Project Monitoring 30.01.14

This week, I had planned on starting and even finishing my contents page. However, my endeavours have been slightly lacking in comparison to last week. My schedule told that I was to begin design and finish placing all of the finishing touches on my contents page. Things do not always go to plan, though, I did actually have to start my contents page again on the Tuesday of this week because I had initially started to compose on photoshop, but the problem with this was that my contents page did not look authentic enough. In addition to this, I did not have enough space to create a professional-mimicking contents page. On Tuesday I started creation once again on InDesign, even though I did actually transfer some of the elements from my photoshop draft to my InDesign format. Because of these complications, I am not fully meeting the targets that I have set for myself, though I am determined to complete my contents by college closing times on Friday. This will mean I will need to increase my focus and speed of production.

This week, I managed to create the page that I need insert the contents lines that would showcase the articles that are to be featured in my magazine. I inserted a artistic Victorian-style stroke that amplifies the title 'contents'. This gives my magazine two styles - modern and Victorian. While I feel that this may be particularly risky, I understand that trying to blend two very different styles would help me to create a magazine style of my own. I especially would like to veer from the tendencies other writing magazines on the market have, and that is being simply boring. Other magazines do not at all feel like writing magazines and they do not even create a style for themselves. I personally find this exasperating and therefore would like to send my product in the complete opposite direction of magazines such as 'Writing Magazine' & 'Writers' Forum'. I inserted polaroid-style images of things that are related to literature to make the page more interesting and non-too-text-heavy.

This is the contents page that I have started producing on InDesign. The fonts are missing because this blog has been composed on a different machine to one I usually use. However, this clearly illustrates my progress and it is easy to see how much of better contents page I am now producing. 

Now that I am managing to make more progress on InDesign, progress is running more smoothly. However, I fully acknowledge that my progress has been devastatingly hindered by my photoshop mistake at the start of the week. I admit my naivety in thinking it would be fine to create a contents page on photoshop and I will ensure I am not so ignorant in the future.
During this week, I have developed the skill to remove backgrounds from complex images, insert them into photoshop and then insert them into InDesign. This proved to be complicated at first, but as I played around more with the two programs, I managed to get the result I wanted.

If my client were to have assessed the progress I have made this week, they would probably we slightly worried with the pace at which I am currently working at because of my set-back at the start of the week. In terms of what I have achieved this week, I think my client would be happier with me working on InDesign, as I have more space to create and increase the amount in terms of contents which would enhance my product.

Here we have the contents page from Photoshop and we can clearly see that I have little room to actually create a contents page of good quality. 

The current state of my project doesn't mirror my plans in treatment fully because I am not using a colour scheme that I had initially planned to use. I had wanted to use light blue but have been made to use a dark red because of the complications with backdrop. This has not been too disadvantageous to me because the colour actually works well non-the-less, and I am even starting to think that light blue may have been slightly challenging for the reader.

Project Monitoring 23.01.13

During this week of production, I have managed to ensure that I have, indeed, been editing my images, just as I said I would. This meant that I took the images taken from the previous week and have then edited them to ensure the saturation and the darkness and even the sharpness was up-to-scratch. However, upon editing this image, I have discovered that - while the image is good in terms of modelling and positioning - it seems to be of a slightly low aesthetic quality. In addition to this, the model was slightly too far to one side of the image, which unfortunately meant that I would not have a good amount of room to palace my sell-lines. With this in mind, I changed my image to different one that granted me with more space for my sell-lines. As it turns out, this was a very good decision, despite having to discard all the progress I had made, because the image was actually far better in terms of quality and positioning than the last.

After this had been done, I had a sudden change of heart and decided that what would really allow me to produce a high-quality front cover would be if a disregarded my own urges to put unique spins on the front cover and just kept to a rather simple structure, much like that on other magazine front covers.
Thus, I have now decided to limit the diversity of my colour palette along with my font selection. This would mean that, while I wasn't particularly doing what I felt was right, I was instead making decision and sacrifices that would ultimately benefit my product. I knew that this time, I could not risk to completely reject magazine conventions.

There are a few things in my schedule that I have not followed precisely, such as editing other images with my front cover image. This is because I felt that I did not have the time to do so.
This week, therefore, has been very important for me because I have learned something that I was previously blind to - that I must comply with requirements, expectations and conventions in order to create a good-quality magazine. During my photoshoot, I again needed to make sacrifices such as the colour of my back-drop - I initially wanted grey, though red was the only colour I could use. This, however, resulted with better images because my blue quill on the red back-drop resulted a colour vibrancy. My narrow lighting exists in my images, though isn't as strong as I'd have liked. Because of this colour vibrancy, I was then made to change font colours. The blue was far more intense than what  my treatment foretold and I actually found it rather disagreeable. Though it's powerful none-the-less because there is a limited colour palette and so there is a larger degree of control. I admit that my problem over time has been that I tended to let designs get out of control, though I have already learned something very valuable.

Finally, I actually learned a very valuable technique where I took the pen tool and draw around the top of my model's head and then created a new layer by copying this section. I placed my masthead behind this new layer and managed to obstruct the masthead. This is very much similar to the design of other modern magazines and I am very proud of how I have managed to do this as I had never really considered doing so before.

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New Image used

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Schedule

Production Schedule and monitoring document

Week	Date	Activity
1	13th Jan	1 Schedule Creation: This week, I will be creating a schedule that corresponds with the content that needs to be placed into my magazine. With this, I shall be allocating specific times to be taking images for my magazine, according to the photoshoot plan. The schedule will contain information about what I will be doing on that week during various days, but I must narrow these activities down to just three bullet points that contain detailed explanations of what to do. 2 Schedule Creation: I will also find the fonts that I need for my front cover and contents page, so that my magazine can begin full production. Once I have found the fonts, I can take the fonts and insert them into my magazine with an approximate colour palette to accompany them. I will also take the opportunity to test the layout by placing various sell-lines (draft sell-lines) that can allow me to gain an approximate understanding of where particular sell lines might go. The positioning should somewhat resemble my flatplans. 3 This is also the week during which I shall be beginning production by taking some of the images of which I will need for my front cover and DPS no. 2. These images shall include my model wearing a mask and holding a quill, and this is what shall be used on my front cover. The image for my second DPS shall be of my model holding books. The reason for me carrying out these tasks in a sequential way is because I would like to take the time to get my front cover and contents page out of the way before continuing onto my DPSs, as I want to leave these to the later weeks because I believe I’ll have a greater amount of time to finish them.    4 Project Monitoring & I will be ensuring I have the appropriate tools for my photoshoot, seeking out my props. I must ensure, however, that I know exactly how many books I will be bringing to the photoshoot, as I don’t want to bring too many, as it would limit me in terms of getting to the location of the photoshoot if I’m carrying books in both arms. I should make sure that my model is ready to wear the appropriate outfit for the photoshoot, but – more importantly – I will need to ask my model whether they are still available at the time of the photoshoot, as unexpected circumstances can transpire at any given moment, and I – being the conductor on the photoshoot – must form a mutual agreement with my model so that we may both understand when the photoshoot is taking place. There must be a high degree of understanding in these situations as I cannot afford to fall behind. Homework 1: Call Sheets Homework 2: Refining Research Homework 3: Photoshoot Plan Exams/other subject deadlines: Mock Exams – English Literature & English Language – Tuesday 14th January.
2	20th Jan	1 Production of front cover shall begin this week. The image that was taken on the 13th shall be edited (levels of darkness and saturation shall be increased or decreased here according to my needs). The image for DPS no. 2 will be edited here also because it is the perfect opportunity to get it finished. 2 My front cover will take its image now, and the masthead will be placed into the cover with correct colour (light blue) and font style (handwriting). This will correspond with the plan I have already written. Other small details such as the date and issue number shall also be inserted, along with the barcode. I will also be experimenting with sell lines to ensure I perfectly select sell lines that are appropriate for my magazine genre and topic(s) within. 3 The sell-lines shall then be inserted into my front cover with fonts that follow a style that I have previously mentioned using in my planning documents. Once this has been done, I will have then virtually finished my front cover, though smaller details will need to be refined such as positioning of sell lines, masthead and perhaps even the image itself.   4 Project Monitoring & my InDesign DPSs should begin to take the form of a professional magazine, for I will create templates that give me a realistic lookout on where my magazine is headed at this particular time. Also, by doing this, I will creating a window through which I will easily be able to jump through to get production started, as a quick template would mean there are no hindrances on getting started with my project, because time takes a grand value since deadlines will soon be looming over-head.  Homework 1: Perfect sell-lines Homework 2: Perfect colour palette for front cover Homework 3: Select the correct image that is best suited for my front cover. Exams/other subject deadlines: N/A
