1 What is the highest temperature likely to be? 2 How much rain was there the previous day? 3 What is important about the time of 05:55 hrs? 4 Where did the One-Day International Cricket match take place?
5 Who was the highest scorer in the match? 6 What do the following abbreviations mean? a) BBQ b) 10th c) max. d) hrs.
e) W.I. f) PTA 7 Is this the first time the Martin’s Bay Cricket Club has held a Fish Fry? How do you know that?
8 What event is the St. Mary’s College PTA holding? a) A meeting to discuss raising money for the school. b) A sale of chilli peppers.
c) A party to collect money for the school. d) A sale to collect money for the school. 9 Why might people consult this page of the newspaper? 10 What other types of information would you expect to find on an information page of a newspaper? Graphic information The information below shows the results of a survey conducted by a national newspaper among young people under the age of 25.
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Do you read a newspaper regularly? Male
1
Female
Every day
6%
4%
Three or four times a week Once or twice a week Once or twice a month
22% 38% 26%
18% 33% 35% 10%
Never or almost never
8%
1 Which of these statements about the information are true? a) More males than females read a newspaper daily. b) Most males never read a newspaper. c) Most males read a newspaper at least three times a week. d) A lot of young people never read a newspaper. e) In general males read a newspaper more frequently than females. 2 From the information in the table would you say that reading a newspaper is popular among young people? Why might this be?
• Discuss what we mean by ‘the news’ when we refer to newspapers, e.g. important events taking place nationally, internationally and locally . Ask students to tell you other ways of following the news, e.g. television news . • Visual literacy: In this unit, students can practise retrieving information presented graphically.
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