Write a Classified Ad for the Newspaper
Write a Classified Ad for the Newspaper
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Activity Description
The learner will choose a scenario and write a classified ad for a newspaper.
Materials (optional):
- Pen/pencil and paper and/or digital device with word processing program (e.g. Microsoft Word or Google Docs)
- Dictionary or thesaurus or digital device with dictionary or thesaurus applications (optional)
Word File: 
READYWriteClassifiedAd_I_B2.1_practitionercopy.docx — Never downloaded
READYWriteClassifiedAd_I_B2.1_practitionercopy.docx — Never downloaded PDF - Practitioner's Version: 
FILLABLEWriteClassifiedAd_I_B2.1_practitionercopy.pdf — Never downloaded
FILLABLEWriteClassifiedAd_I_B2.1_practitionercopy.pdf — Never downloaded Fillable PDF - Learner's Version:
Goal Path:
Independence
Competency: B. Communicate Ideas and Information
B2. Write continuous text
B2.1 Write brief texts to convey simple ideas and factual information
Competency B: Communicate Ideas and Information
Task Group B2: Write continuous text
Level: 1
At this level, learners: Write brief texts to convey simple ideas and factual information
Performance Descriptors
The learner:
- Writes simple texts to request, remind, or inform
- Conveys simple ideas and factual information
- Demonstrates a limited understanding of sequence
- Uses sentence structure, upper and lower case, and basic punctuation
- Uses highly familiar vocabulary
Task Descriptors
- Scope of task is limited
- Addresses concrete, day-to-day topics
- Addresses a small, familiar audience
- Is informal
- Is up to a paragraph in length
- Has a familiar context
- Has a highly explicit purpose
Text types:
instructional, descriptive, narrative, and brief informational texts
Examples:
- Notes
- Brief emails
- Directions
- Instructions
- Text messages
ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – B2.1
Date Added:
Monday, July 15, 2013
Updated date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 06:27
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