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The Road topic / context para starters and quotes :)
Key Incident essay – The Road
Here’s another example of a key incident essay, guys.
Please read and emulate where possible. Ask me if you’re unsure about any of it… Road Key Incident Essay
Work hard, troops.
MrT
Excellent annotation of poetry! Thank you, guys!
Troops, several of your number have been happy to share these detailed, colourful, perceptive and beautiful annotated copies of some of the MacCaig poems. Amazing work, carriers of the fire! Thank you!
Troops, Key Incident plan for your use right here :)
Fascinating article with SS tasks… :)
Read this article and analyse the author’s effective use of sentence structures. In your analysis, comment on at least two instances where she has used a colon.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/07/memorialising-war-first-world-war-remember
Smartphones more dangerous than nuclear weapons? Brilliant article with task.
Thought you’d find this interesting, troops. Identify the tone/s and analyse how Mitchell creates tone. 🙂
Scotland’s Witches Articles
Troops, take a read of these articles about Scotland’s horrible history. How would you describe tone in the passages? Select examples of language which create those tones.
Some good non-fiction to read…
Creative Writing for Wed 23rd Oct :)
Troops,
Creative writing first draft must be submitted by Wed 23rd Oct…
Keep working hard! Remember, bizarre or brutally realistic are good; cliché not so good.
🙂
