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HORTICULTURE Work Journal 1

39282QLD Certificate I in Core Skills for Employment & Training -Communication

QLD191RDG03A Demonstrate a knowledge of routine text

Student Name: ……………………………………………….……………………………………………………………

Start Date: ________________________ End Date: ________________________

Teacher: _________________________

READING

ASSESSMENT PROFILE COVER SHEET

Student’s Name: Assessment Date:

Assessment Instrument: Work Journal,online & e-course activities.

Certificate Code and Name: 39282QLD Certificate I in Core Skills forEmployment and Training- Communication

Module Name: Horticulture(Work Journal 1 of 4)

Units of Competency Assessed: QLD191RDG03A Demonstrate a knowledge of routine texts1. Comprehend different text types.

1.1 Use linguistic structures and features of two different types of text to identify purpose,

construct meaning and extrapolate.1.2 Use critical literacy skills to evaluate two texts.

2. Apply reading strategies in different types of routine written texts.2.1 Apply reading strategies to comprehend two different text types using a minimum of twostrategies in each.

Task: You are a trainee at Deadly Bay. You must accurately complete your work journal, online and e-course activities.

Reasonable adjustment: Students may be helped with the literacy andonline aspects of this task. Help with literacy can include reading questions for students or clarifying what is required of a task. Help with online activities includes assistance to access resources and providing instructions on how to complete a task.

Competency Attained: Yes No

Further Evidence Required: Yes No

This work journal forms only part of the required evidence for the 39282QLD certificate.

Student to answer questions, by indicating yes or no. - Do you understand what competencies are being tested and why they are being tested? Yes No

- Do you understand that you have the right to appeal and the way to do this been explained to you? Yes No

- Do you know you can ask for help at any time while completing this assessment? Yes No

I agree to undertake assessment in the knowledge that information gathered will only be used for assessment purposes. Student’s signature: _________________________________ Date:

Assessor’s signature: ________________________________ Date:

The candidates knowledge and skills are: Satisfactory Not Satisfactory Feedback:

Statement of Competency Competency is achieved when the assessor has gathered sufficient evidence to confidently state that the candidate

has successfully demonstrated the underpinning skills, knowledge and standards required of the elements that could be reproduced ‘on site’ in an industry setting.

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39282QLD Certificate 1 in Core Skills for Employment & Training – Communication

Students must complete the following:

Modules: Competency code:

Competency Entry requirements

Resource location

1. Induction QLD 190PTA01A

Formulate & review training plan

Nil Induction files

2. My Plan QLD 191MLG03A

Plan, implement & adjust strategies to achieve learning goals

Module 1: Induction

3. Deadly Bay:In order, the followingunits must be completed:

A. Horticulture

B. Seafood

C. Community Recreation

D. Tourism

QLD 191RDG03A

QLD 191LST03A

QLD 191WRT03A*

QLD 191SPK03A

Demonstrate knowledge of routine texts

Respond to routine spoken English texts in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Write routine texts

Use spoken English in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts

Module 2: My Plan

What is the course outline?

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Work Journal

Work Journal 1.

Work Journal 2.

Work Journal 3.

Work Journal 4.

YOU ARE: A trainee (someone being paid to learn a job) YOUR TASK: To work in ‘Deadly Bay’

This is how the course fits in together:

You will work in 4 out of the 5 workplaces in Deadly Bay.

Each area has an online workplace and a work journal for you to complete. Follow the order below and work your way through the trainee program:

1. Horticulture – Deadly Bay Plants

2. Seafood – Deadly Bay Fish Market

3. Community Recreation – Deadly Bay Community Hall

4. Tourism – Deadly Bay Tours

Each area concentrates on a particular literacy skill (reading, speaking,writing, listening).

You will still use each of these skills in each area. Make sure you complete all activities in your work journal and on the e-

course.

How does my course fit together?

