Step 2 - Reading and reviewing

Exercise 1:

You're going to review 5 advertisments and write a little review about them. The hand-in date is Sunday 15th of November 2015 at 8pm via Showbie. This exercise counts 10% for you SO mark.

Note done for each adverts:

Take the following two and search online or in magazines for four more.

1. Lego http://blog.carolinatrainbuilders.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/what-it-is-is-beautiful-450x621.png

2. Nike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP1PQDmR9uQ

 

Here's an example on how to do it:

This advert is from the shop Debenhams in the UK. I found it on the homepage of their website: www.debenhams.co.uk
It aims at parents buying gifts for Christmas.
The heading is not a complete sentence, but the text in the middle is. The text is written in the present simple.
The colours used in this advert are red, black, yellow-ish, and other light colours. This probably resembles the warmth of Christmas. I think that the advert would not be pretty in other colours, as these colours match the Christmas-feeling. What they could have done is using the colour green that is also a Christmas colour. I think it would also be a nice advert in a different font.

Exercise 2 - optional:

If you know that you're having trouble with reading, you can practise with the exercise on MyEnglishLab (Lesson 7 - Skills) or take a look at the website of the British Council: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice. Look for a B1 or B2 (more difficult) text.

Also, a good way to practise reading is, of course, read an English book. Ask your teachers for ideas of good books if you ran out of ideas yourself.