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<div class="greenBg"><h3>KEY FEATURES</h3><p><span style="color:#006400;"><u><strong>context, audience, purpose</strong></u> - </span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">* the context will usually be set out in the question e.g. the issue which is to inspire the blog entry</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">* the audience may be assumed to be people interested in the subject matter OR (youngish?) internet-interested people</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">* the generic purpose of blogs is to <u>interest </u>/ <u>entertain</u> / <u>amuse</u> /<u> be provocative & stimulating</u> - in general, NOT solemn</p><p><span style="color:#006400;"><u><strong>register and tone</strong></u> - </span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">* will use a semi-formal to informal register</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">* the usual tone will be personal - chatty, direct and unpretentious</p><p><span style="color:#006400;"><u><strong>conventions</strong></u> - </span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">* will include first person statement and/or narration</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">* will seek to engage the reader, eg through direct address, a lively and interesting style etc</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">* will use 'typical blog techniques' e.g. a provocative closing statement, leading to an invitation to comment / response</p><p style="margin-left: 80px;">* will have an interesting, catchy title for the entry</p><div class="yellowBg"><h4><span style="color:#FF0000;">Appropriate?</span></h4><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">A <strong>blog</strong> will be appropriate if the task requires you to present a set of your personal ideas in a lively entertaining way to a general, undefined audience. You don't know who might find your blog on the internet, but you want them to be hooked by your interesting, even provocative, opinions and experiences.</span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em>Not to be confused with...</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em><strong>'article' </strong></em>or '<strong><em>opinion column</em>'</strong> or <em><strong>'essay'</strong></em> ... an <span style="color:#FF0000;"> '<em>article'</em> is intended to present detailed and interesting information about a defined subject to a general audience; and the information should be explained in a clear, fair and reasonably objective way (<span style="color:#FF0000;">the journalist has a '<span style="color:#FF0000;">duty to inform')</span></span>. </span>An <em>'opinion column' </em>will usually be focused on one particular issue, which should be explained convincingly and your final opinion argued reasonably, even if it is a very subjective point of view. An <em>'essay</em>' is supposed to be a methodical and objective review of arguments, based on solid factual evidence, and reaching a logical conclusion (which is not the same as just a quick opinion). </span></p><p><span style="color:#FF0000;">In addition, both <em>'opinion column' </em>and<em> 'essay'</em> are likely to have more defined audiences - <em>'opinion column'</em> = the audience of the publication in which it appears; <em>'essay'</em> = thoughtful, educated people, rather than just anybody. </span></p></div></div><p>.</p><h4>But what exactly <em>is</em> a 'blog'?</h4><p>While the diary is a text type which has been around forever, the blog is an extremely recent type of text. To be more precise, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary">Wikipedia 'diary' entry</a> claims that Marcus Aurelius' 'Meditations' (second century AD) is the first recognisable diary - while <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_diary">Wikipedia on 'online diaries' </a> cites Claudio Pinhanez's "Open Diary" as the first blog in 1994.</p><p>But is a blog the same thing as a diary ? A distinction: both text types typically present personal experience and comment, but a blog is more of a <strong>public statement</strong>, whereas a diary is more of a<strong> private reflection</strong>.<em><strong> </strong></em>Beyond that, there is a problem:<em><strong> </strong>are</em> there conventions for the relatively new blog - or for the anarchically personal diary ?</p><p>.</p><h3>Format and Approach discussed</h3><p><u><em><strong>Basic Format</strong></em></u></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><em>- Heading</em> : a Blog will have a title (perhaps quirky, witty) - there will be a title for the blog as a whole, but also (more significantly) a title for the individual entry</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><em>- Conclusion</em> : a Blog will usually end with a request for comment / responses from the readers ; <em><strong>Diary</strong></em> - nothing conventional (possibly something along the lines of "more tomorrow"?)</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><em><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- Lucid paragraphing : </span></em><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">While one can think of real examples of blogs which ignore basic paragraphing, students writing an exam script should be expected to show that they understand that sensible paragraphing aids clarity.</span></p><p><u><em><strong>Approach</strong></em></u></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><em>> address</em> : blogs set out to have regular readers, so are likely to have touches of direct address (<em>"As you regular readers know ..."</em>)</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><em>> register </em>: <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">informality enriched with sophistication - if both text types are personal, some informality can be expected in register and rhetoric, but higher marks will go to exam scripts which combine colloquialism with dashes of complex phrasing and effects.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> <em>organisation</em> - What should govern the effective organisation of a blog?