Work over the break - due in Jan

Diligents,

here are the mandatory and recommended pieces of work you've been set (most of them should be well under an hour each):

Mandatory:

• the George reading essay (I will leave transcripts on my desk for those who don't have them - copy up the notes from someone who was there and the title is: Young readers should be corrected whenever they make a mistake. Evaluate.) Posted on your blog by 3/1/16
• The Language Change research I set in Tuesday's lesson:
  Find a short section of text (fiction or non-fiction) from 1600ish and translate it into modern English. Then analyse differences using as much linguistic comment as you can e.g. syntax, semantic shift (what sorts?) etc.
  Research a word that has changed and any phrases, collocations or uses (previous or current uses) that illustrate the different meanings e.g. not quite ready vs quite tired
  Find two articles that show differing attitudes to a ‘language change’ issue e.g. an article that criticises young people’s language and one that objectively describes it or is positive about it. Or one about the change in ‘literally’ or one on the use of non-gendered pronouns etc.  Analyse the language used to represent the change/issue, comparing the two texts.
  By 5/1 on your blogs, please
  
  
  Recommended:
  • Get a target reader to read your creative coursework. Ask them specific questions about their response and get them to highlight (but not correct) issues. Re-draft.
  • Revise key theory areas and terminology