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Year 13
What to do!๏ Write a commentary or opinion
piece suitable for publication in the
opinions pages of a school
newspaper. !
๏ You should choose a topic that will
be relevant and interesting to young
people. !
๏ You should build on a single idea or
theme that is reflected in some way
in the title of your piece. !
READ Links to NZ Herald!
Link to a rambling blog about parenting!
Link to an America's Cup editorial !
Link to a sports editorial !
Year 13
What to include !
To create a sense of coherence you
might integrate a motif or other
linking device through your writing.
You can be witty, satirical, serious,
self deprecating, even provocative,
but you will be expected to write in a
controlled way and use language
techniques skilfully to create
deliberate effects. !
Year 13
The marking!You will be assessed on your ability
to: !
• develop and sustain one or more
central ideas on your selected topic
throughout the column !
• craft your writing to achieve a
stylistic coherence throughout the
piece through your deliberate use of a
range of language techniques !
• structure the piece clearly and
effectively !
• use writing conventions accurately. !
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Year 13
How much to write!
Your column will be at least 600 words long. It
should be appropriate for a readership of your
peers and your English teacher, as well as suitable
for publication in a school newspaper. !
Year 13
Heading!• irony. !
• parody or satire !
• self deprecation!
• personal anecdotes !
• deliberate exaggeration or understatement!
• allusions !
• puns, eg: a word play in the title!
• contrasting language registers, eg: combining colloquial with
formal language !
• deliberate use of irregular sentence structures, eg a minor
sentence placed for impact after a complex sentence. !