3.4 Interpret the message in an advertisement

English home language

Grade 6

Module 15

Interpreting the message in an advertisement

Your teacher will now show you an advertisement.

What product would you say is being advertised?

1. Briefly explain the story in the advertisement.

2. What message is the advert sending?

WRITING A SHAPED POEM

The shape of a poem immediately shows the reader what the poem is all about. Your educator will show you examples of various ones.

Some make use of alliteration (e.g. Slippery slimy slugs and snails, toothpaste twirls and twists - the repetition of a letter or sounds), which enhances the overall effect.

You will now be given the opportunity to write your own poem. Your educator will assist you and you can use the following checklist to make sure that you are on the right track.

WRITING A RESPONSE TO A TOPIC

Think about the role television plays in your life.

• Write a few paragraphs explaining how it influences your life.
• Build a paragraph around the topic sentence that you start off with.
• But remember to plan first.

THINKING AND REASONING

A. QUESTIONING

As a class, talk about current news or events. Then as a group, choose a piece of the news or an event, and ask questions on or about:

• the accuracy of the report;
• additional information that you would like to know;
• ideas that puzzle you.

Try to think of a reason for the event.

• Your educator will now assess how well you have learnt this skill, by giving you all the same idea to work on.

B. SOLVING A PROBLEM

Discuss the topics below and offer solutions:

• Most children watch too much television
• People are losing their creativity
• People complain that too much television is not good for them, yet they continue watching. Why?

Summarise the outcome of the discussions:

Most children watch too much television

People are losing their creativity

People complain that too much TV is not good for them, yet they continue watching. Why?

THINKING AND REASONING

Describe preferred results or endings

Your educator will allow you to watch a TV programme (if there is no TV in your classroom, decide together with your educator on a programme that everybody will watch at home.)

If you could invent your own ending to the TV programme viewed, what would it be?

• Explain in a few sentences.

LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND USE

1. PREFIXES:

Sometimes the first syllable of a word gives a clue to the meaning of the word itself.Such syllables are called prefixes.

For example:

• The prefix _____________means two. A bicycle has two wheels.
• The prefix __________ means three. A tricycle has three wheels.
• Auto means self. An automobile, which moves by itself without having to be pushed or pulled.
• What does tele mean? ____________________