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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!