El Pointers For Writing

Pointers for Creating your Brochure

Generic Structure and Language Features

Process Writing

• Your process writing stage will take place in MixedInk

• Please refer to the instruction manual provided if you are unsure of its features

Process Writing

Product

• After considering the feedback provided by your peers and teacher, combine your writing and produce a final collaborative group piece

• Paste this into your page in Wordpress and include images/videos where appropriate

• Please refer to the instruction manual if familiar with Wordpress

Why do you write?

• Consider the purpose of your writing and the audience you are addressing

• In this exercise, you are to provide a description of your OBS experience and persuade your readers to continue with the programme

What are you writing?Your brochure can include, but is not limited, to the

following types of writing• Recounts (descriptive and/or narrative)• Persuasion

Writing Recounts

• Tell ‘what happened’• Generic Structure – Orientation (what/where/when/who)– Record of Events• descriptive/narrative writing • in chronological or reverse chronological

order

Language Features• ‘time phrases/markers’– Adverbs, phrases and conjunctions which

sequences events and structures the writing

• Past tense• Verbs– Action verbs (e.g. slept, ran, swum)– Mental/thinking verbs (e.g. think, feel)

Writing Recounts

Writing a Persuasive Piece

• To convince others of your viewpoint• Generic Structure• Statement of Thesis• Arguments

– PEE-model• Point• Elaboration• Example

• Reinforcement of Thesis

Writing a Persuasive Piece

Language Features• Discourse organizers (e.g. firstly, on

the other hand)• Present tense• Analytical/evaluative vocabulary• Modals (e.g. can/should/must)

Good Luck with the Brochure and I am looking forward to

seeing them!