My Candidate Page

1. An Article exaplaining and intorducing what i think are 'the effects WW1 had on social mobility In Britain.

2.In  table on page 



3a) 

his Essay is similar to that which i am going to write my article on and this gives me some good facts that i can include. It is also based on a study website which shows that it is based as a younger audience which gives me an idea of that sort of writing style. The figures that are in the essay are very helpful to back up the points that i willl need.

This is a graph of two triangles showing the class division before and then after the war. The picture source that i used was to give my essay a kind of sum up. It can be all explained in one just picture that will help me structure my essay and make sure I know i continue to keep going in one direction. This picture shows that they may not be more merged there have become more categories that the people can fit into. it shows that although there are many differences between both times the working class always has the most people in it and dominants the different social classes.These show the basic facts and help me give a structure the the essay so i know what basis to stick to.

The Downton abbey artilce is opinion piece that is not biast so it shows be how I can include my own opinion. It also links my other source on downton abbey but it shows how it can be put into writing. This article links in well what happened into the past and how it still could be going on today and how much of what went on there was true at the time when it was set.

The presentation lays out the reasons why it happened in simple terms and gives a good outline of what my catorgories could be for why this change occurred in the way that it did the end. This gives us some useful facts in the slides but gives you plenty of room to develop on a further point.

Finally, The Interview gives us some knowledge and looking at the tv series as a sorce put these ideas into context and it shows us how they would have actually effected the average family and their workers. It shows us from an expert in this area what they thought were the main sources. It gives me an actual example of each person and how and then the other sources back up why this was like it was and with fatcs.

In summary, I was able to use five different types of sources inclusind a tv series, a presentation, an interview and a couple of other essays/articles which is more similar to the style in which i will be writing. The presentation and the picture are very good in giving me a basis to my writing and they give me somewhere to work to. The artivle and the essay then add to this with facts and figures and the tv series and the interview allow me to give examples that people would know of today and how how it is still a very relevant topic tosay based on how succesful Downton Abbey is today.

 3b)

 For The article and the essay i printed them off and then highlighted the key points and put and annotated the key figures and points. The picture I just looked at and annotated on a sheet after printing it off. For the presentation I re-typed so that I could then pic out and underline the key facts and reasons. For the Tv series I watched the series and then took down notes on all the characters and how they changed before,during and after. I also asked Julian his thoughts which I could emphasise the ideas in downton abbey.  

Social Class During WW1

http://prezi.com/l_chzek_vnay/social-classes-in-wwi/


Industrialisation

Education Prosperity 

Women's right
Economic prosperity
Working class- Middle Class

Economic Prosperity

Industrialisation lead to more generating wealth.

Higher revenue made more middle class.

Wokring class

This created more of a middle class which made the divide between classes smaller, this meant there was better education system.

Education Prosperity 

This meant that there was a higher demand for the middle class wanting a better education.

Women

Replaced men while they were away in thier jobs so when they came back things were more equal.

My Audience

Type.. 

Age... 

Specific Type.. 

Downton Abbey Sorce

Downton Abbey 

Before War... 

None of the female caharacters worked. 

The upper class just looked after the estate did not do any labour. 

Different Classes were not allowed to marry one another. 

All the workers did everything downstairs(upstairs downstairs) was how seperate they were. 

Womens opinions didn't matter to the people there were no workers in london who were middle class women. 

It was frowned upon to get married to people from other countries (americans) 

The seperate classes would not speak to each other as friends. 

Women should not drive themselves if upper class.

After.. 

Women had to be forced into taking some of the mens roles in thier work while they were in war and so after they just continued to be like these as shown ( nurses, journalists) 

They married different classes after working together. 

The men had to get stuck into manual labour for filling all the gaps in roles. 

women become journalists thier points are valued more by others.
Women get tought to drive as they have to get themselves around.


http://workingclassstudies.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/upstairs-downstairs-downton-what-downton-abbey-can-tell-us-about-class-in-america-today/

In season two of Downton Abbey, the inimical Dame Maggie Smith (who plays the “Dowager Countess”) finds out that one of the family’s servants will be allowed to live out his final days (after suffering an incurable war wound) in the family’s lavish second floor quarters. The Countess is displeased by this and opines that “It always happens when you give these little people power, it goes to their heads like strong drink.”

If you are a fan of the show, one of the 7.9 million US viewers who watchedDownton Abbey kick off its third season on PBS earlier this month, you know full well that the “little people” in this early 20^th century British world—the kitchen maids, ladies’ maids, footmen, valets, chauffeurs, cooks, housekeepers, and butlers—have very little power. They scheme and scrap for the merest improvements in pay and job title. A few of them rise above their station, but class divisions are brutally enforced, and if anyone seems deluded with power by “strong drink,” it is the titled and wealthy upstairs residents who are served an impressive array of wines and spirits on a nightly basis.

