functional writing,
creative writing and
argumentative writing
Etter 10:
Sjangerkompetanse
• bruke språkets grunnleggende formverk og tekststrukturer muntlig og
skriftlig
• uttrykke seg skriftlig med en del presisjon, flyt og sammenheng
• tilpasse muntlig og skriftlig språkbruk til sjanger og situasjon
• skrive tekster som forteller, beskriver, argumenterer eller formidler
beskjed, med passende grunnstruktur og hensiktsmessig bruk av avsnitt
• bruke innhold fra ulike kilder på en selvstendig og kritisk måte
VG1:
• uttrykke seg skriftlig og muntlig på en nyansert og presis måte, med flyt og
sammenheng
• velge og bruke egnede skrive- og talestrategier tilpasset formål, situasjon
og sjanger
• skrive formelle og uformelle tekster med god struktur og sammenheng om
personlige og samfunnsmessige temaer
• velge og bruke innhold fra ulike kilder på en selvstendig, kritisk og ansvarlig
måte
VG 1
• beskrive og vurdere effekten av ulike språklige
uttrykksmåter
Eksamen ENG0012, vår 2010
Task 3B
Focus on Famous People
The next issue of Focus Magazine will have a section on
the consequences of being famous. Write a factual
text/article about a famous person for this next issue of
the magazine.
• Explain why this person is important
• Persuade the readers of his/her importance
• Include at least three significant facts
• End your article by giving your considered opinion
about the consequences of being famous
SENSORVEILEDNING, VÅR 2010
Oppgavespesifikke krav:
• Eleven har skrevet en faktatekst/artikkel om en berømt
person som skal plasseres under fokusområdet:
Konsekvensene av å være berømt. Teksten er planlagt utgitt i
neste utgave av Focus Magazine.
• Eleven har forklart hvorfor personen som eleven har valgt å
skrive om er en viktig person.
• Eleven har skrevet en tekst der hun/han prøver å overbevise
leseren om at personen som er presentert er viktig.
• Eleven har tatt med minst tre sentrale faktaopplysninger i
teksten.
• Eleven avslutter teksten med å gi en begrunnet oppfatning
angående konsekvensene av å være berømt.
• Eleven kan avgrense hvert avsnitt til et tema.
• Eleven har delt teksten inn i passende avsnitt med hensyn til
innhold og tekststruktur.
• Eleven kan bruke kilder på en kritisk og selvstendig måte.
Tony arrived a few minutes late. Apparently he hadn’t checked what part of
the building we’re in. He seemed totally relaxed, though. Baseball cap on back
to front and scruffy jeans and t-shirt. Didn’t have a clue about what we do,
but knew his job would be something to do with computers. He tackled my
questions OK, but I sometimes didn’t catch everything he said, because he
was chewing gum and mumbled a bit. I had to ask him to repeat his answers a
couple of times. Anyway, on paper he is more than qualified for the job. He
won’t be meeting our customers, which may be just as well. At the end of the
interview he asked me if I wanted to "grab a pizza" after work. He was
wearing a t-shirt with a lot of text, and I’d been staring at it trying to make out
what it said. That’s why I think he may have got the wrong idea. I just gave
him a black look and shook my head and that was that.
(ENG 1002/1003 Engelsk fellesfag, mai 20011)
ENG 1002/1003 Engelsk fellesfag, mai 20011
OPPGAVE:
b) Explain what makes Janice’s style informal. Give examples of
at least three different types of informal language that she uses.
SENSORVEILEDNING:
Janice bruker noen uformelle ord og uttrykk: guy, OK, have a
clue, a bit, anyway. Hun bruker noen ufullstendige setninger:
Baseball cap on back to front and scruffy jeans and t-shirt.
Didn’t have a clue… Hun bruker noen sammentrukne former:
hadn’t, I’d, didn’t
Sensorveileding, vår 2011
Eksamen ENG 1002/3, vår 2008
Kids, don’t give out private info to anyone and
Mom and Dad, you’d better teach your dear
ones not to send their full name and email
address all over the world to be read by every
Tom, Dick and Harry. Who knows what that
might lead to? Of course it’s ok not to tell
things to people on the net.
