Sunday, January 18, 2009

Chocaholic?

Find a newspaper or a magazine article and look for the following presentational devices:

.Headlines
.Subheadings
.Illustrations/photographs
.Bold print
.Underlinings
.Logos
.Slogans


Underline each device in different colours.

Now try and think of an example of each device to advertise your favourite chocolate. Yummy!






Go ahead and convine that Celebrity of yours !

Look at the presentational devices below:
· Headlines
· Subheadings
· Illustrations/photographs
· Bold print
· Underlinings
· Logos
· Slogans

Now design a leaflet to encourage your favourite celebrity to donate money
to a charity of your choice.

Experiment with Style and Presentation !

Every time you pick up a magazine, or look at a web page or newspaper, you are introduced to different types of information presented in hundreds of different styles.


The style of presentation

When you are answering a question on style and presentation devices, it is often helpful to think about what attracts your attention most:

· Is it headlines (eg 'Help')?
· Is it pictures (eg the eyes of a little boy in a photograph)?

Can you think of any examples of the following presentation devices? Try to think about how these devices are used and for what purpose.

· Headlines
· Subheadings
· Illustrations/photographs
· Bold print
· Underlinings
· Logos
· Slogans

Have a look at the style of this leaflet.









Your Task
Use as many presentational devices as you can to write the text of a leaflet to encourage the public to donate to a charity of your choice.

Picture Perfect?? Find your own picture!!

Look at this picture of Romeo and Juliet.




Find 5 other pictures and write a paragraph explaining how you think Romeo and Juliet may be feeling about keeping their love a secret.

Write some loving lyrics. Get Musical!!

Listen to this song: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmcs9k_rzy
by Dire Straits about Romeo and Juliet

Now Find a song that attempts to describe Romeo’s love for Juliet.

Write the lyrics of an original song which encapsulates your opinion about Romeo and Juliet's love for each other.

It's all about love, love , love



Romeo and Juliet includes many themes. However the predominant theme is love.

Your Challenge
Write a poem or a sonnet from Romeo’s point of view which encapsulates his feelings for Juliet.