3	27stJan	1 This is when production for the contents page will begin. The font will be selected for the masthead that indicates the page itself. Then images of literature placed in a polaroid style position at the bottom of the page will hopefully put the reader in the mood for learning about literature. It’s on this page that there shall be a colour scheme that corresponds with that on the cover and on the 1st DPS.  2 Then, once this has been, my next task is to write in the actual contents of my magazine with a font that will parallel those on the cover. Production of my 1st DPS shall begin on this week too because the process of creating a contents page should not take long. 3 Here is where my 1st DPS should begin to form. The masthead will go in place at the left on my DPS and the image will be inserted according to the measurements. The kicker for this DPS will be placed underneath the masthead and wrapped around the image of my model. The text boxes are next to go in place, and there will be the 1st article following soon after. 4 Project Monitoring & organising the images for the DPSs. By doing this, I will have discovered what it is that I have done in the photoshoot studio, and how well the images fit into the corresponding DPS. While it may be difficult to choose an image (as the selection must be done with precision and wisdom), this allocated time slot will grant me with the perfect opportunity to simply get to work on forming the perfect positioning for such images and the like. I must be careful to use this time appropriately, as at this point, lots of time will have already elapsed. The reason I am choosing to do the image selection now is because I want my DPSs to resemble my flat plans at an early stage rather than at a later point in the production process. Homework 1: Write Article no. 1 Homework2: Write Article no. 2 Homework 3: Write Article no. 3 Exams/other subject deadlines: N/A
4	3rd   Feb	1 Now that my front cover and contents page have been completed, I can begin production on my 1st DPS on grammar which needs to have already taken form, as the kicker and masthead will have been placed appropriately, along with my image that will have been placed during the previous week. Now that this has been done, my first article will have been placed into the text boxes, forming a magazine DPS that no longer simply looks like a skeleton plan. The colours for my fonts and other aspects such as skylines for the top of the DPS will have already been selected, and so I can now apply this colour (light blue) to other parts of the DPs that will also be using this colour palette. It’s important for me to remember that there shouldn’t be much overlapping taking place on my DPS, because I want to create a fairly controlled magazine that doesn’t seem to chaotic, though it should still take give some feelings of spontaneity. 2 The skyline, at this point, will contain within the different aspects that my magazine has to offer in various other places. This will give the magazine a more realistic appearance, and would give the reader(s) the opportunity to look forth at what other key aspects of literature they can read about. My article will be split into sections, and these sections will be indicated by splitters (lines) that go between each section, at an angle that slightly sullies the perfection of a fully horizontal line, meaning the I will pervert the horizontal, putting it at an angle just slightly beyond. 3 The breakout box will now be in creation, and since DPS no. 1 revolves around grammar, I will use a breakout box that resembles paper. I will take this image to photoshop and cut the edges with an eraser tool, so that it fits perfectly into my DPS. This will also reject the perfect vertical positioning, again, being taken to an angle that’s marginally past vertical – though not too much so. 4 Project Monitoring & taking the opportunity to create a breakout box that offers the reader an escape from the larger article that they have been reading. The box will contain a list of several advanced techniques of rhetoric or simply just potentially unknown terminology of literature to the young writer so that they may better their knowledge. While it seems that this breakout box has very little to do with the actual article itself, it does, because in the article I will have told my audience that there is fun to be had in experimenting with the rules of grammar, and so this DPS will contain techniques through which they can exercise this new-found philosophy. Homework 1: This homework task will include creating the pages that contain advertisements. In order to do this, I must collect a range of advertisements that correspond with the traits and dispositions of my target audience. Homework 2:  I will also be using this homework time to create the page layout in which I will keep my advertisements. Homework 3: I will insert my advertisemen Exams/other subject deadlines: N/A