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Materials you will need:

Computer

Access to the internet

Access to a printer

Deadly Bay (Interactive resource)

We are learning to:

identify purpose and audience

identify and use a range of literacy strategies to help us comprehend text (e.g.,highlighting, identifying key information, using a dictionary, predict)

identify linguistic and structural features of texts

read and respond to a range of workplace documents

comprehend and fill in forms

read visuals and signs in everyday life and the workplace

follow instructions with increasing independence

be confident

comprehend different types of texts

Let’s get started!

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Online activity - Access the internet for this activity.

Oral language activity – When you see this icon discuss thequestion with your teacher.

Guided activity – You can work by yourself or with a teacher.

Group activity – You can work with a partner or in a group todo these activities. These activities require you to speak with and listen to others.

Deadly Bay activity – Go to Deadly Bay and do the matchingactivity. Make sure your teacher checks it!

In Deadly Bay (Horticulture), we are going to

practise our literacy skills – especially our

reading comprehension.

Ready to get skilled?

Ok, let’s go!

What do all the icons mean?

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Keep Track of Your Learning This module is about reading. Deadly Bay Horticulture and other activities will help us to practice and improve our reading skills in the workplace and in our daily lives.

Use the table below to keep track of your progress in this unit.

Tick each box when you have completed the activity.

Each of the sections in the table below is marked by a blue banner in your book.

We are learning to:

Identify syllables and read aloud

Use a dictionary and predict

Fill in forms and understand text structures

Read and use workplace documents

Find meaning using words

Use visuals to find meaning

Read signs and visuals in the Horticulture industry

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HOW DO I LEARN?

Let’s talk about you first – everyone is an individual in the way they learn. At the beginning of this certificate you explored your own learning style/s.

Some people learn best through one learning style; some are equally good at two or rarely, some people learn effectively through all of them. Write down what your best learning style is:

If you are already a deadly visual learner this unit will help you to become better.

If you are not strong in your visual learning skills, this unit will help you to improve your learning when you read texts.

The 3 ways people learn are:

visual (seeing information helps you learn best) aural (listening to information helps you learn

best) kinaesthetic (doing something physically helps

you learn best)

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Ide ntify syllables and read aloud

When reading, words can be broken into syllables. Syllables are single sounds – like a beat.

When we read words out loud we can hear the syllables clearly. That way we can break the word down, hear the sounds and read it easier.

Read these out loud and clap the beats (syllables) in the word. For example:

can can = 1 syllable

Cedar Ce dar = 2 syllables

Ironbark Ir on bark = 3 syllables

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So let’s practise our 2 new reading strategies of using syllables and reading aloud.

What is horticulture? How do we say it? Let’s use the literacy strategy – syllables. Remember - it just means how many beats are in a word? That way we can break it down so we can read it. So….

How many beats is that?

____________________

So how many syllables are there in horticulture?

_______________________

Horticulture Horti…what? 1. Break it down into beats and read it aloud. Hor ti cul ture

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SYLLABLES IN WORDS

How many syllables do these words have? Break theminto their syllables by reading them aloud:

WORD BREAK THE WORK DOWN

HOW MANY SYLLABLES?

Eg. educate ed u cate 3

detention

Bunya

Samoan

Ironbark

Grevillea

youth

Murri

coverage

hospitality

Now test yourself. Break up this word:

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

(from the film Mary Poppins)

Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick

‘Identify syllables and read aloud’.

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Use a dictionary and predict

Let’s use 2 more new reading strategies – using a dictionary tounderstand words, and predicting.

Click here to use an online dictionary. Type in HORTICULTURE and press the search button.

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

Put them together and they mean (write down the dictionary meaning) …..

Now when you come across any other words that are made up of hort or parts of agriculture, you will have abetter idea of what they mean.

You are a super deadly detective! Now let’s see how horticulture fits into our world.

This word comes from one old language:

Latin: - hortus - meaning garden +

- agriculture - to grow crops, livestock etc.

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WHAT IS MY HORTICULTURE STORY?If you predict what a text is about (guess its meaning) before you read it, it will help your mind to organise itself better to understand any new information.

