Learning goals

We are learning to…

use listening strategies in both informal and formal situations, and adapt them for different purposes and audiences

Success criteria

I am able to…

identify the purpose of an oral text – to inform, persuade, or entertain
determine whether a listening situation is formal or informal
explain the strategies I use to receive formal and informal information

Minds On

Task 1: Exploring different text purposes

Let’s identify how texts work, both oral and written.

Texts have one of three purposes:

to persuade
to inform
to entertain

Next, you will be asked to explore three different texts. For each text you explore, reflect on the following questions:

Is the purpose of this text to persuade, inform, or entertain? How do you know?
How are you receiving information about this text?
What questions do you have before, during, and after exploring this text?

You can record your reflections using a voice recorder, text-to-speech, or writing tool.

Now examine the following texts and complete your reflection:

Text 1: Provides information about gardening and the use of greenhouses.

Access the following TVO Climate Watch Shorts video titled “Moving Farming Indoors” to examine the first text.

Text 2: Explains the use of lattices in math.

Access the following MathXplosion video titled “Lattice Have Fun” to examine the second text.

Text 3: Explores a dragon vehicle.

Access the following TVOK News video to explore a short presentation about a dragon vehicle docked on the International Space Station.

Acknowledgements(Opens in a new window)

Action

Receiving information

In the Minds On activity, you were asked to explore and reflect on three oral texts. You explored these texts to determine their purposes, how information is delivered, and form questions. These are helpful strategies to help us receive information.

Student Success

Think-Pair-Share

During our daily routines and in our lives, there are many times when we have to receive information. Turn to a partner, if possible, or independently brainstorm the different times and ways that you receive information in your daily routines.

As you reflect on your ideas, explore which of these times was a formal situation.

Press ‘Hint’ to reveal a description of a formal situation.

Hint

A formal situation means that it was planned out, organized, and official. An example of a formal situation would be a class presentation or debate. The activity that you completed in the Minds On section would be a type of formal situation.

Which of the times in your list would be considered informal?

Press ‘Hint’ to reveal a description of an informal situation.

Hint

An informal situation means that there was no planning or organization involved. An example of an informal situation would be a conversation with a friend or someone introducing a new song to you.

The strategies we use to receive information will be different in formal and informal situations.

Task 2: Strategies used in formal and informal situations

Review the following situations, then record your responses in the chart or in a method of your choice. For this activity you must:

determine the purpose of the situation – to entertain, persuade, or inform (or a combination of more than one)
determine whether this situation is formal or informal
explain what strategies you would use to receive the information from this situation

Consider the following checklist of attentiveness strategies to help you analyse the situations for this task.

Attentiveness Strategies Checklist

focus on the oral text or speaker connect the information shared to what you already know ask questions about the information being shared re-state or re-phrase the information being shared

Access the following audio recording titled ‘Task 2 Situations’ to learn about the different situations you will be reviewing for this task.

Task 2 Situations

After you have examined the different situations, complete the Situations Analysis Chart in your notebook or use the following fillable and printable document to record your ideas.

Press the ‘Activity’ button to access the Situations Analysis Chart.

Activity

Consolidation

Review your learning

Let’s reflect on the strategies you used for each situation in the Action section.

Attentiveness Strategies Checklist

focus on the oral text or speaker connect the information shared to what you already know ask questions about the information being shared re-state or re-phrase the information being shared

Consider the following questions for your reflection:

How were the strategies you used similar and different for each situation?
Did the strategies change depending on the situation?
Determine an order for the situations in terms of complexity of strategies for you, with one being the most complex, and four being the least complex. Why did you sequence them in this order?
Were there any strategies you used in all situations? Why might this be?

Reflection

As you read the following descriptions, select the one that best describes your current understanding of the learning in this activity. Press the corresponding button once you have made your choice.

I feel…

I have an excellent understanding of the concepts I have a very good understanding of the concepts I have some understanding but need to review some more my understanding of the concepts needs a lot more work

Now, expand on your ideas by recording your thoughts using a voice recorder, speech-to-text, or writing tool.

When you review your notes on this learning activity later, reflect on whether you would select a different description based on your further review of the material in this learning activity.