I did not except Project to be like that. It was not easy but it was not too complicated either. I thought we were going to have to write an actual essay instead of bullet point paragraphes. It was better in the end because it helped me organise my thoughts a little clearer. I also thought it would be a little longer and not just two pages long. I still struggled with the length because of the type of text but I excepted an analysis to be three or four pages.
I had to analyse a text from the USDA about How To Handle Food Safely. It was a fact sheet that I already read when I was working in restaurant to get my Food Handlers Card. I liked it because it was very short and straight to the point but it definitely was not my favorite. I still learned a couple things about the the genre thanks to that DOCS+V analysis like the framing of a text with the colours and the logo are important even for a fact sheet. As you can see in the photo below, they even put a photo of a cart full of food so that you know the subject even without reading the title; also a classification and step-by-step method helps make the text clearer in that context because of the amount of data presented.
I thought it was a little difficult using the DOCS+V analysis on this genre because I felt like we did not have much to work with. I repeated myself a lot in my paper and even in my presentation because to me the fonction of the fact sheet is to be short, clear, and straight to the point. Hopefully I will find more to say about the next genre and the next DOCS+V analysis and on the next project.
The presentation part of the project was interesting and I wish I was better prepared or had a little more to say. I felt like I lost my words and did not explain as much as I could. It is a little hard to do an analysis on a fact sheet and I probably would have had more to say on the other texts than on this one.
If you want to read more about the food industry and how to safely cook, buy, serve, and store food, check out the link below!
That’s all folks!
Signing out
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