Morning all
You have lots to do today as I am expecting two tasks to be handed in at the end of tomorrow's lesson.
Firstly, as you should have gotten started with your draft over half term, I would like your Google Doc updated with at least 500 words of your original writing. If you have not done this, you need to work on it today.
Secondly I would like you to hand in an annotated style model with at least 2 paragraphs of analysis of the techniques the writer uses to suit the GRAMPS, and one paragraph explaining how you intend to use and adapt some of these techniques in your own writing. The style model should be a hard copy with your own hand-written annotations, and the analysis needs to be shared with me on Google docs.
These two tasks will allow me to see your starting point with your coursework and will give me some ideas on what we need to do to develop your writing, and the style model will show me how you intend to draw ideas and inspiration from other authors.
This deadline is non-negotiable. Anyone who does not share at least 500 words of their coursework (this was your half term task anyway, so this should be no problem) and their analysis of their style model with accompanying annotated style model by the end of tomorrow's lesson, will be scheduled for supervised study in the LRC during one of their free periods.
Anyone who thinks they will have an issue meeting this deadline and needs to be considered for extenuating circumstances needs to see me today ASAP.
Wednesday 22 February 2017
Wednesday 8 February 2017
Original Writing Coursework - Finding a Style Model
As we discussed on Monday, we are starting your first piece of coursework, Original Writing, which is worth 10% of your final A Level. The second piece is the language investigation which we won't be starting until the summer.
You will need to produce one piece of original writing (with a commentary) based on one of the following three areas:
• the power of persuasion
• the power of storytelling
• the power of information
The topic choice is down to you (in discussion with me) but you must have looked at a range of style models and chosen one to comment on in more detail as part of your commentary. Again, you will do some of this in class, but it is a good idea to think about the kind of thing you can write and might enjoy doing. Some suggestions for original writing tasks might be:
The power of persuasion
• A piece of investigative journalism.
• A speech delivered on a controversial topic.
• A letter to an MP.
The power of storytelling
• A short story.
• An extract from a biography.
• A dramatic monologue.
The power of information
• A piece of travel journalism.
• A blog focusing on social issues.
• A piece of local history.
Each folder submitted should contain:
• a piece of original writing
• an annotated style model
• a reflective commentary references (paper and web-based)
Style Models
Your final coursework folder should include a text which you have found and annotated and adapted ideas from. The text should be in the same genre as the text you will write, but it cannot be the same subject. For example, if you are writing an opinion article about Brexit, your style model will also be an opinion article, but the subject should not be political. Your final piece and your commentary should clearly demonstrate that you have studied and adapted the conventions of the style model into your own work.
It is not sufficient to simply read a style model. The key objective is to consider and explore the process that the writer may have gone through to produce the final text. Start by using GRAMPS on the text. Once you have understood the approach and aims of the writer, you can evaluate the overall success of the text after you have analysed the various methods that have been used to fulfill the required purpose.
What you can do now
Read and write. Find stories, articles and speeches to read. Practise writing in different styles. Use the time in class for Directed Writing tasks as part of the exam components to experiment with form, style and voice. This is one of the few areas on any A level that allows you to write what you like.
You will need to produce one piece of original writing (with a commentary) based on one of the following three areas:
• the power of persuasion
• the power of storytelling
• the power of information
The topic choice is down to you (in discussion with me) but you must have looked at a range of style models and chosen one to comment on in more detail as part of your commentary. Again, you will do some of this in class, but it is a good idea to think about the kind of thing you can write and might enjoy doing. Some suggestions for original writing tasks might be:
The power of persuasion
• A piece of investigative journalism.
• A speech delivered on a controversial topic.
• A letter to an MP.
The power of storytelling
• A short story.
• An extract from a biography.
• A dramatic monologue.
The power of information
• A piece of travel journalism.
• A blog focusing on social issues.
• A piece of local history.
Each folder submitted should contain:
• a piece of original writing
• an annotated style model
• a reflective commentary references (paper and web-based)
Style Models
Your final coursework folder should include a text which you have found and annotated and adapted ideas from. The text should be in the same genre as the text you will write, but it cannot be the same subject. For example, if you are writing an opinion article about Brexit, your style model will also be an opinion article, but the subject should not be political. Your final piece and your commentary should clearly demonstrate that you have studied and adapted the conventions of the style model into your own work.
It is not sufficient to simply read a style model. The key objective is to consider and explore the process that the writer may have gone through to produce the final text. Start by using GRAMPS on the text. Once you have understood the approach and aims of the writer, you can evaluate the overall success of the text after you have analysed the various methods that have been used to fulfill the required purpose.
What you can do now
Read and write. Find stories, articles and speeches to read. Practise writing in different styles. Use the time in class for Directed Writing tasks as part of the exam components to experiment with form, style and voice. This is one of the few areas on any A level that allows you to write what you like.
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