The document discusses advice and advisory texts. It provides guidance on how to write influential advisory texts, including using an authoritative yet friendly tone, structuring advice clearly, being encouraging, offering choices, and motivating the audience to actively engage. Key features of advisory texts are titles that grab attention, paragraphs that motivate readers and benefit them, and conclusions that encourage action.

1. Advise

2. What is advice?

3. Under what circumstances might a person need to offer or receive advice?

4. What determines whether the advice a person is offered is followed or ignored?

5. What text types tend to be used to present advice?

6. What are the features of an advisory text?

7. How to create influential advisory texts writing features

8. The tone adopted is likely to be authorative but friendly depending on the target audience

9. Remain in role throughout

10. In my professional opinion... Many people ask me if... In the last 5 years, countless clients... As an authority in the field, I...

11. Make sure the advice given is structured and clearly expressed so that it is easily understood and simple to follow

12. Follow these 5 simple guidelines... Step 1...2...3 Your first task should be to... The next thing you could consider... Firstly.....next.....finally

13. Be encouraging and seek to motivate your audience

14. Don’t worry about... You will achieve success if you... Boost your confidence by... It’s never too late to... In no time at all you’ll... Before you know it, you will...

15. Offer choices and ensure that the audience retains their autonomy – you are offering options rather than dictating a direction that they MUST take!

16. You might like to try... Why not... Alternatively you could... If this doesn’t suit you, then... Another approach could be to... Once you have decided...

17. Make good use of modal verbs to reinforce the idea of choice

18. Could should might ought to may can

19. At the same time, as the text develops, don’t be afraid to use imperatives in order to emphasize the importance of your guidance

20. Try to find out... Don’t let yourself... Ask a friend to... Keep a careful record of... Remember to... A week later, make a point of... Take the opportunity to...

21. Encourage your audience to engage and actively participate in the advisory process by using...

22. A multi-choice self assessment A quick quiz Use of direct 2 nd person address Use of rhetorical questions Examples of success achieved by others in a similar position

23. How to create influential advisory texts Structure

24. Use a provocative or attention-grabbing title

25. The opening paragraph should motivate your audience to read further – make it clear what the benefits are for their investment of time

26. The main body is likely to offer several pieces of advice in a clear and logical order – try including: Bullet points Headings & subheadings Brief paragraphs Supportive evidence Checklists

27. The conclusion should summarise the advice offered, and encourage the reader to take action.

28. Past paper questions GCSE

29. You are an Agony Aunt for a teenage magazine. Respond to a letter from a 14 year old girl whose friends are pressuring her into taking up smoking. She doesn’t want to smoke and needs your advice on how to keep her friends without giving in to peer pressure.

30. Imagine you are a sports personality. Write an advice sheet for young people about what it takes to be successful.

31. Write an article for your school magazine in which you advise students on the importance of being healthy and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

32. Write a letter to a relative who is taking up teaching as a career. Use your experience as a student to give advice to this new teacher on how to deal with a difficult class.

33. The School Meals Service is seeking advice from students about how to make their meals more attractive to their customers. Write a letter to the Manager of the School Meals Service in which you offer your suggestions.