Announcement Exercise

ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT

ACTIVITY 1

Read the following announcement carefully and identify its elements.

Example:

“Tea with Mrs. Potts” Join Mrs. Potts and the cast of Beauty and the Beast for an afternoon of tea, snacks, and fun activities. All children are invited and welcome to dress up as their favorite Beauty and the Beast characters! February, 25 2018 – Trinity High School 2:00 PM – 3.30 PM Free Contact Caroline Jarrett at cjarretstmsrocks.us with any questions.

                  

      

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Found	“Tea with Mrs. Potts”
Contents	Found	Information of the event including time/date/place specification.
Closing	Found	Contact information

TEXT 1

 

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	FOUND	HELLO GEORGETOWN
Contents	FOUND	Information about a bigger and better location and more women’s and men’s weddings & party collection.
Closing	FOUND	Email information

TEXT 2

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	FOUND	CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Contents	FOUND	Information about Research for the H5N1 Avian Influenza.
Closing	FOUND	Detailed information are attached at WHO website.

TEXT 3

 

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	FOUND	We are proud to announce We outgrew our old place
Contents	FOUND	Information about their new place including address
Closing	FOUND	Contact information

TEXT 4

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	NOT FOUND
Contents	FOUND	Information about their new branches in several big city
Closing	NOT FOUND

 

  

ACTIVITY 2

Read the examples below. Decide which of the following examples are considered announcement. State TRUE for announcement and FALSE for texts that is not an announcement.

 

NO	TEXT	TRUE/FALSE
1	TEXT A	TRUE
2	TEXT B	FALSE
3	TEXT C	FALSE
4	TEXT D	TRUE
5	TEXT E	TRUE

	TEXT E

 

                                                                        ANSWERS!

 

ACTIVITY 3

Re-read the texts in Activity 1. Identify the main idea or topic of the announcement and write down the details of each text in the table below!

In writing the details, pay close attention to:

-          Who wrote the announcement?

-          When was the announcement released?

-          Who is the announcement for?

-          Details of place, date and time

Text	Main Idea	Details
Text 1	Informing the people of Georgetown about the opening of a Suit Shop in a new venue.	-          The announcement came from J.Crew Store -          The opening will be in April, 2013 -          The shop will offer more of men’s and women’s, weddings and parties collection.
Text 2	Informing about the research of H5N1 Influenza Avian	-          The announcement came from WHO Indonesia Country Office Website. -          They research about the H5N1 Influenza Avian
Text 3	Informing about the out grew store, changing their old place become a new one.	-          The announcement came from NeoSys Computer Store. -          The store will be a lot better -          The address still the same
Text 4	Informing about opening new branches in several big cities.	-          Starting from 1st January 2018 -          It allows the administrative aspect of our business to be conducted in regional locations.