5	10th  Feb	1 This week, the production of my 2nd DPS will be set into motion and should be complete by the end of the week too, so long as I focus and work hard to complete my magazine. However, if I am struggling to get this DPS finished with, I will have to lower my aim and finish the essentials. But, more specifically, I will be starting my DPS by putting the image in place on the DPS page, and then insert my centralized title and slogan/kicker to go either side, again, creating a centralized layout. Once the layout has been sorted appropriately, I can then create text boxes and insert the article that pertains to this DPS. 2 The pages for this DPS should be following a controlled layout, and while this seems easy enough, it means that I will have to take control of my time in order to get the symmetry with text boxes. This can be particularly troubling if I have to spend extended amounts of time getting angles in the perfect position. This is one of the reasons why my previous DPS follows less of a structure and seems more spontaneous. 3 DPS no. 2 should now really look an awful lot like that which I have drawn onto my flat plans, with only smaller details to go such as how I should narrow the colour scheme down and the text wrap around the main object of my image. The reason I have chosen to do my DPSs in this way (DPS1, 2 & then 3) is because it gives my schedule a greater structure to it, and so my time can be easily managed. 4 Project Monitoring & this time will be used to finish create and insert the list of recommendations that works with my article. But, in order to create this, I must look at what reading recommendations organisations such as Amazon and Goodreads have suggested, but I will also include some personal recommendations. I want to do this because I want to give the DPS a more personal feel, and I can only do this if I include my opinions. What worries me most about this is that there are people will completely disagree with what I am recommending, and this is why Amazon is a useful tool because it includes a majority vote. Homework 1: This will include me creating the layout for my table of recommendations. Homework 2: This will be where I will be carrying out further research for my table, and so I will be exploring Amazon and Goodreads. Homework 3: This is where I will finish the table, and insert it into my DPS, while finishing any final details that need attention. This should see my DPS completed. Exams/other subject deadlines: N/A
Half term	17th Feb	Homework: Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete I will make preparations for my return to production on my final DPS.
6	24th	1 This week is the final week of production for my magazine, and so time is wearing thin, meaning there is a lot of pressure on me to ensure that my DPSs are complete and organized. My main worry here is that the time will be harder to manage because the time is scarce. My main concern is simply getting the project finished on time and at a good quality. My DPS will have the final image inserted at this point, though I’m slightly apprehensive about at which point I will be able to insert the finishing touches, so at this stage, I am contemplating whether to do my smaller details first, since they are harder to complete. While this seems unwise, I know that I can create my final DPS, titled ‘The Pen’-house’ with greater efficiency if I take care of smaller details before anything else.  2 At this point, I will have a skeleton of this DPS layout, though now I will be working on the greater details such as the masthead and the kicker, and so this is where I shall be making sure they are positioned without fault. The colour scheme will also correspond with that in my treatment at this stage too. Though, I will need to do some experimentation with the colour palettes for this as I may struggle getting a colour that mimics gold. 3 By now, given how much time I will have spent on this DPS and on other DPSs, my magazine should now look like a professional magazine that contains all of the elements I have mentioned in my treatment. I may well be at this time that there are certain aspects which I might prefer to spend greater time on, just to put my mind at ease on the quality of the magazine. I will be spending my Thursday nights in the library at college until 8pm (closing time) so that I can take care of these small pieces that need some tidying up, otherwise, my magazine may hardly resemble that of a professional at all. 4 Project Monitoring & creating the table for pens. The table will include pens and a rating of each. Then, the article that accompanies this will be one that discusses the reasoning behind carefully selecting a pen, as I understand that this type of article is largely unusual. I must justify my reasoning for including a DPS of this subject. However, this will also demonstrate my ability to challenge that which has never before been done… even by professionals. Homework 1: Furthering research on pens. Homework 2: Creating tables and inserting these pens in different slots, along with ratings. Homework 3: Then, to finish, I would insert my table and make any minor issues non-existent. Exams/other subject deadlines: Literature Coursework drafting stage & deadline.
	3rd  Mar	Audience/Assessor Review Week 1 Create Audience review questionnaire 2 Teacher assessment of project 3 & 4 Complete prep work for evaluation E exam Unit 5 Blog Deadline 7th March

