A-Level Language coursework

Investigatives,

you will be getting a coursework booklet next lesson and I will email the Powerpoint on the course structure to you all.

For homework for next Friday, I need you to collect a 'style model' i.e. a good example of writing to learn from (of around 750-1000 words) from at least two of the key areas (if you can find one or more than one from each area, great - we will aim to have at least a couple from each area over the next couple of weeks to choose from):

• storytelling e.g. short story, dramatic monologue, biography
• persuasion e.g. speech, charity letter, opinionated article
• information e.g. travel journalism, local history, researched blog post

These should be writing that you would like to be able to do - that you can learn from - just like you did when we looked at articles and blogs to prepare for paper 2, section B on the AS exam e.g. if your style model uses a pun in the headline, you will use one.

The text you eventually choose will go into your coursework folder so that you can show how you learned from it when writing your own piece. It should have the same audience, the same purpose and the same form as the text you choose to write but it should have different content, so don't pick an opinion article on Brexit if that is what you want to write but perhaps do pick an opinion article on a different aspect of politics, so you are writing for the same audience.