ANNOUNCEMENT ACTIVITY

ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT

TEXT 1

 

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	found	HELLO GEORGETOWN
Contents	found	Information about Ludlow Suit Shop, location, launching date, and shop curfew.
Closing	found	Contact Information on the shop website and hiring detai

 

TEXT 2

 

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	found	CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Contents	found	Information on how influenza has affected human, a search for local scientists and public health professionals  that are willing to do a research on disease ecology, transmission and epidemiology, and also clinical spectrum  and management of disease.
Closing	found	Information on the content of the proposal and website for proposal submission.

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 on location and name.
Closing	found	Contact Information, such as, phone number and website

TEXT 4

Elements of the Announcement	Found/Not Found	Details
Opening	Not found	No title
Contents	found	Information on the date of launching new branches of the store and also the cities where it is located on.
Closing	Not found	Reason: because it tells us an insight of their hopes for the future with their new stores opened.

 

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, because it is a notice
2	TEXT B	True
3	TEXT C	False because it is an invitation
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	Information on accepting proposals on research about influenza	·         An insight on how influenza affected people Types of research that must be done : 1.       Studies of disease ecology, transmission, and epidemiology. 2.        Studies of clinical spectrum and management of disease. ·         Criteria on the person needed ·         Submission website
Text 3	Announcement on the store’s new building	·         Location ·         Date of launching ·         Contact person
Text 4	Announcement on launching new branches in new cities	·         It will open starting on the 1st of January ·         It will open in Medan, Denpasar, Lombok and Makassar.
Text D	Announcement on the student writing contest

ACTIVITY 4

Individually, think of an issue happening in your school. Create an imaginary event or activity in response to the issue and make an announcement for it using scraps of an old magazine!

In your announcement, remember to put:

-          Opening (Title)

-          Content: Information of the event, time, date and place.

-          Closing: contact person or sign from the authority.

Your creativity will also be put into consideration for your overall score, so try to be as creative as possible!

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