Purpose: to teach people how to cut their dog's nails
Audience: pet owners who are inexperience at cutting a dog's nails
Context: people will likely be in their homes; time of day is uncertain
Strategies: use of an authoritative tone, pictures
Medium: written instructions with pictures, video
Arrangement: chronological order, beginning with a list of necessary materials followed by numbered steps
Testing: give the instructions to several people who have never (or rarely) cut a dog's nails before and ask them to attempt to follow the instructions or read them over for clarity
my instructions (set 2)
Purpose: to teach Spanish-speaking pet owners how to cut their dog's nails
Audience: Hispanic pet owners who are not experienced in cutting a dog's nails
Context: the people will likely be in their own homes; time of day is uncertain
Strategies: instructions written in Spanish accompanied by pictures
Medium: written instructions, pictures, video
Arrangement: chronological, beginning with a list of necessary materials followed by numbered steps
Testing: show it to several Spanish-speaking individuals who are inexperienced in cutting a dog's nails to see if 1) the word usage and grammar make sense and 2) if the instructions are fairly easy to follow