Grade+11,+Written+task+1


 * Welcome to my Diploma, Written Task 1 Wiki page.**

Written Task 1 is the creative piece of writing for your IB portfolio. Here we will look at different options for written task 1, have a go at a few exercises and get access to the Task 1 grading criteria.

Grading Criteria - http://judeccb.wikispaces.com/Grading+Criteria

__**Definition**__ Written Task 1 is a chance for you to show your intellectual understanding of the topics studied through a piece of imaginative writing. This piece can be anything from an editorial, to a blog, to a poem. You will need to choose text types very carefully as you must choose something that you are comfortable with and interested in **but it must also be relevant for the topic you are writing about.** When writing your written task it is important to consider the most appropriate language, structure, propriety, details and any other relevant information. It must include a rationale which explains audience, purpose and social, cultural or historical context. Your piece of writing must go on to show your understanding of the elements mentioned in the rationale.
 * It must be between 800 and 1000 words.**
 * The rationale must be between 200 and 300 words.**

So far, we have begun working on Written Task for the following part of the course: Part 2, Language and Mass Communication Persuasive Language

and we have focused two particular of mass communication for political persuasion: 1. Looking at how different elements of **Written Mass Media** use persuasive language to promote or criticize politicians and governments. We have also discussed how this is often done for the owning **Media Institution's** own political agenda. We have looked at examples of news articles, opinion columns and political cartoons. 2. Looking at how politicians and world leaders use persuasive language and "spin" in their political **speeches.** We have also analysed the **different ways politicians use the Mass Media** to further their own agenda and discussed the **moral aspects** of this.

Some examples of text types which could be relevant to this course focus are: Newspaper articles, Opinion pieces, Speeches, Political Email Campaigns, Editorials

The work you have done so far has been either a Speech or Two Opinion Articles. Let's have a look at different elements of these text types which we need to focus on in our work.

Here is an interesting web page which helps you analyse Martin Luther King's World famous speech "I Have a dream". [] Read through the analysis and the text. Compare the speech to yours. Does yours contain any of these elements?
 * Speech**

Which rhetorical devices have you used? (Devices which are used to persuade) Rule of three? [] Metaphor? Emotive Language? Repetition? Personal anecdote? Personal pronouns?

Here are links to British Newspapers The Guardian []
 * Opinion Columns**

The Daily Telegraph []

Find a political opinion piece to read on each one and answer the following questions: 1. Which is more conservative? Which more liberal? 2. How do you know? 3. What persuasive techniques do you recognise?

Have a look at this guide to writing opinion: [] Hae you used any of these elements in your pieces? Also, consider rhetorical devices. Have you used emotive language? Have you organised your facts to be biased? Have you given a strong opinion?