Investigating Blogs/Diary entries

Spend a few minutes on each of the following blogs. Read a couple of posts and try to get a feel for the language:

http://recoveringanorexic.wordpress.com/
http://www.challengecracknell.com/blog/day10/index.html
http://kendallandandrewswedding.blogspot.com/
http://www.gastrochick.com/

When you have familiarised yourself with these blogs, write a comment on this post explaining what they have in common. Try to comment on:

• Use of language
• Content- emotional and personal or distant and professional?
• Structure of entries
• Anything else of interest

Some helpful videos to improve your story writing skills:

"Your Shoes"

Read "Your Shoes" by Michelle Roberts (you can listen to the story here)

Write a comment on this post in which you explain how the writer has created a distinctive voice and how they have kept the story interesting for their reader. Think about:
-Langauge choices
-Punctuation
-Length and structure of sentences
-Structure and paragraphing
-Imagery (similes, metaphors etc.)

Homophones and Homework

For homework, try to read something written by the sort of person who you are writing as. A good starting point would be to use google to find out if there are any forums, blogs or message boards where people discuss the kind of issues which your character will be facing. If you're stuck finding something, ask me on here.

Watch this video in which Miss Humphris helps you to improve your spelling of common homophones: