Tuesday, 3 March 2009

Folio redrafting - final instructions

Please check all of your essays carefully to ensure that they meet the following style requirements:

  • Arial or Times, 12 point font
  • Fit on to 2 pages
  • Be consistent in layout for all of your pieces
  • Names of text in italics; spell author’s name correctly; use capitals correctly
  • Paragraphing – miss a line and don’t indent
  • Double indent longer quotes (don’t miss a line and don’t use inverted commas)
  • Align all writing to the left

For example:

Moritz Kopka

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

How does Harper Lee use the character of Atticus Finch to develop two key themes in the novel?

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel set...



Please check your task against the following, to make sure that they are correct:

· How does Harper Lee use the character of Atticus Finch to develop two key themes in the novel?

· Choose a poem in which the poet has created a particular mood or moods. Say what the moods are and show how the poet has used language to create them.

· How does the language in the poem War Photographer evoke sympathy for the photographer and convey the horrors of war?

· Analyse the ways in which Steinbeck presents Curley’s wife in the book, and discuss how you think the reader is supposed to respond to her.

· What is the main turning point in Romeo and Juliet? Through detailed reference to the text, show how Shakespeare creates a turning point in the play.

Any questions, please come and speak to me. Make sure that you bring all finished essays along on Friday, ideally on a flash drive, then we can check and print them together.

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