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6.  Go over the forecasts in Activity 4. Decide, based on the forecasts, which one
                           corresponds to each description below. Look at the example.


                                                       WHAT IS THE TEXT TOPIC?                                       session 3


                             Text 1                            Weather forecast

                                                                                             Description of cars in the future.
                                                                                             Expectations about someone who will be born.
                                                                                              Predictions for this week

                                                             WHO WROTE IT?


                                                                                             A meteorologist
                                                                                             An astrologer            Topic, purpose and addressee
                                                                                             A physicist
                                                                                             A teenager

                                                         WHY WAS IT WRITTEN?


                                                               To report on upcoming weather

                                                               To predict the future

                                                               To inform about a future family event

                                                               To describe future scientific. developments based

                                                               on evidence
                                    WHO DID THE AUTHOR THINK WOULD READ HIS/ HER TEXT?


                                                                                             Oneself
                                                                                             A specifically targeted group
                                                                                             Everyone


                        7.  Using the model below, tell the class the topic, purpose, and addressee of the
                           texts in Activity 4.

                            •  Use the answers you wrote in the previous activity. Look at the example.


                                          Example:                                    Model

                                       The topic of text            The topic of text                         is
                                        1   is  the weather;                            (text number)
                                          it was written                         ; it was written by                    to
                                                                      (topic)
                                                                                                  (author)
                                              by…                                   . Its addressee is                        .
                                                                     (purpose)
                                                                                                  (addressee)



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