So let’s create a horticulture story about what we know, so we can predict what we may find in the texts in this journal.

Let’s dig a little deeper.

1. Who do I know who likes/dislikes horticulture? (Writethis in a sentence).

likes or dislikes horticulture

because

2. Have I ever used horticulture skills in my life?

Yes, 3. What happened? What did you do?

All our stories are important. Your stories are important. Let’s tell our stories together to gain more knowledge. Let’s see what words and pictures go together to make a horticulture journey.

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__ 4. Do I have any stories about horticulture? (Tell the story toyour teacher and then write the main ideas in dot points.)

5. Do the teachers or other students have any stories abouthorticulture? (Listen, and then fill in the dot points.)

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WORDS …

Look back over all the words you have just written, listened to, and read about horticulture.

Write down 20 words in the space below that relate to horticulture. (Hint: think about tools, plants, things plants need to grow, jobs around the nursery, and jobs done in the garden).

Wow! You just used so many deadly literacy strategies!You used:

Syllables Reading Aloud Using a dictionary, predicting Reading, listening and writing for meaning

Congratulations! You’ve got READING SKILLS!

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DEADLY BAY

Follow these steps to help get to Deadly Bay on your computer.

Step 1: Go to Deadly Bay.

Step 2: Click on this symbol: It is called Open for Work.

Step 3: Click on the Introduction and watch it.

Step 4: Click on the Tutorial and watch it.

Step 5: Go to the Main Menu.

Step 6: Go into Deadly Bay Plants.

Step 7: Do the online activities. As you do them, make sure your

teacher sees them and signs them off on the grid on the following

page.

Step 8: Complete the rest of the activities in this work journal.

So now we’ve got a bit of knowledge about horticulture and

all these skills let’s go to DEADLY BAY. We will learn moreabout horticulture and practise more reading skills.

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ACTIVITY GRID – Deadly Bay Plants

These are the activities from the Deadly Bay e-course.Have this page open when you are in the Deadly Bay e-course so that your teacher can initial and dateeach activity when you finish it.

Activity Number

Activity Name Teacher Initials

Date

1 Pack Orders

2 Flag Water System

3 Leave Form

4 Labelling

5 Forklift

You also have more activities in this work journal to complete as well. Make sure your teacher marks, signs and dates each activity.

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… LISTEN IN, READ ALONG, PREDICT MEANING,USE A DICTIONARY …

JEFF AT DEADLY BAY PLANTS

Horticulture covers almost as many types of jobs as there are plants. Breeding plants, selling seeds and pot plants, landscaping and laying turf. One day you might be digging ditches and laying irrigation pipes and the next you are pruning roses and shovelling manure. Most of the work is outdoor though there is plenty of indoor work too.

Deadly Bay Plants is a wholesale business. We grow and sell plants to shopkeepers, gardeners and the public from our shop. Our plants range from seedlings to trees grown in our fields and glass houses. We grow native species suitable for our climate and specialise in bush tucker plants.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a strong knowledge of our native plants. We understand the ecology of our land. We can play an important part in this industry because of our strong connection with the land and all its animals and plants. For example, people these days are getting more interested in bush tucker. Deadly Bay Plants is marketing bush tucker plants and we aren’t the only ones.

Go back to the Deadly Bay Plant Nursery and listen to Freda tell you about horticulture.

Read along below as you listen to Freda.

Underline or Highlight any words you don’t understand.

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Use all the words you underlined or highlighted (didn’t understand) from the horticulture paragraphs to finish the table below. If you think you understood all of them, let your teacher choose one or two that could challenge you (e.g., ecology, wholesale, species, industry, marketing).

Word Syllables What do you think it means? (Predict and also use the words around it to help you guess.)

Dictionary Meaning

Horticulture Hor ti cul ture (4 syllables)

Everything to do with plants?

To plan, grow and maintain a garden.

1. Now go back over the paragraphs and read oneparagraph aloud to your teacher.

2. Explain what the paragraph means in your ownwords.

Get your teacher to initial


‘Use a dictionary & predict’.

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Fill in forms and understand text structures

In all workplaces you have to fill in forms. Forms are a way for bosses to gather important information, and to find out what is going on in the workplace. Forms can also have legal status. Filling in forms is part of everyday life outside the workplace too. You need to read forms very carefully in order to fill them out correctly. They usually have a similar structure to each other.

• What forms have you had to fill in recently?

__________________________________________

• Who wanted or needed the information?

__________________________________________

• Was it short or long? Was it easy or difficult to fill in?

__________________________________________

• Did you ask someone to help you fill it in?

__________________________________________

• Why did the form need to be filled in? (What was itspurpose?)

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__________________________________________

You helped Jeff to fill in a leave application form. Tick the type of leave he was asking for.

• maternity leave• sick leave• recreational leave• leave without pay

Look at Jeff’s leave form you filled in on the e-course. It is important to understand that forms have headings and subheadings that tell you what to do.

Why was it important for Jeff to fill this form in properly?

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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF FORMS?

Use the following words to fill in the blanks below:

Forms collect ____________________. They are quick and easy. They can act as a record or a legal document, and can help with making decisions.

Usually, you do not have to write ______________ when filling out forms.

You need to read right through a form before filling it out to get a good idea of what it is about.

Sometimes you are asked to fill out a form in ____________ letters to make it easier to read, or for a computer to read. It is useful to take a ____________ form to practise on. Go slowly.

When you have finished, ____________ to make sure you have filled it all in and that it is correct. If you can, keep a copy.

What is the purpose of forms? (Tick the correctanswer.)

instruct inform explain entertain persuade

spare sentences information

check block

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WORDS FOUND IN FORMS Mix and match. On the left hand side are some words often found on forms. Match the number with their meanings onthe right hand side.

Title

Marital status

Residential address

Postal address

Date of birth

Signature

Maiden name

Given/Christian/first name

Surname/family name

Office use only

Where you live

The word you put in front of someone’s name (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Rev)

Where your mail is sent

The name/s your parents chose for you

Whether you are married or not

The name you have because of who your parents or guardians are

Completed by someone in the office where the form comes from

Date you were born

A woman’s name before marriage

Your written name

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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ABBREVIATIONS IN FORMS

1. Write the abbreviations for the following words, which areoften used in addresses. The abbreviations are found in the box below.

Street _____________________

Road _____________________

Avenue _____________________

Crescent _____________________

Close _____________________

Drive _____________________

Rd. Cres. Dve.

Ave. Cl. St.

When we fill in forms we need to use BLOCK LETTERS.

3. Which are the block letters? Tick the block letters.

A A b c D e F G h I j K l M

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FINDING THE INFORMATION

Read the text below and answer the questions.

What is this person’s first name?______________________

What is his surname?_______________________________

What would his title be?_____________________________

What is his date of birth? ___________________________

Write down his full residential address:

Write down his full postal address:

Greg Floyd Bani is a rap singer with Indigenous Intruders.

He lives at 13 Giselle St., Inala, QLD 4077.

He was born on the 13th February, 1993.

Greg gets his fan mail sent to the Post Office at Inala because there is too much to fit in his letterbox.

His Post Office box number is 357. He gets his personal mail sent to his home address.

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Write YOUR personal details below:

Mr TITLE Mrs (Tick) Miss

Ms

SURNAME:___________________________________________

GIVEN NAMES: _________________ ______________________________

First name Middle names

D.O.B.: / /

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________

______________________________ Post Code_________

HOME PHONE NUMBER:_______________________________

MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:_____________________________

SIGNATURE:_________________________________________

DATE:_____________________________________

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USING BLOCK LETTERS

Use the following details to fill in this form. Remember to use BLOCK LETTERS. Andrew Gary Johns was born on the 19 May 1974. He lives in Unit 5, 456 King’s Terrace, Darling Harbour,

Sydney, NSW 4765. He gets his professional mail sent to: PO Box 309, Darling

Harbour, Sydney, NSW 2765.

Name

Surname Other names

Date of Birth

D D M M Y Y Y Y

Residential Address

Number and Street

Town or Suburb Post Code

Postal Address (if Applicable)

Number and Street

Town or Suburb Post Code

*Ask your teacher to print the next 2 pages for the activities.

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FILLING IN A REAL FORM

This is part of a Medicare form. The claimant (the person claiming the money) gives their personal information in this section.

Fill the rest in using your own personal details. (You can make up your address details.)

Your Medicare Card number is 4057 389761, Reference No. 1

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WORK TIMESHEETS

Go back to Deadly Bay if you need help to remember.

Timesheets are forms that are used in many workplaces. Employees often have to record the hours they work on timesheets.

Timesheets are also used to work out how much it costs to produce things or get things done. In Deadly Bay Plants, timesheets are used for working out costs of producing plants. This means that the timesheets are very detailed.

Look at the information about Jeff’s day, below. (It needs to be recorded on the timesheet on the following page.)

Jeff packed orders from 8.00 am to 10.30 am. (This one has

been filled in for you)

He had a break from 10.30 am to 10.45 am.

He labelled plants from 10.45 am to 11.45 am.

He helped Harry move plants from 11.45 am to

12.15 pm.

He had lunch from 12.15 pm to 1.15 pm.

He did some errands for Freda after lunch until 2.00 pm.

He worked in the equipment shed helping with repairs

until the end of shift at 4.00 pm.

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Now fill in the timesheet for Jeff’s day – you will need to use the codes below the timesheet to fill it in - look at the headings and codes before you start.The first task has been done for you. (Tip: If you are on a computer click view,then two pages on the ribbon at the top of the page to make this task easier).

Deadly Bay Plants TIMESHEET

Name _____________________Date ______________

Task Code Start Finish Total Hours 07 8:00 am 10:30 am 2 hr 30 min

Codes:

01 Pot filling 07 Packing orders

02 Potting preparation 08 Cutting back plants

03 Potting plants 09 Meetings

04 Moving plants 10 Paperwork and errands

05 Labelling 11 Repairs and maintenance

06 Irrigating (watering) 12 Lunch or other breaks

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Now let’s think about what we have just done:

Why do you think Jeff had to fill out this timesheet?

What did he spend the longest time doing?

What did he spend the shortest time doing?

What can Jeff’s boss learn by studying this timesheet?

If Jeff doesn’t fill this form in properly, what could happen?


‘Fill in forms; understand text structures’.

here!

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Read and use workplace documents

TEXT STRUCTURE

In most workplaces and industries you will find that a lot of

important information about your job is written down - even when the job is very hands-on and practical.

Management (the people in charge) write down this information so that everyone can refer to it when it is needed. Often they must do this for legal reasons.

Workplaces usually put important information that new workers need to know in an Induction Manual. The manual is made up of many different types of documents like policies (plans – like emergency evacuations), memos and lists of rules.

Why do workplaces write information down?

When you were helping Jeff, you had to use quite a long document. (Go back to Deadly Bay if you can’t remember.)

What was it about? (Tick the answer.)

• different types of plants• the quality of Deadly Bay plants• holiday leave• Deadly Bay Plants Social Club

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Why was it important for Jeff to be aware of the information in this document? (What was its purpose?)

It is important for Jeff to know how to read this document

because:

Look at the structure of the text below. Draw a line to match the information in the sign to its correct purpose.

Heading - tells

you what it is

about

Sub-heading –

tells you what

the parts of

the text are

about

Images -

Pictures

help the

reader

understand

Text –

words

which

explain the

headings

and sub

headings.

Introduction

– this tells us

what the

document is

all about.

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FINDING INFORMATION

Read the documents below from the horticulture industry. Find the answer to each of these questions.

Document A

How long each day will the electric fence be ‘live’?

_______________________________________________

Electric Fence

An electrified fence has been erected around the staff car park perimeter and the bloomer growing area.

To inhibit entry by wallabies and any other animals likely to spoil our nursery products, this fence will be “LIVE” twenty-fourhours a day.

Signs will be hung indicating “ELECTRIC FENCE” and specialcare should be taken when parking and walking around any vehicle.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL FOR YOUR OWN SAKE.

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Document B

What colour are the taps that tell you the water is safe for drinking? ________________________________________________

Drinking water

There are a number of taps installed in the nursery from which “water for drinking” may be obtained. These are painted yellow for easy identification.

Drinking water may also be taken from the cold taps on the wash basins in each of the male and female bathroom areas.

Do not drink water from any other source within the nursery complex. IF IN DOUBT, DON’T.

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DOCUMENTS FOR SAFETY

At Deadly Bay Plants, there was a forklift moving the plants.

Look at the images below. Identify whether the situation is safe or unsafe by ticking the appropriate word. List 2reasons for your answer.

Safe or Unsafe because:



Reason 1.

Reason 2.

Reason 1.

Reason 2.

Reason 1.

Reason 2.

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The policy document in the box below uses very formal language.

Type the words in the document that mean the sameas these phrases:

• people walking around (paragraph 1)• raised high in the air (paragraph 2)• official rules that must be followed (paragraph 3)• that are meant for (paragraph 4)

Fork lift trucks and tractors

Fork lift trucks and tractors are used in all areas of the nursery. All workers and pedestrians should keep clear of these types of machinery, especially when loading and travelling.

In particular no one should walk behind 1 forklift truck while it is loading or stacking. Nor should they walk under an elevated load.

It is against regulations to carry passengers on the load.

Do not walk in areas designated for forklifts only - use the marked pedestrian lane instead.

PLEASE TAKE CARE FOR YOUR OWN SAKE AND HELP TO KEEP OTHERS SAFE.

PLEASE TAKE CARE FOR YOUR OWN SAKE AND HELP TO

Another great literacy strategy – highlight key information!

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KNOWING YOUR ENTITLEMENTS At Deadly Bay Plants Jeff applied for leave. This document explains the different types of leave a worker can take.

Read it first. As you read it, underline the main points.

The headings in the document are missing (in the box below with dotted line). Place them where they belong.

LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS ______________________________ Permanent employees receive 20 days paid annual leave for each 12 month period of service, plus17.5% loadings. Also Public Holidays are paid at the normal rate of pay. If a Public Holiday is worked, then overtime rates apply. ______________________________ After three months of continuous service, a total of five days sick leave is payable in the first 12 months, followed by 8 days for each ensuing year. Unused sick leave is accumulated from year to year.

With the exception of one day each year, all sick leave must be supported by a medical certificate. Employees are requested to ensure that the company is notified of the absence as close to the day’s commencement time as possible. ______________________________ After twelve months continuous service as a full time employee, a woman may take leave without pay as maternity leave. Please ask your department manager if you need further information. ______________________________ Two days compassionate leave is also available following the death of an immediate family member. Please ask your department manager if in need. _____________________________ Casual employees do not have the above mentioned benefits but receive an increased rate of pay in lieu.

MATERNITY LEAVE CASUAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMPASSIONATE LEAVE SICK LEAVE

ANNUAL LEAVE

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MATCH IT

Look again at the Leave entitlements document (previouspage).

Can you find the sentences that mean the same as the sentences below?

Tick the sentence in the document.

1. If you do not use all your sick leave days in one year, youcan use them the next year.

2. You can take one day’s sick leave each year without adoctor’s certificate but you must have a certificate for any other days after that.

3. If you are sick, you should tell the company you cannotcome in just before the work day begins.

4. Casual employees get more pay per hour or day becausethey do not get all these benefits.

5. Why do you think these sentences are easier tounderstand than the sentences in the Leave Entitlements document?


‘Read and use workplace documents’.

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LOOK AROUND THE WORDS …. Now we have learned how to break words down into syllables, to read aloud, to predict, use a dictionary, to underline, and underline unfamiliar words and key information.