Article Plan - 1

Article Planning Sheet – ‘Wat are the write rules?’

Plan the language use of the primary code of your article in the box below.

Article target audience:

	Planning Comments
article genre (purpose, type)	All of my magazine articles are of a literary genre. The purpose of my first article, however, will be to inform my audience, thoroughly, about grammatical issues that could hinder their progress as young writers. The article, being in the informative genre has a purpose to be as informative as possible while maintaining the attention of the audience; it will be incredibly difficult to inform the audience about the issues within grammar if they cannot focus their attention on my article from when it begins to when it ends.
Narrative voice  (1st, 2nd or 3rd person)	I am not choosing to limit my writing whatsoever by specifically choosing just one narrative voice. By using 1st, 2nd and 3d person, I would be able refer to myself and my own experiences, then while using 2nd person, I would be able to include the audience with my article, giving it a more personal feel. Then, with 3rd person, I could refer to others. In addition to this, there is less chance of my audience growing bored because there are more things being included in my article rather than just myself or another. By selecting only one or two of these narrative voices, I would be limiting who and to what I can refer. It would also be beneficial to my writing skill and myself as I would be experimenting with these narrative voices.
Register (informal/formal, colloquial, dialect, taboo words?)	Because I will be using colloquial language such as written prosodic features for example, the register will be informal. This is because the article would feel a lot more like a conversation between myself and the reader, creating a friendly relationship. This will create a more level footing and tenor between me and the audience, whereas a formal register would mean that I am heightening myself above the audience. The reason I am choosing to take this approach is because this article shall be my main feature article which means my audience are more likely to read that article first (especially since it appears before the others). I would not wish for my audience to find my writing disagreeable as it would encourage them to refrain from reading further. Lexical taboo will not be included anywhere in my article, as I must ensure that (with my audience being local) I do not offend any readers.
Stylistics (repetition, strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration, similes, metaphors, sentencing, rhythm)	I understand that the use of rhetorical devices can be the key to intensifying the effect of language on the audience. I will be using rhotic repetition in my title for my 1st article, and readers – for what ever reason – love the rhythm in repetition. However, I will be using some more advanced techniques of rhetoric such as powerful isocolons (pens, paper, and problems) that even uses repetition in itself and is an example of tricolon, a type of isocolon. I will even use hendiadys – example, ‘take yourself to the serene library’ would then become ‘take yourself to the serenity and the library’. Enallage would also be an effective technique as it would allow me to illustrate what I mean by ‘grammatical curiosities’.  Another advanced literary technique I could use would be synaesthesia where I would fuse two senses to create a new perception of things – ‘the dry smell of the books…’. I could also make intertextual allusions to other writers to prove to my readers that it’s perfectly alright to steal the work of other writers. These techniques will work especially well with my first article as I am taking my audience on an imaginative journey and they can learn about these techniques in the process.
Tone of address (hectoring, sarcastic, ‘matey’, ironic, etc)	For my first article, I intend on using sarcasm because it would be useful to the audience if I was displayed my attitudes to the issues raised in the article. However, as previously mentioned, my article may be something of a hassle because this is an issue that may confuse juvenile writers. Therefore, I will be using a humorous tone of voice to lighten the mood and hopefully make the article easier for the young writer to read. My target audience may discover that they find it far easier to get into an article if they are reading with a far less serious tone of address. Any colloquialisms used will hopefully help the tone of address to lower, as I hope to establish a casual relationship with my reader.
Structure and pace (discourse structure, logical paragraphing, connectives, conclusion)	The structure of the discourse will begin with a brief introduction, one that doesn’t waste too much time concerning itself with the trivial. Next, I will talk about what the issues of grammar actually are, and then move the reader on to actual adventure through language, where I will be incorporating the words of curiosity into my actual story. The conclusion to the story and article will then take place after this. In my conclusion, however, my finishing sentence will pose a question to the reader, for I understand that it is always good to leave the reader with a thought - this thought will be whether they chose to take the path to conventional writing, or whether they might like to use more artistic methods. The question posed shall be - 'So, what'll it be?' The sections will determine the paragraph length – the introduction will be a paragraph, and then the main section will be another with different parts, and thus each of these ‘parts’ will then be a paragraph. The conclusion will be my final paragraph. Even if they were longer, on the other hand, my paragraphing would not be a problem because my audience should enjoy reading larger paragraphs of text, or at least find no trouble or discomfort in doing so.

