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activity community survey & report



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VBQU138 Cert 1 ** || People seeking to improve their educational, vocational or community participation options will need to develop a range of writing and communication skills associated with creating texts (written article, poster, map, letter etc). The unit provides the learner with the skills and knowledge necessary to create texts which deal with everyday subject matters but may include some less familiar aspects with a community context and purpose. These skills will provide the foundation for future educational, vocational and community activities associated with producing text. The ‘community’ can have a range of definitions, depending on the learner’s situation. Community may mean local environment, neighbourhood, school, TAFE, street, family etc. While community is most often defined geographically, it can also be defined to include those with whom one shares an empathy or interest, such as a group which meets, including over the internet, for a common purpose. It also may be interpreted in a broader more general sense, and mean ‘society’. ** ELEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ** 1 Research everyday and less familiar text types useful for community access 1.1 A **//range of texts of limited complexity//** is selected 1.2 **//The purpose and needs of the audience//** for the texts are interpreted 1.3 The **//features//** of the texts are described 2 Prepare for creating community texts 2.1 Purpose of the text and audience is confirmed 2.2 Appropriate format **//is//** selected **//and//** required materials and equipment **//gathered//** 2.3 Information required to create text is collected 3 Produce community texts 3.1 Appropriate **//features//** are selected and utilised to express precise meaning 3.2 Text is **//reviewed//** and checked for accuracy 3.3 Text is evaluated for clarity, relevance and impact 3.4 Text is revised to enhance meaning and effectiveness as required • communication skills for assessment • understanding of a range of audiences and a range of purposes for texts • ability to locate information • awareness of the difference between public and private writing • ability to use basic structural conventions of text: eg format & layout & below… 􀁊 logical sequencing of events, identification followed by description. 􀁊 conventions of paragraph writing; one major topic in each paragraph; use of topic sentences. 􀁊 consistent use of grammatically correct simple sentences. 􀁊 occasional use of complex sentences. 􀁊 correct use of upper (Capital) and lower case letters. • regular use of grammatical forms including personal pronouns and time (eg past, present & future tenses) **// The range of material //**// may include: //  //prose(matter of fact) and non prose (poetry, song, drama …) electronic, printed, handwritten and visual texts such as:// • informal and formal messages about familiar and immediate matters, e.g. 􀁊 SMS, email or handwritten messages/ memo etc to known people & friends in the community 􀁊 letters in local community newsletter/ newspapers, e.g. opinions, descriptive accounts, letters to the editor 􀁊 letters of support for local community organisations • narrative texts, e.g. scripts for radio presentations, family history, recount for a newspaper article • expressive and opinion texts, e.g. scripts for radio presentations, interviews, presentation to a meeting, article for local paper, as part of a letter, community announcements • informative texts, e.g.  posters/ leaflets to support community initiatives 􀁊 script for a short talk which may include presentation of visual or other information 􀁊 summary of main points of an argument for or against an issue in the community • practical text and formatted texts, e.g.  instructions for an activity, community association 􀁊 agendas and minutes for meetings 􀁊 written material to advertise community activities 􀁊 forms, surveys, questionnaires 􀁊 tables, graphs • visual texts, e.g.  posters,   notices,   signs
 * ** Unit Title ** || ** Create texts of limited complexity to __participate in the community__ ** ||
 * REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE **