Plain Language In Class Exercises
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Jan 9, 2024
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Plain
Language
Course
—
Exercise
File
A
place
to
work
on
the
exercises
in
the
Plain
Language
Course.
Suggested
solutions
can
be
found
in
this
document
and
in
the
online
course
after
each
exercise.
Exercise
One:
How
Well
do
you
Understand?
Read
the
following
text
samples
and
try
to
figure
out
what
they
mean:
Sample
Text
1:
All
individuals
who
work
with
children
or
vulnerable
adults,
or
have
unsupervised
access
to
children
or
vulnerable
adults
in
the
ordinary
course
of
their
employment,
or
in
the
practice
of
an
occupation,
or
during
the
course
of
an
education
program
and
who
are
employed
by
or
licensed
by,
or
receive
regular
ongoing
operating
funds
from
the
provincial
government
are
covered
under
the
Criminal
Records
Review
Act.
Sample
Text
2:
Under
the
Criminal
Records
Review
Act,
you
must
have
a
criminal
record
review
conducted
by
the
Criminal
Records
Review
Program
(CRRP)
if
you:
o
Work
with
children
or
vulnerable
adults,
or
e
Have
unsupervised
access
to
children
or
vulnerable
adults
during
your
employment,
occupation
or
education,
or
e
Are
licensed
by
or
receiving
funding
from
the
provincial
government
Takeaways/answers
on
next
page.
Exercise
Two:
What
are
they
trying
to
say?
What
is
really
being
said
in
the
following
real-world
writing
samples?
1.
Adoctor
records
on
a
patient’s
chart:
"Patient
failed
to
fulfill
his
wellness
potential.”
2.
U.S.
Army
talks
about
"vertically
deployed
anti-personnel
devices."
—
3.
Civilian
mechanics
at
a
McClellan
Air
Force
base
in
California
are
placed
on
"non-duty,
non-pay
status.”
4.
The
Massachusetts
Department
of
Public
Works
speaks
of
"ground-mounted
confirmatory
route
markers.”
5.
Astore
in
St.
Louis
advertises
"semi-antique"
rugs.
Takeaways/answers
on
next
page.
Exercise
Four:
A
Structured
Overview
Below
is
a
jumbled
paragraph
about
a
common
North
American
breakfast
food.
Try
to
unscramble
the
information
and
draft
an
outline
of
appropriate
headings
that
could
help
to
structure
this
information
in
a
more
logical
and
helpful
way.
Toast
is
most
commonly
eaten
with
butter
or
margarine
spread
over
it,
and
may
be
served
with
preserves,
spreads,
or
other
toppings
in
addition
to
or
instead
of
butter.
You
may
need
more
slices
because
it
is
so
good.
Later,
simple
devices
were
created
to
toast
bread
in
the
fire,
such
as
wire
frames
to
cook
the
toast
more
evenly.
Some
sandwiches,
such
as
the
BLT,
call
for
toast
to
be
used
rather
than
bread.
The
practice
of
toasting
bread
became
popular
in
the
Roman
Empire.
Toast
with
jam
or
marmalade
is
popular.
The
word
“toast”
actually
comes
from
the
Latin
“tostum,”
which
means
“to
burn
or
scorch.”
You
will
need
a
toaster
and
a
slice
of
bread.
Toast
is
considered
by
many
to
be
delicious!
The
first
breads
were
likely
toasted
by
laying
them
in
front
of
the
fire
on
a
hot
stone.
Toast
is
a
common
breakfast
food.
Overview:
Takeaways/answers
on
next
page.
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