Persuasive text LANGUAGE TASK: communicative skills (esp. writing) + linguistic skills (vocabulary, grammar, appropriate structures for persuasion); register Write an e-mail to a friend to persuade them to buy the DVD for a friend whose birthday comes up next week. Choose the adaptation that YOU prefer (either the Monty Python version, or the one with Matt Lucas). Give a few reasons why the birthday boy or girl will like it. Use as many arguments as possible. The e-mail should be between 100 and 120 words and may be informal, but you must use full words and cannot use the language of texting or twitter. (clip from Monty Python’s Special features) Interview Before watching the interview, think of at least three questions you would like to ask the actors in the film. 2. Literary devices 2.1 Onomatopoeia a) Complete the definition: Onomatopoeia is the use of words that the things that ………………………….….like they are describing, e.g. or ‘hiss’ ‘boom’. b) Look at the following list of and underline the ones that are onomatopoeic. Twittering jump sweep chuckle growl knock taste - Poop Poop! – – – – – – insure muffled staring sighs rattle smell gulp banging – – – – – – – – whinge look burp croak see wait mutter boink – – – – – – – – c) Now try to imitate those that are onomatopoeic. d) Watch another scene from the Matt Lucas version of the film, and have a good look at the subtitles. Write down 4 or 5 more examples.
Persuasive text LANGUAGE TASK: communicative skills (esp. writing) + linguistic skills (vocabulary, grammar, appropriate structures for persuasion); register Write an e-mail to a friend to persuade them to buy the DVD for a friend whose birthday comes up next week. Choose the adaptation that YOU prefer (either the Monty Python version, or the one with Matt Lucas). Give a few reasons why the birthday boy or girl will like it. Use as many arguments as possible. The e-mail should be between 100 and 120 words and may be informal, but you must use full words and cannot use the language of texting or twitter. Interview (clip from Monty Python’s Special features) Before watching the interview, think of at least three questions you would like to ask the actors in the film. 2. Literary devices 2.1 Onomatopoeia a) Complete the definition: Onomatopoeia is the use of words that ………………………….….like the things that they are describing, e.g. ‘hiss’ or ‘boom’. b) Look at the following list of and underline the ones that are onomatopoeic. Twittering – jump – sweep – chuckle – growl – knock – taste - Poop Poop! – insure – muffled – staring – sighs – rattle – smell – gulp – banging – whinge – look – burp – croak – see – wait – mutter – boink c) Now try to imitate those that are onomatopoeic. d) Watch another scene from the Matt Lucas version of the film, and have a good look at the subtitles. Write down 4 or 5 more examples.
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