Creative Writing - The Circus

Describe a carnival, theme park, a circus or a fairground attraction My visit to the circus was as divine as the beauty of heaven! The stage was full of big, fat, colourful clowns, with curly orange wigs. I laughed at them, as they joked around, making me feel excited! Some smaller children were torn between screaming and being in hysterics. The next act was waiting, an elephant balancing on a big ball. I could feel the hard bench beneath me, as I smelt the manure of exotic animals. The mustard of the hot dogs I’d been munching on, lingering in my mouth. Rolling into the centre stage, on its ball, the elephant was bigger than the roof. Emmanuel, the elephant gave an electric performance. It gave a trumpeting roar, I thought, doesn’t this remind you of a jungle? The acrobats attracted my attention, swinging awesomely from the trapeze. They leapt around the big top like a monkey from a branch. ‘Look out! Look out!’ I cried, worried that the acrobats would fall into the audience. What techniques can you spot here?

In Your Own Words - Jan 2012 paper - 1b.

In your own words… Rachel likes swimming “I love swimming,” she says. She enjoys competing and winning. Rachel is focused when she listens to music, she finds Snow Patrol “motivational.” She finds it “difficult to cram everything in” as she is studying at university as well as taking part in the Para Olympics. When she is practicing she visualises racing and shouts at herself ‘go on!’ in her head. I think she has a very good chance at winning, with this great attitude.

Question 3 - AQA GCSE English

Writing about Language Features Step by Step 1st - read the article - we chose this one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31386483 As you go, use your highlighter to try and identify different techniques. We found a pun, rhetorical questions, facts, opinions, alliteration, group of three, emotive language.... Decided 4 you can write well about... We decided to look at pun, rhetorical questions, facts and groups of three. Then write about them using the PQE structure. Here is what we came up with... One way the writer uses language features is to include the reader in the argument. The writer uses the technique of rhetorical questioning multiple times to keep his reader on board. ‘How can £10.2m per game be good value for money?’ The question provokes the reader to engage with the text / argument. I am eager to find out the answer and so I keep reading. Early on in the article, the writer uses a pun. ‘Changing picture for TV viewers.’ Here the humorous play on words shows two different meanings. ‘Changing picture’ could mean changing the channel, or what we expect to see on TV. The second meaning is the state of football as a game and how much it is valued, is changing. Both of these meanings are relevant, and so the pun makes us aware of this in a fun way. Always make sure that you talk about how the technique makes you respond as a reader - what job is it doing?

GCSE Revision - Mrs E's wonderful resources

I want to alert you to a wonderful blog by Mrs E https://literacydaydreams.wordpress.com there are some great resources (Week 1 - 3) for revising non-fiction questions for your AQA and IGCSE exams.

Genre Conventions for Writing Paper

Genre Conventions for the Writing Paper Online Blog Headline Space for picture – with description / caption Slightly less formal Magazine / Newspaper Article Headline Sub heading By Line Space for picture – with description / caption Letter You address on the left Date Dear X, leave a line blank Appropriate ending – Faithfully (Sir, Editor etc) or Sincerely (named) Speech Introduction: ‘Fellow students…’ Direct address Conclusion: ‘Thank you for listening…’ Generally Write formally For Band 4, use language devices such as irony, satire, hyperbole, rhetorical question, parody etc Discursive markers (punctuation to guide reader, cohesive paragraphs with connectives) Match purpose and audience to style. Use indents, bulletpoints and dialogue.