What if we still cannot understand a word? Finding Meaning isanother great literacy strategy we can use.

Sometimes we can find out the meaning of a word by reading the words around it.

This is called finding meaning. We tried it once in Jeff’sspeech about Deadly Bay Plants when we tried to predict what unknown words meant before looking it up in a dictionary. We are going to practise that skill in this section.

Finding Meaning using words

nding Meaning

Brisbane Youth Education & Training Centre 40

Some words from these instructions are missing.

Read the first part of the instructions(You need these things….).

Finish them by filling in the last words (What You Do).

HOW TO PLANT A SEED

You need these things:

Some good soil

A small pot

A plant seed

A watering can filled with water

What you do:

1. Put the soil in the ________________.

2. Dig a small hole in the middle of the

________________.

3. Place the ______________ in the hole.

4. __________ the pot.

You have just found meaning by reading around the missing words.


This is a report about teenagers. Some words are missing.

Read the report, then fill in the missing words from the textbox.

The words before and after the spaces will guide you.

TEENAGERS

A person is a teenager from 13 – 19 years. They can be ______ or female.

Teenagers are all different.

But they _____ have one thing in common.

They think they know ______________.

They think they can do anything they want to, as ___________.

They always know better than their ________________.

And they _________________ know better than their teachers.

male everything especially

all parents well


Try it again! Read this sentence.

The athlete fell over the hurdle and broke his tibia.

I don’t know what tibia means! Let’s explore how to find itsmeaning.

Now use a dictionary – type in tibia - am I right?

STEPS

(a) I don’t know its spelling pattern.

(b) Breaking it down only tells me it has 3 syllables.

Ti bi a

(c) So I’ll look at the words around it:

The person was an athlete, so was probably jumping overthe hurdle when he hell.

The word “his” was placed before tibia – so the tibia couldbe something he owned, or part of his body.

If he was jumping he probably broke part of his body as hefell.

ANSWER:

Tibia might be a bone – probably his arm or his leg.


Tibia means


Try it again – by yourself this time.

The soldier died saving his friends in the war and his family received a posthumousbravery award.

I don’t know what posthumous means. Go through the stepsbelow until you find its meaning. (Hint - you may discover its meaning before the dictionary step if you know the meaning of post.)

STEPS

(a) Break posthumous into syllables. Do any of these syllablesmean anything to you? (Hint: post is a prefix that means ……………; humous means life)

(b) Now look at the words around posthumous

ANSWER: Posthumous might mean

‘Posthumous’ - dictionary meaning


Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick. ‘Finding me aning using words’.


VISUALS AND WORDS

The other reading strategy we are going to learn is using visuals.

A visual is a picture, photo, image or diagram.

Sometimes we can guess the meaning of a word by looking at the visuals around it.

Let’s practise so we can make sense of some of the visuals (including signs) that we find in everyday life and in a workplace.

Using Visuals to fin d meaning


This is a lot like the last literacy strategy – finding meaning – except that this time we use visuals instead of words.

Look at the picture - the title is missing a word.

The list below has the missing word. You must work out which one belongs.

(Look at the picture carefully. Look at Tina’s clothes, her seat, the seats around her, what is outside the window she is sitting next to.)

What would the best answer be?

Tina’s First _________Trip to Deadly Bay.

car aeroplane space

motorbike train bus

Tina's first ______________________trip to Deadly Bay.


On the left hand side are occasions you might send a card to someone. On the right hand side are visuals from the front of cards.

Which ones match? Put the answers in the correct boxes.

1. for the birth of a baby

2. for a friend who’s going on a trip

3. to send with a wedding present

4. say Happy Christmas

5.to someone whose parent has died


This ad is from a Big W sale catalogue. Look at the visuals in the picture – the sale items and

the model. Read the words – gifts, September, Sunday.

What special day is coming up? Tick the correctanswer.

Mother’s Day Father’s Day Easter

Christmas Father’s Day

Mother’s Day Easter

Why is it important for stores to advertise for these events? Could Deadly Bay Plants profit from this kind of advertising? (Discuss with your teacher.)

Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick. ‘Using Visuals to find meaning’.


HOW DO WE READ SIGNS? A sign is a visual – a picture or diagram which gives information. Simple signs can be better than words.

Can you think why a sign may be better than words sometimes?

Can you think of some places where a sign may work better than words?


A few tips to help you read signs and notices

Try to understand as much as you can.

Look at where a sign is. A big red sign rightnext to a machine is probably aboutsomething important you have to do whenusing the machine, or about some dangerwhen working near it.

Some signs have drawings. Use the drawingsto help you.

Take special notice of words in capital letters,or any underlined words.

If you do not understand a word, use thewords near it to try to work out what itmeans.

If you cannot work out the word using yourreading strategies – reading for meaning andusing a dictionary - check it with someoneelse.

Next time you’ll be able to tell someone else what it means.


SIGNS IN EVERY DAY LIFE. Here is a collection of signs. Can you work out their meanings?

SIGN What does the sign mean?


SOME SIGNS ARE ONLY FOUND IN CERTAIN PLACES.

SIGN This sign means… Where might you find this sign?


An important sign is the red circle with a strike through it. It means that what is pictured inside the circle is not allowed.

Match up the meanings with the signs:

no trumpets

no mobile phones allowed

no pedestrians

no dogs allowed

Don’t forget to keep track of your learning! Go back and tick ‘How do we read signs?’.

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2

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SAFETY SIGNS In most workplaces you will find signs and notices on walls and doors which warn you or remind you about something important.

In the horticulture industry you will find lots of these signs and notices. Some warn workers about a danger or risk nearby.

Which of these possible risk situations did you notice in the Deadly Bay Plant area?

Tick the correct answers.

• water on floors• tools lying around on the ground and against objects• chemicals

manual lifting• dangerous machinery• tank water that was dangerous to drink• forklifts• workers not washing hands

Reading signs and visuals in the

Horticulture Industry


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Workplaces have a responsibility to put up signs and notices where needed to protect their workers and their customers.

Tick what this sign means:

wash your handsbeware water on floorsafety is important


Signs and notices often use pictures to get the message across.

Match these signs from the horticulture industryabove the picture on the left.

Sign A

EXTREME CAUTION SLIPPERY FLOOR

Sign B

FOOT PROTECTION MUST BE WORN

Sign C

HAND WASH STATION


This safety sign below is found in Deadly Bay Plants.

Look at the title – predict which area it would be found in.

Which tool is it used for?

Why does it use the red circle with a strike through it?

Can you guess why some of the text is in Spanish?


This Deadly Bay Plants sign is found on a small tank next to their greenhouse.

Use a dictionary to look up pesticide if you don’t know the word.

Why is red used in this sign?

What is the situation that is dangerous?

What could happen if a worker or visitor did not “KEEP OFF” the tank?


‘Reading signs and visuals in the horticulture industry’.

Use the Reading and Speaking bookmark to start working again!


The final countdown!

Your work at Deadly Bay Plants is done! Now it’s time to reflect on and celebrate all the great new skills you have. Select the happy face for all of the skills you can now demonstrate. Select the sad face for the skills you need to practise more.

Are you able to:

Identify purpose and audience?

Ask questions to gain information?

Identify a range of literacy strategies?

Break words down into syllables?

Use a dictionary?

Highlight and underline?

Listen and take notes?

Identify headings, subheadings and images (the structure of a text)? Read a range of workplace documents including accident report forms, everyday forms, leave forms, safety forms?

Write to fill in forms?

Read visuals and signs?

Follow instructions with increasing independence?

Have confidence to discuss your ideas with your teachers and classmates?

Show this list to your teacher and discuss your answers with them.


It is now time for you to move on and take all your awesome reading, writing, speaking and listening skills to the Deadly Bay

Fish Market! See you there.


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