ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT
ACTIVITY 1
Read
the following announcement carefully and identify its elements.
Example:
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Elements of the Announcement
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Found/Not Found
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Details
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Opening
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Found
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“Tea with
Mrs. Potts”
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Contents
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Found
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Information
of the event including time/date/place specification.
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Closing
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Contact
information
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TEXT 1
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Elements of the Announcement
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Details
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Opening
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“Hello
Georgetown”
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Contents
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The opening
of Ludlow Suit Shop that provides all the women’s,men’s weddings’,and party
collections.The date and the place are also stated.
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Closing
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Found
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Contact
Information:
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TEXT 2
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Elements of the Announcement
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Details
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Opening
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“Call For
Proposals”
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Contents
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The study of
H5N1 by the researchers.
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Closing
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Found
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The more
information is available at WHO
Indonesia country office website.
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TEXT 3
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Elements of the Announcement
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Details
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Opening
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“We are
proud to announce We outgrew our old place
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Contents
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The writer
outgrew his old place to expand his business.
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Closing
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Contact us
089922376549837
and they stated the website.
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TEXT 4
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Elements of the Announcement
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Found/Not Found
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Details
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Opening
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Not Found
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Contents
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The sellers expand
their business so they can meet their customers easily
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Closing
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Not Found
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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.
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TEXT
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TRUE/FALSE
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TEXT A
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False because notice is completely different with
the announcement text.
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TEXT B
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True
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TEXT C
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False because it is an invitation textssssa
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TEXT D
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True
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TEXT E
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True
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ANSWERS!
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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:
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Who wrote the announcement?
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When was the announcement released?
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Who is the announcement for?
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Details of place, date and time
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Main Idea
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Details
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Text 1
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Informing the people of Georgetown about the opening of a Suit Shop in
a new venue.
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The announcement came from J.Crew Store
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The opening will be in April, 2013
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The shop will
offer more of men’s and women’s, weddings and parties collection.
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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:
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Opening (Title)
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Content: Information of the event, time, date and place.
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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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Example:
