Today we started off by looking at the five summaries which the groups produced last week. Most people felt that Conor and Liam's was a strong one as it summarised by paragraph and was concise without losing the main points. Also, Harry commented that they managed to provide a good summary of the fairly complex point being made about funding in the last paragraph of that report.
We moved on, then, to look at another report (simply called "Olympic Report" click here to see a copy).
Having looked at summary skills last week, we were more interested in developing analysis skills - that is, looking and commenting on how a text is put together.
First we identified the purpose (the stated and the actual purpose are not always the same) and the intended reader (tourist trade and those involved with Olympics for this one). Bearing this information in mind, we looked at how the writers of the report used language, graphics, structure and layout to achieve their purpose.
At the end we discussed each group's analysis and I asked everyone to complete questions 3, 4 and 5 from the handout which I gave out today. That's due for next week.
Next week, we will make a start on the first assessment: summarising and analysing a complex document.
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