</span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- if a <em>blog</em> is a 'public statement', ideas can be expected to be organised to show some evident + consistent purpose</span></p><p style="margin-left: 120px;">> since blogs very often present an opinion or an argument, the ideas should be (reasonably) methodically organised</p><p style="margin-left: 120px;">> where the opinion is based on an anecdote or experience, this should be narrated clearly</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> <em>style</em> - </span>the three aspects described above all add up to the notion that a good blog should have a recognisable and expressive personal style. Put another way, this means a recognisable and engaging 'voice' - see the page <a href="../16632/developing-voice.html" title="Teaching Skills » Teaching Writing » Writing skills » Developing 'voice'">Developing 'voice'</a> for further ideas about this.</p><h4>Relevant writing purposes</h4><p>Given that blogs can deal with practically anything, all the writing purposes might apply, but if we accept that ...</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">... a <em>blog</em> is usually about presenting a point of view for public response, then <a href="../1238/argument.html" title="Teaching Skills » Teaching Writing » Writing purposes » Argument">Argument</a> and <a href="../1237/explanation.html" title="Teaching Skills » Teaching Writing » Writing purposes » Explanation">Explanation</a> will be most useful</p><p>.</p><div class="blueBg"><h3>Materials & models</h3><p><strong>> Blog: <a href="../16795/about-blogging.html">About blogging</a></strong> ... an analysis of four sample blogs extracted from the novel Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie points to a total of six ways of approaching a blog - different types of discourse which may be adapted to subject matter.</p><p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>> Blog: <a href="/media/ib/englishb/files/Midsomer%20COMMENTS.pdf">Midsomer Murders Comments</a> </strong></span> ... two comments related to news story (see <strong>news report</strong>, below) ... most emblematic is <em>#1 Peter Stothard blog</em> - paragraphing + approach + personal comment ... with worksheet + see also whole page for background</p><p>><strong> Blog:</strong> <a href="../26279/the-pleasures-of-hating-.html" title="Themes, 2018 onwards » Experiences » The pleasures of hating ">The pleasures of hating</a> ... an example of the 'controversial' or 'deliberately provocative' kind of blog</p><div class="yellowBg"><p>... and you might consider trawling through my own blog on the Home page of this site. There are a whole range of different types of blog approaches there, such as ...</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="../../blog/19497/romeo-juliet.html">#romeo&juliet</a> ... the quirky reflection on a curious idea</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="../../blog/22250/post-truth.html">Post-truth</a> ... meditation on a set of words</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="../../blog/10578/lifes-a-beach-2.html">Life's a beach 2</a> ... the anecdote, or short story approach</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="../../blog/23371/somewheres-anywheres.html">Somewheres & Anywheres</a> ... the essay, exploring an idea</p><p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="../../blog/22710/1984-revisited.html">1984 revisited</a> ... the commentary on contemporary events</p><p>...and so on.</p></div></div><div class="yellowBg"><h3>Suggested 'new style' exam tasks</h3><p><span style="color:#006400;"><em>The following are possible adaptations of some of the 'old style' tasks listed below. Each provides three optional text types, arranged in the order of (i) appropriate; (ii) generally appropriate; (iii) inappropriate - if you use them, clearly, you should randomise the choices.</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#006400;"><em>Two versions are presented: one for HL, with three required elements, and one for SL, with two required elements.</em></span></p><hr class="hidden"><p>(HL) You went on holiday to a country you’ve always wanted to visit. Nothing went as you planned, and you came back home feeling disappointed and frustrated. You want to share your experience so that other people can avoid such problems. Write a text describing what you had initially planned, explaining what went wrong, and summarising the lessons that you have learned. </p><p style="text-align: center;">(i) Blog .... (ii) Letter to the editor .... (iii) Diary</p><p>(SL) You went on holiday to a country you’ve always wanted to visit. Nothing went as you planned, and you came back home feeling disappointed and frustrated. You want to share your experience so that other people can avoid such problems. Write a text explaining what went wrong, and summarising the lessons that you have learned. </p><p style="text-align: center;">(i) Blog .... (ii) Letter to the editor .... (iii) Diary</p><p>********</p><p>(HL) Your school is thinking of banning students who have piercings from entering the school campus. You have strong views on this situation, which are based on moral principles which should be understood by society in general. Write a text in which you describe the situation, state whether you either agree or disagree with the school’s proposal, and argue the reasons for your opinion.</p><p style="text-align: center;">(i) Blog .... (ii) Proposal .... (iii) Email</p><p>(SL) Your school is thinking of banning students who have piercings from entering the school campus. You have strong views on this situation, which are based on moral principles which should be understood by society in general. Write a text in which you state whether you either agree or disagree with the school’s proposal, and argue the reasons for your opinion.</p><p style="text-align: center;">(i) Blog .... (ii) Proposal .... (iii) Email</p><p>.</p></div><div class="pinkBg"><h3>Recent exam tasks ('old' style)</h3><p><strong>Blog</strong></p><p>On one of your recent travels, you were asked to take part in a traditional dance. Post an entry on your personal blog describing your experience and what you thought about it. (HL N13)</p><p>You recently read a blog in which the writer claimed that all sectors of the population of a country should celebrate the same festivals. Write a blog entry in response stating your opinion on the matter. (HL M14)</p><p>During your recent holiday, you came across what seemed to you an unusual custom. 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