Task

    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	According from the text , we know that Ludlow Suit Shop will open their shop at the new venue on  April 2013 , so if the people of Georgetown want to visit Ludlow Suit Shop , they can come to J.Crew Store in a while.
Closing	Found	The closing of this announcement is the author give their contact information for hiring opportunities

TEXT 2

 

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Found	Call For Proposal
Contents	Found	The text give information about research proposals about H5N1 Avian Influenza
Closing	Found	Detailed information about the proposal include application.

TEXT 3

 

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Found	We are proud to announce We outgrew our old place
Contents	Found	Including the information about the new store address , and old store become new service centre.
Closing	Found	NeoSys’s contact information and website information.

                            TEXT 4

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Not Found	There is not Opening found  on this Announcement.
Contents	Found	The text giving us some information about .
Closing	Not Found	There is not closing found on the announcement.

 

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	False
2	TEXT B	True
3	TEXT C	False
4	TEXT D	True
5	TEXT E	True

	TEXT E

 

                                                                        ANSWERS!

 

REASONING.

1.       The first text is false because it is stated in the text “Notice of the 25^th Annual General Meeting”

2.       The third text is false because it is stated in the text “You are invited to join ...” And That’s mean the text is invitation text.

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 the people that WHO is call for research proposals about H5N1 Avian Influenza
Text 3	Informing the people that NeoSys’s has a new store at new address , the old store become NeoSys’s service centre.	-The announcement has written by NeoSys’s. -The Announcement was released after NeoSys’s open their new store. -The announcement is for NeoSys’s customers.
Text 4	Informing the people that they are open branches in several big cities in Indonesia.	-The announcement has written by the people that open several branches.