9_2_8

WHAT: Evaluate the effectiveness of Word Documents with reference to audience and purpose.

HOW:

Activity 1

In outcome 8_2_4 and 8_2_9 you learnt about evaluating the effectiveness of digital artefacts. It might be worth re-visiting those outcomes before looking at this one. You also reviewed the effectiveness of powerpoint presentations in this outcome.

Activity 2 - WATCH

Activity 3

The video above is directly aimed at business letters. The audience of these letters would be other people within a company or clients. Knowing your audience is really important when creating a word document of any type.

Visit the BBC Bitesize website to learn about Formal and Informal language.

CHECK:

EMBED:

  1. Re-visit some previously created word documents.
  2. Evaluate them for effectiveness in relation to purpose and audience.
  3. Make changes to your documents based on what you have learnt in this outcome.

CLASSROOM IDEAS:

Use some time in the classroom to allow the students to evaluate each others work. They should comment on audience and purpose and make improvements to their documents.