Lesson: Advice texts

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Lesson Advice texts

• Websites for advice texts-
• http//www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet
• http//www.bullying.co.uk/pupils/index.aspx
• http//www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagenameOpenM
  arket/Xcelerate/ShowPagecPagecid1007029390590
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/news/story
  /2007/11/071121_world_aids_day07.shtml
• http//www.kidsmart.org.uk/
• http//www.tayside.police.uk/internet.php
• http//www.magazinesonline.co.uk
• http//www.onlinenewspapers.com

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Introduction Advice texts

• Teachers are advised to use examples of advice
  texts to illustrate the presentational features,
  organizational features and language features.
  Please acknowledge all sources of any downloaded
  document.

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Presentational features

• 1) Short and attractive titles/sub-headings to
  hook the audiences attention.
• 2) Catchy captions for photographs to give
  greater impact and effect

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Presentational features

• 3) Layout Advice texts use the following
  techniques
• (a) Paragraphs? to organize the ideas in a
  coherent fashion
• (b) Bullet points? to highlight main
  aspects/elements
• (c) Range of font sizes and styles? for impact
• (d) Bold, italics, etc. ? for effect
• (e) Use of colour? to enhance appeal
• (f) Use of tables, charts and graphs ? to allow
  easy understanding
• (g) Photographs? to increase the appeal

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Organizational features

• Range of punctuation
• Easy language

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Language features

• Use of imperative verbs (do, look, etc.)
• Use of modals (should, could, might, etc.)
• Use of second person (you) /third person (s/he)
• Use of formal (polite and serious) /informal
  (friendly) tone/mood
• Use of formal (standard English) /informal
  (non-standard English) language
• Use of different sentences (simple sentence a
  sentence with one idea compound sentence a
  sentence with two ideas joined by a connective or
  a comma and complex sentence a sentence with
  one main clause/idea supported by subordinate
  clauses/ideas)
• Use of present tense (is, are)
• Use of connectives (but, and, because, after,
  then, first, etc.)

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Purpose of advice texts

• To suggest ways
• To recommend solutions and options
• To explain and inform