Assessment objective :

IDENTIFYING EXPLICIT MEANINGS

Unit 1 : Developing Reading Skills Name :
Class :
R1 - Demonstrate understanding of explicit meanings Date :

ABOUT THE PASSAGE With your partner, identify the form, audience and purpose of “Smoking ban :
Breathing space for all”. Refer to definitions of these terms on the side bar.

Purpose Audience

Smoking Ban :
Breathing Space For All

Form

UNPACKING THE EXPLICIT MEANINGS List down as many key arguments as you can identify.

Key Arguments From The Passage

Purpose : why the text is written (e.g. to persuade, entertain, share information, warn)
Audience : who the targeted readers are (e.g youngsters, professionals, sports fans)
Form : how and where the writing will appear (e.g an email, a blog, a news report)
Explicit meanings : meanings of text which are clearly expressed

2 TRUTHS AND A LIE In your own words, write down 2 main ideas from the passage which are true and
1 that is false. Later, others will read theirs out to you and you will identify which one is false. Collect
signatures from other students if you manage figure out the “lie”.

COllect your
signatures here
Definitions