Writing Articles

The aim of today's lesson is to explore the stylistic and linguistic features of different articles.

The first article is from The Guardian online and is a news article:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/japan-earthquake-kyushu-people-feared-trapped-under-rubble

The second article is from a home improvement magazine.  House Renovation Text

What is the context of each text? Comment on audience, purpose, mode of delivery, subject matter, level of formlity etc - see guide for full list! Framework and Context Guide

Make notes on the key stylistic and linguistic features of each text. Ensure you think about structure & discourse, lexis & semantics, use of grammar. Link your points back to the context of the texts. Us the framework for some language prompts if you need it.

Choice of task:

EITHER

Write a newspaper article about the fire in Lily Brett's coop building. Use the whole piece as your source text.

OR

Write an article for a house renovation magazine about the renovation of the house at Shanzu.

Use from page 295 (When we first saw....) to page 296 (....whose forte is conversions); from page 297 (the house was tailormade....) to page 297 (....the air throughout the house); from page 299 (Our white bedroom...) to page 299 (....penetrating this haven).

Use this resource to help frame our writing: Barefoot at Shanzu

Extension: Find two more examples of article writing for your file / write a commentary for your text.