Style & level of formality
1.
One of the paragraphs …. is written in a style which is
different from the others. Explain what paragraph it is, and
describe three different ways in which the language and tone
in this paragraph differ from the others. Remember to use
correct terminology.
2.
Rewrite this paragraph in a style that matches the other three.
Teenagers should not give out private
information to anyone. Parents should see to
it that their children do not send their full
name and address all over the world so that
everybody can read it. That might have
unfortunate consequences. It is perfectly all
right not to convey information to people over
the internet.
TASK 2b: suggested answer
The third paragraph is written in a style which is different from
the others. It is addressed directly to the reader in a somewhat
informal, non-objective, threatening style.
In the paragraph there are:
• several contracted forms: don’t, you’d and it’s
• The short and informal forms ok and info
• The informal direct address (vocative) Kids, Mom, Dad
• non-objective threatening style: don’t you give
• Sarcastic style, condescending: your dear ones
• Rhetorical questions: Who knows what that might lead to?
• Negative connotations: every Tom, Dick and Harry (any idiot)
(Sensorveiledning, 2008)
Per Lysvåg: Language and Communication: A Guide to better Writing
Text design
• Coherence
• Cohesion (lexical connectors)
• Paragraphs: topic sentence, supporting
sentences
Connectives:http://www.udir.no/Lareplaner/Veiledninger-tilLK06/Engelsk/Engelsk/Engelsk/Hoyremeny/Artikler/Bindeord/
Eksempel UDIR: artikkel
Skriving 10.trinn:
kompetansemål, læringsmål, skriverammer, stilnivå
http://www.udir.no/Lareplaner/Veiledninger-tilLK06/Engelsk/Engelsk/Engelsk/
Writing frames
BBC ideas:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/en
glish/writing/
For more advanced learners:
http://www.lifestreamcenter.net/DrB/Creature/
essay_template.htm
Media transfer
• From one genre to another
• From informal to formal contexts
• From fiction to non-fiction
Media transfer
Diary entry:
“My 35th birthday. Actually I have lied so much
about my age that I forgot how old I really am.
I think I look 28, and I know I feel 19.”
(Alan Maley: short and sweet: Short texts and how to use them)
Transfer this diary entry into
• a dialogue
• a poem
• a doctor’s report
http://www.sampletemplates.org/introductio
n-letter-template.html
Authentic documents as writing frames
• Missing person poster
• Birthday/party invitation
• An affidavit (voluntary testimony out of court) or
deposition (written testimony from crossexamination)
• An arrest warrant
• A criminal complaint
• A plea for the defendant by a friend, relative etc
• news story about an event in the text
• Defense/prosecution closing argument
• Social media texts
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Criminal complaint
http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FormsAndFees
/Forms/AO091.pdf
Arrest warrant
http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FormsAndFees
/Forms/AO442.pdf
Search and seizure warrant
http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FormsAndFees
/Forms/AO093.pdf
Search and seizure warrant on oral testimony
http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/FormsAndFees
/Forms/AO093A.pdf
Eyewitness Letters: Letters from eyewitnesses should first state who the witness is and then establish how,
where, and when she saw (heard, smelled, or touched) important events or evidence. Here is a sample.
Presiding Judge
Small Claims Court
Kansas City, Kansas
Re: John Swift vs. Peter Petrakos
Small Claims Case No. 11478
Your Honor:
My name is Victor Van Cleve. I work at Racafrax Engineering in
Kansas City, Kansas, as a mechanical engineer, and I am 43 years
old.
On September 15, 20xx, I witnessed an auto accident a little after
7:30 a.m., involving John Swift and Peter Petrakos. I was about 50
feet away from the accident, standing at the intersection where the
accident occurred, and I could see what happened clearly. I did not
know either Mr. Swift or Mr. Petrakos before the accident.
I saw Mr. Petrakos' Toyota, which was heading north on South Dora,
go through a red light and hit Mr. Swift's blue van, which was
proceeding east on West 7th, well inside the 25 MPH speed limit. I
assume the light was green facing Mr. Swift on West 7th because I
was watching the red light on South Dora, waiting for it to change to
green so that I could cross the street.
Sincerely,
Victor Van Cleve