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1. connector • What are the different forms (ways) of writing. • E.g: • Diary Entry • Article • speech Can you think of more?

2. Revision for writing tasks This PowerPoint includes: • How to write in different styles • Modelled examples • Grades given • Ways to improve

3. Leaflets

4. Leaflets • A neat and effective way of giving information or of advertising. • Purpose to inform, advise, persuade. • No marks for drawing pictures. • Need to adapt your writing to match the audience. • Adopt the right tone and style. • Headings are enough of an indication of layout (possibly indicate where pictures would go).

5. Your school or college is running a campaign during its “Healthy Eating” week to persuade students to buy and eat more fruit. It has asked you to produce a leaflet that will be given out in the dining hall.Write your leaflet. (16)

6. Healthy Eating Eating healthily doesn’t have to be uncool. This week a wide range of healthy foods, optional of course, will be available to students. Don’t be pressured into not eating healthy foods by friends, think of all the people they look up to such as maybe a famous footballer or netball player. How do you think they keep in good shape? Well, my friend, it’s all down to their diet and exercise, eating fruit can give you the energy you need for a good workout and to keep you fit. Sports can become a major problem during your school life and so can your size. Eating fruit and vegetables is good for your skin and can help get rid of spots. For those of you lads in school during PE who are trying to tone up those muscles, why stress when you can concentrate on a healthy diet giving you the energy you need for a good work out and gradually building up your muscles. How do you think a physical trainer builds up their muscles and ends up looking like this. Pictures of physical trainer. Eating healthily isn’t always for the uncool and the less popular people so think wisely about what you ea whether your friends like it or not.

7. Focused on task. Organised. Appropriate tone. Sense of audience. Clarity. Sub headings. Develop points in more detail. Grade: C Targets

8. Leaflet: Successful Features. • A heading that makes it clear what the leaflet is about. • Subheadings or sections so that information can be easily located. • Bullet points – these help make it look more attractive. • An appropriate tone. • A good sense of audience.

9. Your Turn • Choose a task on the next slide

10. You have been asked to produce a leaflet to persuade people in your area to be more careful about litter and waste. Write your leaflet. You may wish o indicate where you would use illustrations, but you will be rewarded for the quality of your writing, not your illustrations. (16)

11. Your local junior school has invited you to produce a leaflet about the importance of a healthy lifestyle aimed at ten and eleven year olds. The leaflet should be informative and persuasive. Write your leaflet. (16)

12. Writing a speech • Speech / talk / radio phone-in

13. Good features of a speech • Start by addressing the audience. • Make the subject clear. • Well organised. • Points made clearly. • Interesting information to support points. • Holds the attention of the audience. • Conclusion • Acknowledgement of audience, “Thank you for listening.”

14. As part of your ‘speaking and listening’ activities you have to prepare a class talk. You have decided to talk about the use of mobile phones in schools. Write your speech.

15. Fellow pupils, I have chosen as the topic of my talk today a subject we seem to read and hear a lot about. Mobile phones. These have been around now for a long time but still the argument goes on whether we should be allowed to bring our phones to school. As with most things there are points for and against. I will start with the downside. Teachers say that they distract us from our work. They say that we are more interested in text messages than we are in our school texts and preparing for our GCSEs. They also say that it is not acceptable to have phones go off in the middle of the lesson. Wee, I disagree with the first but agree with the second. It’s not fair to say that they stop us working but obviously we can’t have a situation where ring tones are interrupting the teaching. There is, though, an easy solution – all phones to be switched off during lesson time (and that includes the teacher’s phones). Another point made is that mobiles can be used to help pupils cheat in exams. Yes there are issues but there are also a lot of real advantages. If our parents want to contact us urgently then they can do so. This has happened to me and I don’t know what I would have done without my mobile. To sum up I think as I know most of you do that mobiles have more good points than bad ones. Yes they are abused by the odd person here and there but most of us use them responsibly. We can’t go on living in the past. We have to use modern technology to our advantage. If we don’t then just look what happened to the dinosaurs. Thank you very much for listening.

16. Grade: C+ • On task. • Strong sense of audience. • Strong sense of purpose. • Persuasive techniques used, eg, repetition. • Clearly organised. • Accurate.

17. Writing a speech: Tips • Adopt an appropriate tone. • Use rhetorical devices, eg, I’m sure you will agree…It is often claimed that… • Use humour if appropriate. • Use statistics sparingly. • Use personal experience. • Don’t be afraid to be controversial.

18. Your turn • Choose a task.. Remember the skills you should use

19. Your debating society in school intends to discuss the subject of boxing. You have been asked to contribute. The audience will be fellow students. Write what you would say. (24) Remember to plan before writing your speech!

20. You have been asked to prepare a talk / speech to be presented to your class on a subject of your choice. Write what you would say. (24)