide an answer that gives closure to the overall interview.

I.R.W: What have you decided to do?

U.R.W: I have decided to postpone the proposal.

Write an interview and re-enact with a partner

Pair up with a partner. Each pair will write and re-enact an interview. Topic: Imagine you are a doctor. Interview your patient in attempt to figure out what is wrong with them. Time: 2-4 min

6 Instructions: Follow the 9 steps in the YouTube video to design your interview. Use the structure you have been taught to write the interview. Act the part and add emotions and gestures to your interview.

3. Agenda and Minutes Role play a meeting procedure The meeting procedure It is important to remember that at a formal meeting you should not:

• Speak over each other

• Become aggressive

• Use cell phones

• Arrive late/leave early

• Stray from the agenda

Chair: The chair is the person who runs the meeting. They are usually of a higher stature within

the company. They take the lead role in decision making and drawing up final conclusions.

They will also run the agenda of the meeting and allow people to speak in turn.

Choose someone in your group who will play the role of the chair in your meeting. This

person should have a strong character and should be an excellent leader.

Agenda: The agenda is a formally written list of things that will be discussed at a meeting.

Look at the example below and use this agenda for your role play.

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Meeting Agenda Date: 11 May 2016 Time: 13h40 Place: Room 28, Tom Newby School Purpose: How could the classrooms of Tom Newby better support a learning

environment? Attendees: Grade 7 representatives

Chair Mrs. Taylor

Agenda Items:

13h40-15h00: Introduction of topic by chair

15h00-15h10: Brainstorm ideas

15h10-15h20:

15h20-15h25:

Finalise ideas with reasons for each

Meeting close

Minutes: Minutes of a meeting are the written record of a meeting or hearing. They typically

describe the events of the meeting, starting with a list of attendees, a statement of the

issues considered by the participants and related responses or decisions for the issues.

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Minutes of the meeting Date: 11 May 2016

Time: 13h40

Purpose: How could the classrooms of Tom Newby be more supportive to a learning

environment?

Attendees: Andrew Sheen, Aaqilah Minty, BrijeshBhagvan, VarshikaMagan,

AmogelangMashinini.

Absentees: Mrs Taylor

Discussion

Amogelang

He agrees that the posters should be informative.

Andrew

Each person should sit at their own desk to ensure concentration.

Varshika

Groups allow for more interaction.

Posters must be bright.

Conclusion:

There should be more colourful and informative posters.

Although learners work better alone, they should be grouped at times when discussion is

important.

Choose one person in your group to write the minutes. The minutes of your meeting must

be handed in to Mrs Taylor.

9 Create an agenda for a meeting Imagine that you were running a school and you and your team of teachers needed to

come up with a new programme to raise money for the school.

Draw up your own agenda for this meeting. Think about the topics that you would need to

discuss in your meeting. Think of who would need to be contacted for help and what would

need to be bought in order for your fundraiser to be successful.

4. A Newspaper Article The key elements of a News Report are:

1. Headline

• Catches your attention

• Sums up the story

2. By-line

• Writer’s name

• Writer’s Specialty, e.g. sports, food,

crime, current events

3. Place line

• Where the story begins

4. Lead

• The opening section

• Gives most important information

• Should answer most of the 5 ‘W’s

5. Body

• Supplies detail

• Most important details come first

• Simple true statements

6. Quotation

• What someone actually said

• Adds accuracy

• Adds an “at the scene” feeling

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CAR THIEF CAUGHT TRAPPED IN TARGET VEHICLE Jim Day, Staff Reporter

Wed. Feb 25, 2009

CANBERRA - A bungling Australian car thief was nabbed after accidentally locking himself

in the vehicle that he was trying to steal on Wednesday.

Police were called to a house in Adelaide after two thieves were heard trying to steal a car.

On arrival, they were surprised to find a 53-year old man hiding inside the vehicle.

"The man, while breaking into the car, had locked himself in the car and couldn't get out,"

South Australian police said, adding that a second thief was found hiding in nearby

bushes.

Write your own newspaper article Write your own newspaper article on an exciting event that happened at your school.

Your story must be 100-150 words long.

Follow the writing process.

Headline

By-line (name of author)

Place line

Body

Lead

– catches reader interest,

– most important info

– introduces topic

– answers most of the 5W’s

Quotation

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Analyse a newspaper article 1. What is cyber bullying? (2)

2. What did the authors of this study say would happen, if the evidence found was

ignored?

(1)

3. What percentage of participants believed that cyber bullying had increased over the

past 2 years?

(1)

4. Name five different types of cyber bullying incidents which have been reported. (5)

5. What effects does cyber bullying have on a young person’s mental health? (2)

6. What would you do if you were being bullied? (2)

7. Why do you think young people bully others? (2)

(15)

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1. Descriptive Writing Write a descriptive essay Write a descriptive essay on how you picture the three witches from the story of ‘Macbeth’ to look and behave. Instructions:

• Your story must consist of 100-120 words. • You must add at least 5 figures of speech in your essay, example: similes,

metaphors, idioms, proverbs, alliteration. • Be descriptive and clear. • Use many adjectives. • Follow the writing process.

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2. Directions Listen carefully at how to write directions. When giving directions, they have to be very

clear so that when someone who has never been to that area before, attempts to follow

them, they do not get lost!

Write directions for a parent visiting Tom Newby School. Imagine they arrived at the office. They need to get to Miss Klemp’s class for a parent-teacher meeting and then they need to collect their child from the bottom field and make their way back to the office. Use landmarks to help direct the parent.

Follow the writing process.

3. A pamphlet Look at this pamphlet which explains what HIV/Aids is, what the symptoms are, and the

risk factors and prevention.

14 Imagine you worked for the union and you wanted to create awareness of the Ebola

outbreak.

Create a flyer that you could hand out to people at airports to avoid the Ebola virus

travelling to countries around Africa, or even the world.