Wednesday 17th March

● Using Outcomes textbook in Term 3

● Check quiz questions
● Discussion & group reading
● Individual reading

Instructive - informative - descriptive - persuasive - entertainment (magazine, book)

Newspaper articles - informative (giving the news)

Recipes - instructive
Hello magazine - Articles - informative Adverts - persuasive
Road signs - instructive
National Geographic - informative
Exam paper - instructive
Work contract - informative / instructive / rules
Email - descriptive / informative…..
Anti wrinkle cream text on the back of the pot - informative & instructive
Adverts - persuasive

Discussion & group reading

This is an introduction to something we are going to read together.

● What type of text do you think this is an introduction for? Article
● What is the purpose of this type of text? Informative
● What features can you see? Titles/Headlines pictures Name of the
journalist & date article was published
● What type of language do you think will be used? Informal (vocabulary &
topic - COVID
● New vocabulary? Household chores = house keeping jobs (mopping the
floor, doing the washing up, doing the laundry)
“I’ve got so many chores to do at home today!”
Largely = mostly = the majority of something
“Today’s lesson is mostly/largely about text types.”
Discussion
What have you learned from a year of staying inside?
● Pros and cons?
● Have you taken up any new hobbies?
● Have you made any new friends? Have you lost contact with any friends?

What we have learned from a year of staying inside (timeout.com)

My whole body was painful (adjective)

My whole body was in pain / I was in pain
It’s good to have distractions / It’s good to keep/stay busy
I was looking for volunteer roles.

Group Reading
● Read the text together - don’t use a translation app
● What do you think about the comments in the article? Do you feel the same?
● Do you have any points to add?

Select something to read…

● What type of text is it?
● What are the text features?
● Don’t use a translation app
● Give a summary of your text to us