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Due date: Friday, May 22/15

What makes a post-apocalyptic story?

EX MACHINA ARTICLE FROM THE NEW SCIENTIST

How To Write a News Report

A good article should give the reader the feel of the atmosphere of the conversation the interviewer had. This post provides a three step guide to writing a good interview article on the basis of the information obtained during an interview.

A. Choose a perspective

An interview can be written from different perspectives. There are roughly three perspectives you can use.

• Literal. Write down the questions, followed by the literal or only slightly rephrased answers. You may use bold, italic or the letters Q and A to distinguish questions and answers.

Q: John, do you like your job? A: Yes, I like being a truck driver.

• Hybrid. Leave out the questions and combines narrative statements with direct quotes.

John is content with his job. “I like being a truck driver.”

• Narrative. Describe what the interviewee says in third person

I ask John about his job and he tells me he likes truck driving.

The first perspective suits best for a very personal interview, the last suits best for an article where the interview part is merely a means of getting more information on a certain topic.

B. Rephrase the answers

Conversation is full of half sentences, unspoken words and sudden changes of topic. To make the interview readable, you”ll have to rephrase most sentences. There’s a simple rule of thumb concerning rephrasing.

Rephrase as much as you like, but don’t change the message.

So, you might rephrase every sentence in order to make it fit your preferred style of writing, as long as the interviewee can find no reason to complain about his or her message being changed.

C. Make it attractive

People need to be persuaded to read your interview article. There should be quotes in the following elements of the article:

• Interview title
• Streamers (a large headline printed across the page)
• Photo captions 

Moreover, the lead of the article can be more telling by ending it with a quote.

The Tom Hiddleston Collection:

Philip Larkin: Talking in Bed  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W43PIsy98U

Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkbVX8WWO7c

W.H. Auden: Funeral Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvL1IjU43I0&list=PLan93_J2J9iucOFkQEiJDr_ewGkmu1TY7

Yates: Down by the Sally  Gardens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWZzlOYJpw&list=PLan93_J2J9iucOFkQEiJDr_ewGkmu1TY7

Further Poems:

Lord Byron: When we Two Parted   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlahdxsdtCM

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: How do I Love Thee?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zeRxkZINQE

Robert Frost: The Road not Taken http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15717

Matthew Arnold: Dover Beach   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM7lBsrX4cQ

Gwendolyn Brooks: We Real Cool http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15433

Billy Collins: Litany   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Iq3PbSWZY&list=PLF05B2BB0313819B5

English 12 First Peoples Full Curriculum

You know about the Catcher-themed Jake Gyllenhaal interview, as I posted it on the old website. Here’s our favourite Ben naming Catcher as major influence; other literary favourites of his: T.S. Eliot and John Keats. Nice.

Benedict Cumberbatch-My Cultural Life

THE BARD, ARCHIVES, MUSIC, SCIENCE-NEED I SAY MORE HOW APPROPRIATE THIS IS FOR BYNG AND CHURCHILL STUDENTS? 🙂

Vanier Park Fun this Saturday (Feb. 1.)

The Winter Wander in Vanier Park is a one-day event for Vancouverites to explore and discover a taste of Vanier Park’s cultural institutions. Adult admission will be just $5 to visit all locations, and children 16 – that’s you guys!-and under will be admitted for free.

Vanier Park is home to Vancouver Maritime Museum, Museum of Vancouver, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Bard on the Beach, Vancouver Academy of Music, and City of Vancouver Archives.

In addition to visiting the museums, Winter Wanderers will be able to enjoy performances by Vancouver Academy of Music students as well as enjoy culinary dishes from visiting food trucks.