Below you can find advice and resources to support the creation of your writing folio.
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CREATIVE – Imaginative
Write an imaginative piece involving a symbol. Make sure there is a clear sense of your character’s ‘journey’ and an overall theme and purpose/message in the piece – everything in the story should contribute to the delivery of this message. Remember to use all your creative writing techniques for effect (description, imagery, sentence structure, tone) and make your symbol ‘evolve’ to reflect the character’s journey/message of the story. Don’t forget to give your story a title which creatively embodies your meaning.
Advice: writing a monologue; Your Shoes by Michele Roberts
Exemplars: Beyond the Bars; Havsmusik v2; Little-Angel-Dressed-in-White; Where the Dust Falls – English essay
CREATIVE – Personal and Reflective
Write a personal essay reflecting on a significant moment/experience/occurrence in your life. Do not simply describe the experience. Look at your journey and try to explore some insight into an aspect of the human condition (how we live our lives). Remember this is a type of CREATIVE writing so you must use all your creative techniques (language choice, imagery, structure etc.) to engage the audience and make your piece vivid and descriptive. Your voice and personality should come through – be reflective and thoughtful in style.
Advice: Reflective Writing; Personal&Reflective ideas; personal reflective; Personal & Reflective Writing – Style
Exemplars: Smile exemplar (cat 2); Gifts Galore (cat 1); Arriving in nepal Cat 2The-Cinderella-Story; Precious Metal; What Forres Means to Me
Discursive – Persuasive OR Argumentative
Choose a controversial subject and write either a persuasive or argumentative essay on it. Remember that in both styles of writing your point of view must be clear throughout – the difference is how forceful your language and techniques are and, structurally, how you use/present the alternative viewpoint. You must use reliable and sophisticated secondary sources and remember to reference them fully and accurately (see Mrs Munn’s help sheet or further advice below)
Advice: Discursive Writing steps; Planning and Writing a Discursive Essay; Persuasive Essay writing; Writing to Argue and Persuade; USING TRANSITIONAL MARKERS; Referencing; Example Bibliography
Topics: Discursive Topics, Disc Writing
Exemplars: Age of Criminal Responsibility – Argumentative; Daylight Saving Time – Argumentative, Royal Family – Persuasive; Television Time – Persuasive; Deriving each other to madness – full marks in folio; Copy of An Invasion of E Books; Trash Those Cans – high marks in folio;
