Hi all,
Your holiday homework is to write two language analysis essays – one on the dangerous dogs issue and one on the Year 9 boot camp issue. Read this post carefully for the information you need. In order to receive feedback on your essays at the start of term, they will need to be emailed to me no later than Friday evening the 10th of April. Earlier would be appreciated!
Make use of the resources below to assist you.
Tasks (Print them so you can circle, annotate, highlight etc):
Task 1: Dog Breeds
Task 2: Boot Camp
Resources:
* Writing a Language Analysis Essay -Keep this document by you when planning and writing. It takes you through the process, step by step.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdDpGgLdioM
This screencast from Ms Haake, guides you through the ‘Boot Camp’ articles. In your planning, please remember to always circle words that ‘jump out at you’ as well as making annotations. It makes it much easier to ‘zoom in’ on individual language choices in your analysis.
* Patterns in persuasive writing – This PPT from our last class, is useful to refer to when trying to understand the overall persuasive pattern of a particular article.
*There is other material here that you may find helpful – https://learn.stleonards.vic.edu.au/vceeng/using-language-to-persuade/planning-a-language-analysis-essay/