Smoking Flyer
Smoking Flyer
Read a smoking flyer, answer questions and write a letter to convince someone to stop smoking. Persuasive writing is used in secondary school essays, and letters to editors and others.
A1. Read continuous text
Competency A: Find and Use Information
Task Group A1: Read continuous text
Level: 2
At this level, learners: Read texts to locate and connect ideas and information
Performance Descriptors
The learner:
• Makes connections between sentences and between paragraphs in a single text
• Scans text to locate information
• Locates multiple pieces of information in simple texts
• Reads more complex texts to locate a single piece of information
• Makes low-level inferences
• Follows the main events of descriptive, narrative, and informational texts
• Obtains information from detailed reading
• Begins to identify sources and evaluate information
Task Descriptors
• Scope of task is clearly defined
• Involves one text
• Is one paragraph or longer
• May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic)
Text types:
instructional, descriptive, narrative, and informational texts
Examples:
- Letters
- Emails
- Notices
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario - A1.2
A2. Interpret documents
Competency A: Find and Use Information
Task Group A2: Interpret documents
Level: 2
At this level, learners: Interpret simple documents to locate and connect information
Performance Descriptors
The learner:
- Performs limited searches using one or two search criteria
- Extracts information from tables and forms
- Locates information in simple graphs and maps
- Uses layout to locate information
- Makes connections between parts of documents
- Makes low-level inferences
- Begins to identify sources and evaluate information
Task Descriptors
- Scope of task is clearly defined
- Involves one document
- Uses a simple format
- Displays a limited amount of information
- Is typically up to one page in length
- May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic)
- Documents at this level may contain a paragraph or more of text
Examples:
- Forms
- Tables
- Simple graphs
- Street maps
- Simple flow charts
- Floor plans
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – A2.2
B2. Write continuous text
Competency B: Communicate Ideas and Information
Task Group B2: Write continuous text
Level: 3
At this level, learners: Write longer texts to present information, ideas, and opinions
Performance Descriptors
The learner:
- Writes texts to present information, summarize, express opinions, present arguments, convey ideas, or persuade
- Manages unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic) to complete tasks
- Selects and uses vocabulary, tone, and structure appropriate to the task
- Organizes and sequences writing to communicate effectively
- Uses a variety of vocabulary, structures, and approaches to convey main ideas with supporting details
Task Descriptors
- Scope of task may not be clearly defined
- Content of writing may be non-routine
- Addresses a familiar and unfamiliar audience
- Uses conventions of formality, such as tone, appropriate to the occasion, intent, and content
- Is up to a few pages long
- Requires organization to support the message (e.g. paragraphs, headings, sub-headings)
- May include unfamiliar elements (e.g. vocabulary, context, topic)
- May contain specialized vocabulary
Text types:
instructional, descriptive, narrative, informational, and persuasive texts
Examples:
- Letters
- Reports
- Essays
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – B2.3