Different types of text

Submitted by Matt Barnes on 11 April 2011.

Wonderful high L1 – Level 2 resource which looks at the purposes and sources of a range of texts. Includes: useful handout with example of the four main types of text; discussion and examples of texts with more than one purpose; examples of badly written texts with mixed and confusing purposes; inferred and hidden meanings; writing practice (for four different purposes); re-ordering a long instructional text; and a set of final multiple choice questions to check skills.
Fully mapped to the Functional English criteria.

Resource File(s)
1l2differenttypesoftext.pdf
Resource type
Writing assessments, tasks or prompts
Worksheet(s) or assignment
Handout or guide
Physical format
9 pages
Level
Level 2
Level 1
English
Functional English - writing
Adult Lit Wt/L2.5 Use formal & informal language appropriate to purpose & audience
Adult Lit Wt/L1.4 Use language suitable for purpose and audience
AL Rw/L2.3 Vocabulary (language features, synonyms, formality)
Rt/L2.2 Identify the purpose of a text and infer meaning which is not explicit
Rt/L1.2
Adult Lit Rs/L2.2 Use punctuation to help interpret the meaning and purpose of texts
Rs/L2.1 Use implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge
Functional English reading

Comments

I love the different ways of describing something as simple as a window, really shows the contrasts well.

See also
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Types of text - student handout
Types of text - What am I?
Types of text drag & drop worksheet
Purpose and audience
Purpose of text L1 questions
Purpose of text hexagonal jigsaw
Purposes of Text PowerPoint
Using imperatives
Purpose of text card game
Different types of text PPTs
Text types matching game
Purpose of Text interactive PowerPoint
Layout and text features - card match
Pick 'n Mix writing task
Organisational features matching exercise
Audience, Purpose, Format and Features (PAFF)
Purpose of Texts
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