Call Sheet - Proof-reading Expert

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: Leaves

Client: The Northern Echo

 

Staff: Proof-reading Expert

Location/Venue: Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College Library

CALL DATE: 17^th January 2013

CALL TIME: 11:50

Transport: N/A

INSTRUCTIONS: I require your expertise in proof-reading at this date as I am writing an article on grammar and whether it has rules that should be complied with. The reason I need the article to be proof-read is because the information needs to be perfectly accurate in order for my audience to learn anything at all from reading my magazine. Any information of false factuality can lead to negative reactions from the public and from critics, rendering my magazine as useless.
In addition to this, my main inspiration for writing this article is the trio of books on the English language, written by Mark Forsyth (The Etymologicon, The Horologicon & The Elements of Eloquence). All of which address the issues of disagreement behind the English grammar.

Call Sheet - Josh Woodcock - Model

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: Leaves

Client: The Northern Echo

 

Staff: Josh Woodcock - Model

Location/Venue: Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College Photography Studio

CALL DATE: TBC

CALL TIME: TBC

Transport: N/A

INSTRUCTIONS: During this session, you are required to come wearing a t-shirt and jeans so that I may have the casual look I must provide with this DPS image. During this photoshoot, I will need you to become entangled in a blue rope (of which I shall provide) while looking overhead past the camera with a surprised expression on your face. Your arms should be giving the illusion that you are trying to escape the rope but you must maintain the expression of surprise.
In addition to this, I will be asking you to wear a Hawaiian-esque short-sleeved shirt, while holding a pen (of which I shall provide, as previously mentioned). You should be holding this pen up and close to your face while looking at the pen with a frustrated expression. This will allow me to give the audience the impression that frustration in writing can only be relieved if the perfect pen, suited for them, is found.  

