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Unit 52 Factual Writing for Print

Gain Feedback

Factual Writing

Take the following factual information and create an informative Poster to be used by the WHO (World Health Organsation):

Discuss your poster with a colleague: what could you improve? Is the poster fit for purpose? Who is the target audience? Does the language used reach the target audience? You have 10 mins discussion time

  • Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans.
  • The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission.
  • The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks.
  • The first EVD outbreaks occurred in remote villages in Central Africa, near tropical rainforests, but the most recent outbreak in West Africa has involved major urban as well as rural areas.
  • Community engagement is key to successfully controlling outbreaks. Good outbreak control relies on applying a package of interventions, namely case management, surveillance and contact tracing, a good laboratory service, safe burials and social mobilisation.
  • Early supportive care with rehydration, symptomatic treatment improves survival. There is as yet no licensed treatment proven to neutralise the virus but a range of blood, immunological and drug therapies are under development.

Create an eye-catching poster that communicates the key facts

You have 30 minutes design time

The Formats

Starter

What are the Different Types (Formats) that Factual Writing can take?

Work in pairs to find examples of the different types of Factual Writing that exists.

- Find pictures

- Quotes

- Examples

Note down the email address of one person from the pair.

You will be invited to our group Pintrest Board where you can search for pins and examples of this kind of journalism

You have 30 mins research time

Although part of the world of the journalist, Factual Writing will always present a bit more of a challenge

Think about this question:

"What is the difference between Journalistic writing and Factual Writing"?

Create a list of the differences and prepare to feedback your ideas to the whole group. Add your list to the Padlet wall at: http://padlet.com/becky_findley/Starter_Feedback

Thinking time: 20 minutes

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