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Activity 6

6. Go over the forecasts in Activity 4. Decide, based on the forecasts, which one • Using one text, demonstrate
corresponds to each description below. Look at the example.
how graphic and text
WHAT IS THE TEXT TOPIC? session 3 components are essential to
identify topic, addressee and
Text 1 Weather forecast purpose. For example, an

Description of cars in the future.
4
Expectations about someone who will be born. horoscope has dates (whose
3
Predictions for this week purpose is to indicate to
2
WHO WROTE IT? whom it is addressed: that is,
1
A meteorologist people whose birthday falls
An astrologer between the dates of each
2
4
A physicist Topic, purpose and addressee
3
A teenager zodiac sign), zodiac symbols
(which represent how people
WHY WAS IT WRITTEN?
used to see these figures
1
To report on upcoming weather in the stars, and how they
To predict the future
2

To inform about a future family event created narrations to explain
3

To describe future scientific. developments based the link between star motion
4
on evidence
and why they felt it had an
WHO DID THE AUTHOR THINK WOULD READ HIS/ HER TEXT?
effect on their lives). You
3
Oneself
2/4
A specifically targeted group may also ask if there is a link
Everyone between the title and the text
1
content, and the links between
7. Using the model below, tell the class the topic, purpose, and addressee of the
texts in Activity 4. titles and subtitles.
• Use the answers you wrote in the previous activity. Look at the example. • Based on reflections such
as the previous ones, fill the
Example: Model table of the activity.
The topic of text The topic of text is • Once they have finished,
1 is the weather; (text number)
it was written ; it was written by to make them exchange the
(topic)
(author)
by… . Its addressee is . answers on their tables, so
(purpose)
(addressee) that your students get used
to receiving and giving
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feedback.
Activity 7
• The model is intended to be taken as such. Therefore, it is important to make adjustments to the language
so that others may understand it, so your students can really participate and understand this activity. This
becomes specially important if there are significant disparities in the level of achievement.

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