I am a fan of the show, transfixed by the class differences represented in the series which tries very hard—from the dialogue, the sumptuous costumes, and the setting—to be about another time and place. But is it? Let’s look at a few of the myths that swirl around Downton Abbey and consider what we can learn about the real history behind the show— and about ourselves.

Susan Boyle Article - 14th March

Susan Boyle Article

Key words
objective- has both sides to it
subjective- all about the  writters opinion.

First Paragraph...

Is Susan Boyle ugly? Or are we? On Saturday night she stood on the stage in Britain's Got Talent; small and rather chubby, with a squashed face, unruly teeth and unkempt hair. She wore a gold lace dress, which made her look like a piece of pork sitting on a doily. Interviewed by Ant and Dec beforehand, she told them that she is unemployed, single, lives with a cat called Pebbles and has never been kissed. Susan then walked out to chatter, giggling, and a long and unpleasant wolf whistle.



What Effect do rhetorical question have on the reader? what tone do they set?

A good way of immediatley directing the reader and getting them to think.
Immediatly suggests that this piece with have an opinion.
Personal pronoun makes us involved.
Critical Tone - cynical
'From the outset...' biost


Adding rhetorical questions straight away at the begining of the passage makes the reader feel more involved and immediatley gets them to think about thier reaction. The writter also again gets us more involved by using personal pronouns within those rhetorical questions. These questions set quite a critical tone towards us and they immediatley show that it is going to be a subjective type of writting.

How would you describe the author's attitude to susan boyle? Support this with embeded quotes 

She has a rude attitude towards, exemplified in her description of her as "small and rather chubby.."
She has a very mean attitude towards her dress sense as shown in "look like a piece of pork."

What do the details about Susan Boyle's private life add to our picture of her? Why has the journalist included them?

They dipict her as stereotypical candidate which is going to fail. The journalist has added these in to add the stereotypical view we already have of her from the description the reader is given. It is pointing out to us that we are very judging people and that as soon as she tells us these personal opinions we can link them to the description and we all have a very obvious view of where this is going to go to.




Paragraph 2..


Why are we so shocked when "ugly" women can do things, rather than sitting at home weeping and wishing they were somebody else? Men are allowed to be ugly and talented. Alan Sugar looks like a burst bag of flour. Gordon Ramsay has a dried-up riverbed for a face. Justin Lee Collins looks like Cousin It from The Addams Family. Graham Norton is a baboon in mascara. I could go on. But a woman has to have the bright, empty beauty of a toy - or get off the screen. We don't want to look at you. Except on the news, where you can weep because some awful personal tragedy has befallen you.

Questions on the second paragraph:

1. The author uses a rhetorical question to begin the second paragraph: explain the effect that this has on the reader.

The repition of rhetorical questions emphasises how important it is for the journalist to have the reader thinking about what is going on and getting the reader involved in thier ideas. She also continues to add in personal pronouns so she is addresing the audeince personally. She is bringing forward to us the fact that we all stereotype and she makes it seem like its not just her with this idea and its like we all do it.

2.She mentions several British celebrities (you do not need to know who they are): what is the purpose of contrasting these men with the statement she makes about women?

I think that it is important you know the celebrities so that you ccan put this into context. The Journalist clearly thinks that the public are very harsh on women as a possed to men and that women have to be 'pretty' in order to be able to make it onto television. The journalist is making the point that women have it so much harder then men.

3. Do you agree with what she says? Think of the purpose of the final two sentences:what effect do they have on the reader?

I think that although she is exagerating the point almost and she is taking her point to the extreme i do believe that we as a body are very stereotypical people. Although there are a few exceptions with comedians it is harder for 'ugly' women to make it on tv without having a lot of people judging and critising thier actions and i do agree with the journalists point. The final lines make you really aware of how angry the jounralist is about the topic.

8th March

My Articles.....

BBC

Ministers are to invite councils to a summit on the sourcing of school meals in response to the horsemeat scandal.

The Scottish government said it wanted to ensure as much locally sourced food as possible was served in schools.

They also plan to discuss ways to "drive up standards and quality even more in future".

The Scottish Conservatives called for an emergency statement to parliament on the "escalating horsemeat scandal".

The summit plans come days after councils were told not to use any frozen beef products following the discovery of horse DNA in a school canteen burger.

Procurement agency Scotland Excel had already advised authorities to place on hold the use of frozen beefburgers.

Education Secretary Mike Russell said school meals had already been greatly improved in recent years but the horsemeat scandal had "thrown a spotlight" on the sourcing of school food.

"Local authorities are rightly concerned that the good work going on to improve food in schools is being missed while we deal with the consequences of the current issue," he said.

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"We want to work with local authorities to be sure that best practice in procurement is routine in councils and that the procurement reforms we introduced are working well."

Scotch beef

Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said the recent horsemeat issue had "absolutely underlined that there is no substitute for quality".

He added: "In Scotland, local authorities are already looking to use the best ingredients available on their doorstep more often than ever before.

"In East Ayrshire Council, on occasions that burgers are on the menu, they are made fresh from Scotch beef and recently a local Ayrshire butcher has stepped up and agreed to prepare them to the council's own recipe.

Tory leader Ruth Davidson said: "With every day that passes, it's becoming more apparent that Richard Lochhead has no idea how widespread this food scandal is in Scotland.

"I am keen to see more examples of this type of approach across Scotland."

But the Scottish Conservatives said that since Mr Lochhead made a statement to Holyrood last week insisting the situation was under control it had emerged that horsemeat may have been fed to pupils in Scotland's schools.

"We only heard half the truth when the minister made his statement in Parliament and the public now deserve to be told the full facts to help restore confidence in the food chain.

"The only way this can be done is for Richard Lochhead to come back to the chamber and give a full account of how widespread the problem of horsemeat contamination is in Scotland."

Ms Davidson also called for a commitment to restore £1m funding to the budget for the Food Standards Agency in Scotland.

Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesman Tavish Scott said the horsemeat scandal was completely unacceptable.

He said: "The Scottish government must immediately change public procurement rules to guarantee quality local produce is prioritised in purchasing."

Mr Scott said he wanted action on the issue announced in parliament next week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21561405 (8/3/2013)

SUN

THE horsemeat scandal hit school meals today after traces were found in cottage pie served to thousands of children.

It was also revealed that meals sold at eateries owned by Whitbread - which runs Brewers Fayre, Beefeater Grill, Table Table and Premier Inn hotels - also contained horse.

The pre-prepared cottage pie lunches had been delivered to 47 schools kitchens in just one county.

Lancashire County Council confirmed that horse DNA had been found in the meals - but officials refused to disclose which sites had served them.

Laboratory tests on the samples - collected by trading standards officers - were positive for horsemeat.

They have now been sent to the Food Standards Agency for further tests to determine what percentage of meat is horse rather than beef as expected.

Bosses said: “Lancashire County Council has withdrawn a beef product from 47 school kitchens after it provisionally tested positive for traces of horse DNA.

“The provisional results of the tests on a pre-prepared cottage pie from an external supplier were reported on February 14, and have been passed on to the Food Standards Agency.

“The county council’s catering service submitted a range of beef products from its suppliers to be analysed by Lancashire county scientific services, in accordance with Food Standards Agency guidelines.”

Meanwhile a Whitbread spokesman said 30 products had been sent for testing yesterday.

He added: “We are shocked and disappointed at this failure of the processed meat supply chain.

“As an industry it is clear we need the supply chain to deliver products to the highest standards of food integrity and quality that we and our customers expect.

“As a responsible business we shall work with the FSA to implement a robust testing regime to avoid this happening in the future. We would like to sincerely apologise to our customers for any concerns or inconvenience that this may cause.”

The latest twist in the scandal was revealed as the FSA confirmed 29 of the 2,501 samples of supermarket beef products contained horse.

More than 900 tests will also be carried out next week, with the results to be published on Friday.

FSA chief scientist Andrew Wadge said: “If you’re in the business of selling food, you have to make sure you’re clear to consumers that what you sell is what it says on the label.”

Lancashire councillor Susie Charles said: “Relatively few schools in Lancashire use this particular product but our priority is to provide absolute assurance that meals contain what the label says - having discovered this one doesn’t, we have no hesitation in removing it from menus.

“This does not appear to be a food safety issue but I’ve no doubt parents will agree we need to take a very firm line with suppliers and it is a credit to our officers that we have been able to quickly identify the problem and take the product off the menus.”

A Department of Education spokesman urged schools to reassure angry parents.

He said: “While the Food Standards Agency is clear there is no identified public health risk, this nevertheless represents a serious and unacceptable breach of trust.

“Suppliers and caterers should be urgently reassuring schools and parents about the action they are taking.”

Reports also said three more British meat producers have been raided on suspicion of passing off horsemeat as beef and there may be more arrests to come.

The FSA confirmed that after raids at a West Yorkshire slaughterhouse and Welsh meat processing company three other "food companies" has been visited.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4797337.ece    (8/3/2013)

Comparing the 2....

Things to consider..

-Style

-Imagery 

-Graphological layout

-Audience

-Text

-Font size

-Use of headings

-Diagrams

-Differences 



In the Bbc article it seems to just always get straight to the point at just state what is going on however the sun article seems to have more of an introduction explaining where and how things have happened it seems to have a lot more of a chatty approach to writting.


 Layout of the pages/ articles is determined not only by content but also by the layout, font, graphical formation and presentation aesthetically. For example the contrast between tabloids and broadsheets. The article depicting the book is less aesthetically pleasing and contains dense text; whereas the article depicting contemporary art (Damien Hirst etc..) art is displayed and exampled giving the audience a wider angle guiding them through the basics of well known contemporary art which they previously may never have experienced/seen before.