Call Sheet - Adam Brown - Model

Production Schedule: Call Sheet

Title: Leaves

Client: The Northern Echo

 

Staff: Adam Brown - Model

Location/Venue: Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College Photography Studio

CALL DATE: 13^th January 2013

CALL TIME: 09:00

Transport: N/A

INSTRUCTIONS: For this session, you will be required to wear a mask (of which I shall provide) and hold a quill in your hand. You should come wearing a sweater and a shirt and must have a side-stance, while facing back at the camera. As you are doing this, I will require you to hold the quill by the nib-handle to your face so that the TA can see both the mas and the quill in the shot together.
There is already a pre-determined place of which we are to meet for us to make our way to the photography studio.
There is also a requirement for you to then wear some glasses (which I will also provide. It’s here that you are required to wear the glasses and a shirt while holding a pile of books (again, provided by me). During this time, I would like you to stand in a central position, where your legs should be shoulder-width apart to provide the sense of centralisation of which I am trying to create in my 2^nd DPS. The pile of books should be held by both hands with the spines facing the camera. The positioning of this should be from your abdomen, and should be in-line with your solar plexus.

Content Research Log

A2 Media Production: Content Research Log

Name: Shane Mitchell

Source(1)	Date located and  reference(2)	Key Findings
http://www.eng-lang.co.uk/apostrophe_rules.htm	16-09-13 #1	- There are unsettled disputes about the apostrophe and whether or not it should be used succeeding a proper noun with an ‘s’ at the end of the word or whether an apostrophe accompanied by an ‘s’ should be used after a noun. - With common nouns, the apostrophe would not be accompanied by a succeeding ‘s’. - There is no telling what is specifically ‘right’.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv20.shtml	16-09-13 #2	- Apparently here, it all “boils down” to which ever sounds right for the speaker. - However, if at any point the speaker feels unsure about what could be done, then it is advised for them to use ‘of the’ rather than the possessive.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B004NSCAZ8/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1	17-09-13 #3	- The findings here tell me that a certain pen I have looked at had excellent reviews and gained 5 stars on each review. - The pen has been given comments that compliment its design and ability to write with such perfection. The pen has also been said to write in such a smooth manner. This, alongside my own experience of the pen, would allow me to give several viewpoints of the pen.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/21570.Barnes_Noble_Leatherbound_Classics http://www.amazon.co.uk/Recommended-reads/lm/R7AVKIPKV4VM	17-09-13 #4	-          Here are two websites that would allow me to locate some information on specifically what kind of books would be best recommend for my readers. - This means that I would not have to refer to my own library for recommendations, but now, because Amazon bases their recommendations on reader response, then I could refer to Amazon and would therefore not be referring to good books with biased views.
Forsyth, Mark, The Etymologicon, Icon Books Ltd., 2013	17-09-13 #5	-          My key findings from this include learning whence the semantic meanings of words came to be, and how they may have shifted through time. - I have learnt how to write in an informal register about language to ensure my audience doesn’t grow bored. - I have learnt historical facts that give me a broader knowledge on how modern language evolved. For example, the American term ‘buck’ for ‘money’, arose because North and Eastern Americans used to trade buck skin with one another, and so ‘buck’ came to mean ‘a dollar’.
Forsyth Mark, The Elements of Eloquence, Icon Books Ltd, 2013	18-09-13 #6	-This is a book that has changed my few towards attitudes that involve grammar. While statements within the book are slightly broad I may disagree with some, the facts about how grammar can used in a powerful way, simply by being non-standard. I have learnt that non-standard grammar can render writing as more artistic than ever before, and that without the use of grammar, language is therefore more experimental. - I have also gained an even larger knowledge about the most effective and advanced techniques of rhetoric/literary devices. This is now something I could include in my magazine, as many of these techniques remain unidentified by many.

Note (1): secondary sources here could include: web, book, interviews, newspaper, periodicals, magazines, TV, radio. Primary sources could include: interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, structured interviews.

Note(2): you must include some evidence of your research in your portfolio – give the evidence a reference number so it can be cross referenced with your findings table above. Evidence will include the following: Heavily annotated outs, transcripts of interviews, recordings of interviews on CD, photocopies with annotations and notes.

Be selective in what you include as evidence – do not pad out your folder with irrelevant material – the examiner will mark you down for this!