Today's lesson...
- Genre Audience Purpose
- In the Exam
- Before and After
- What do YOU need to do
- Practice
Title: Genre Audience PurposeGoals:
- understand how the genre, audience, purpose section works
GENRE AUDIENCE PURPOSE
What is it exactly?
Genre: the TYPE of text that we are reading
(is it a blog post, a news article, a paragraph from a book, a message to a friend, an email...?)
GENRE AUDIENCE PURPOSE
What is it exactly?
Audience: WHO would read this kind of text?
(is it for... children, young adults, readers who are interested in a specific topic, teenagers...?)
GENRE AUDIENCE PURPOSE
What is it exactly?
Purpose: what is the writer trying to achieve through the text?
(is it to... persuade, entertain, warn, encourage, bring awareness, inform us...?)
IN THE EXAM
Source A questions Source B questions Questions for BOTH source A and B
AFTER
BEFORE
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
PRACTICE
PRACTICE
PRACTICE
Read the text Complete exercises 1 to 3
travel
documentary
entertain/inspire
adults
book
inspiring
adult
podcast
informing/entertaining
science/travel/exploration
The writer first discovered other worlds through an old copy of The Adventures of Tintin at age seven, which inspired curiosity about distant places.
They looked up the places mentioned in the stories to see where the adventures took place.
They enjoy the stunning scenery and daring adventures, and also because the writer is too scared to do such extreme activities themselves.
who embark on the seemingly impossible challenge of reaching the summit of all fourteen of the world's 8000-metre mountains in just seven months.
It gave them a purpose, restored hope, helped them connect with nature, and allowed them to re-evaluate what's important.
Nirmal Purja and his climbing team
Raynor Winn's life
The Guatemalan travelling circus members
an idea or interest that someone thinks about constantly
made up of a variety of different things
unexpected changes or events
very small or insufficient
stuck somewhere without a way to leave
a difficult or tricky situation
9.2-5 Reading GENRE AUDIENCE PURPOSE
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Transcript
Today's lesson...
Title: Genre Audience PurposeGoals:
GENRE AUDIENCE PURPOSE
What is it exactly?
Genre: the TYPE of text that we are reading
(is it a blog post, a news article, a paragraph from a book, a message to a friend, an email...?)
GENRE AUDIENCE PURPOSE
What is it exactly?
Audience: WHO would read this kind of text?
(is it for... children, young adults, readers who are interested in a specific topic, teenagers...?)
GENRE AUDIENCE PURPOSE
What is it exactly?
Purpose: what is the writer trying to achieve through the text?
(is it to... persuade, entertain, warn, encourage, bring awareness, inform us...?)
IN THE EXAM
Source A questions Source B questions Questions for BOTH source A and B
AFTER
BEFORE
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
PRACTICE
PRACTICE
PRACTICE
Read the text Complete exercises 1 to 3
travel
documentary
entertain/inspire
adults
book
inspiring
adult
podcast
informing/entertaining
science/travel/exploration
The writer first discovered other worlds through an old copy of The Adventures of Tintin at age seven, which inspired curiosity about distant places.
They looked up the places mentioned in the stories to see where the adventures took place.
They enjoy the stunning scenery and daring adventures, and also because the writer is too scared to do such extreme activities themselves.
who embark on the seemingly impossible challenge of reaching the summit of all fourteen of the world's 8000-metre mountains in just seven months.
It gave them a purpose, restored hope, helped them connect with nature, and allowed them to re-evaluate what's important.
Nirmal Purja and his climbing team
Raynor Winn's life
The Guatemalan travelling circus members
an idea or interest that someone thinks about constantly
made up of a variety of different things
unexpected changes or events
very small or insufficient
stuck somewhere without a way to leave
a difficult or tricky situation