Unlocking Writing Techniques: Tips for Crafting Persuasive Letters to Newspaper Editors
Explore valuable writing techniques to enhance letters addressed to newspaper editors. Learn how to structure ideas effectively, utilize impactful punctuation, develop persuasive arguments, and engage readers with compelling language. Enhance your writing skills to make a powerful impact.
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Starter guess the quote Macbeth AIC J&H
Starter guess the quote Macbeth AIC J&H as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end. Will all great Neptune s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? As if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive
SPAG Errors Apostrophes to indicate possession. Spellings: Independent views Missing/Incomplete Work AM no HW or essay ER, LG, DK (is it in your old book?) no HW SL, WV, - incomplete / minimum effort JC no book handed in Targets 1. Use full punctuation especially apostrophes to mark possession and abbreviated words Use discourse markers further to structure your ideas: e.g. in contrast, on the other hand, similarly, nonetheless, consequently, moreover Include further aspects of your opinion and a call to action. What would you like people to do? You are, after all writing to the editor of a newspaper. Add in further techniques in your writing: See ARRESTED Consider a counter argument and then dismiss it Look again at the opening to your letter. How can you add impact? Look again at your ending how could you leave the reader persuaded to change their mind? Vary sentence structures further Use high level punctuation to add impact 10. Utilise further the features of form. Make sure the examiner knows that you have considered the Purpose, Audience and Form. Make them aware that you know that the editor of a newspaper could do something about this issue for example. 11. Develop your answer further. It feels too short and not considered enough. 12. Avoid colloquialisms 13. Check your phrasing and punctuation 14. Ensure that your perspective is really clear throughout 2. Pearson s Progress Sheet Writing HW February 2018 3. DIRT Tasks #1 Redraft or write ONE further paragraph of your letter reflecting on your targets #2 Correct all errors #3 Look again at your opening and ending ARRESTED A Alliteration R Rhetorical Questions R Repetition (anaphora) E Emotive language S Statistics E Exaggeration D Direct address 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Ideas for how to open a letter to an Editor: 1. Flatter their position As the Editor of one of Britain s most influential papers, I feel compelled to draw your attention to the plight of female athletes. 2. Rhetorical Question e.g. Who wouldn t want to live in world without prejudice? 3. Statistic Use a surprising, powerful, personalised statistic that will resonate with the audience to get your message across e.g. Women outnumber men in Britain by over 890,000. Yet despite this, the media coverage of female sport makes up less than 10 percent of the coverage. I find this statistic highly offensive and yet horribly unsurprising. DIRT Questions How can we tell you ve written a letter? How is it clear who the audience are? What is the purpose? What would the opposite view to yours be? How can you show that what they think is wrong? 1. 2. Praise: MR lovely opening paragraph ML Good use of ARRESTED techniques MC incredible vocabulary JM awareness of the audience and what they can do to change situation. 3. 4.
DIRT Tasks 1 Add to your answers using your feedback. 2 Look at the balance of your essay have you enough AO2 remembering that this is worth 12 marks? Have you too much AO3? 3 Correct SPAG errors remember that there are 4 marks available for SPAG 4 Use your PLC how could you improve your answer using this? What could you incorporate from the Macbeth SUPER Knowledge organiser? Starting with the extract, how does Shakespeare present Gender roles in the play? Write about: How the gender is shown in Lady Macbeth s behaviour in this extract How gender is presented as a theme in the play as a whole? [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks] Pearson s Progress Sheet February 2018 Targets 1. Come up with a thesis and pose it in your introduction look at the terms of the question and use the key words Use a quotation for every point Develop your analysis of a quotation explicitly analyse the effect of the language/structural techniques using subject technology Use discourse markers to help you structure your argument Balance your answer so that you write equally about the extract and the play as a whole Ensure each paragraph has a sharp focus/point. Zoom in further on key words, Identifying word class when zooming in e.g. adjective, verb, adverb, superlative Fully explore the connotations of key words you zoom in on really think about what they make the reader think/feel/imagine. Link further to the key themes of the play for example, ambition 10. Keep Shakespeare in the answer at all times. E.g. phrases like Shakespeare crafts the character of Lady Macbeth 11. Try to link key language and motifs (i.e. Lady McB s use of imperatives no longer having any impact) 12. Conclude - Include an explicit personal response in your conclusion 13. Try to avoid repeating points. AOs AO1 (Interpretation) We want you to develop a voice without using I. Explore what other people have written about the text to inform your ideas (keep juicy ideas/phrases to use) AO2 (Analysis) You must get into the habit of analysing language/form/structure. Stuck? Zoom in and explore key words. AO3 (Context) Make links to context throughout. Unsure? Read around and fill those gaps. Remember however that this only constitutes 6 marks the other AOs are 12 marks each! AO4 (SPAG) Proof-read at the end. 2. 3. 4. 5. Praise: RW and MR Excellent thesis based introduction MC Articulate, developed and well- reasoned response ME Use of high level vocabulary in analysis AF Perceptive ideas about the exploitation of women ML effective exploration of intended effect on audience. 6. 7. 8. 9.
SQUADs Introduction: Shakespeare presents __________ as a _________ throughout the whole of Macbeth. In the extract... (Include question in introduction, 3 sentences total). Extract: SQUAD 1 SQUAD 3 SQUAD 5 Whole play: SQUAD 2 SQUAD 4 SQUAD 6 Conclusion: In conclusion, Shakespeare presents ________ as a ________ through his use of language, structure and form. (1 or 2 sentences total) Making inferences Suggests Demonstrates Shows Reveals Displays Infers Implies Advocates The AUDIENCE might FEEL: horror optimistic Apprehension pessimistic Astonishment relief Disapproval revulsion Disturbed satisfied Enjoyment thrilled Fear uncomfortable Fury wary Admiration Alarm because
Develop Space to discuss other language devices/words or context. Quote Statement Unpick Analyse A small selection of words that support your statement from the text. Only use the words you need! I.E. This is seen when she says to Macbeth look like th innocent flower . Develop your character interpretation through another word/device. Choose a word from your quote to analyse that reflects your point. A short sentence that answers the question straight away. No quotes here but you can use techniques. I.E: Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth s ambition through the use of simile. I.E. The innocent flower perhaps represents how women were expected to act in Jacobean society. Women were not deemed to be as ambitious or aggressive as males. Whilst this does not shock us, it would have shocked a 16th Century audience. 1 2 3 4 I.E. Further to this, the concrete noun flower connotes femininity and love: two ideas that starkly contrast the Macbeths intent. I.E. The use of the adjective innocent has connotations of purity and religious tendencies. SQUAD RECAP
Question types: Macbeth/J&H: extracts 2 extract questions 2 bullet points: 1 about the extract, 1 about rest of the text Both worth 30 marks Macbeth Q: 4 marks for SPaG. J&H: No SPaG
You need to be using your PLCs they hold so much information that could help you! Look now at the Macbeth Knowledge organiser and PLC. Which relevant aspects of information could you add to your answer? It should be out and on your desk in every single lesson and every time you do English revision and homework.
