Weblinks and videos for use with 5784 - CREW1: Writing on Demand Ultimate Teaching Pack AQA
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Sample Exam Paper Material
- Pavilion, London W8, Restaurant Review
- Charlie Doherty’s Birthday Dream Realised (page no longer exists)
- Street Painting Man
- Mick Aston Dead: 'Time Team' Archaeologist Dies Aged 66
- Mick Aston Obituary
- Goodbye to Bricks and Mortar
- Foyle’s opens ‘bookshop of the future’(page no longer exists)
- Browsing the bookshop of the future
- Marina Lewycka
- George Orwell: Why I Write
Videos
Blogs
Book Review examples
- Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken Review
- Book Review: My Body Belongs to Me By: Jill Starishevsky
- A Woman’s Lot in Kabul, Lower Than a House Cat’s
- Review: Laughter in Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
Theatre Reviews
- Review: The Witches of Eastwick, Arc Theatre, Trowbridge
- Hedda Gabler review – gender-bending restaging of Ibsen falls flat
- Review: Morecambe, The Roses, Tewkesbury (page no longer exists)
- Eric Morecambe
- Mametz, National Theatre Wales, Great Llancayo Upper Wood, Usk, review: 'pierces the heart'
Restaurant Reviews
- Serving You Tonight Will Be Our Lawyer
- Chiltern Firehouse, London, Restaurant Review
- Restaurant review: Gymkhana, 42 Albemarle Street, London (page no longer exists)
- Restaurant Review: The Suffolk Kitchen, Cheltenham (page no longer exists)
Music Review
- Review: Bath Symphony Orchestra at Wiltshire Music Centre
- The Sixteen review – a glorious celebration of Renaissance polyphony
- F***ed Up review – melody and mayhem add up to mass catharsis
- Arcade Fire mesmerise Hyde Park
Writing a Blog
- Gold Sequin Cake
- Watch: Former Tory Whip Boasts About Paedo MP Cover Up
- The rise of citizen journalism
- Citizen journalists can help solve crime says police chief
- What Is Citizen Journalism?
- Exploring Uganda: from lazy days to raging waves
- Passport 2 Freedom fundraiser to benefit Abolish Slavery missions (page no longer exists)
Videos
Social Networking / Twitter
- Twitter Best Practices
- Eight Awful New Year statuses (Please note this link contains strong language)
- Ralph Fiennes blames Twitter for 'eroding' language
- Up in ur internets, shortening all the words
- Janet Street-Porter: Why I hate Facebook
- Tesco Twitter
- O2 Twitter
Writing online articles
- #BBCtrending: How FouseyTUBE became a YouTube star
- Not for sale
- It's time for Britain to abolish slavery – again
- 10 of the best family self-catering holidays in Spain
- Sharp as a Chef
- More Intelligent Life
Editorial
- How To Construct An Editorial (Video)
- Syria: the deal that only goes so far
- Making chimps of us
- Surveillance vs Snooping
- Evening Standard Comment: Searching for the truth on child abuse
- Combating cyberbullying in the interests of society
- Editorial: We just cannot afford exodus of doctors
- H&M's Bond Girl
- Tackling the Sports-related Concussion Crisis
- UK Newspaper Guide
- Right and Left Wing - What Does it Mean? (page no longer exists)
Videos
Op-Ed
- Op-ed writing tips [link no longer working]
- Questions for Op-Ed Writers
- Stop flogging statues, and give museums a slice of the art market pie
- Can a Jury Believe What It Sees?
- The heroism of the murdered Good Samaritan proves society needs both justice and compassion
- The days are gone when power could mean immunity
- Nicolas Sarkozy may recover from his latest scandal, but the political class will not be so lucky
- The Lessons of George Zimmerman’s ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict
- Individualism benefits the bench
- Time for some grains of truth about wheat and gluten
Pitch and Proposal
Sales Letters
Analysis
- Thailand: the road to all-out political battle
- Who was to blame for the First World War?
- Analysis Definition
Feature Writing
- I survived a plane crash... then someone tried to eat my arm
- What happened next? My battle with depression
Videos
Fact Box / Timeline
Behind the Scenes
Interview
- Jung Chang: The author of 'Wild Swans' on ruthless empresses, English pubs, and why email monitoring is nothing new to her
- To witness your child’s death is the worst thing
- Maggie Gyllenhaal: ‘I’m claustrophobic, it’s taken years to be OK on the subway’
Profile
Real Life
Obituaries (Obits)
- Peaches Geldof Guardian Obituary
- Peaches Geldof Telegraph Obituary
- Irena Sendler NY Times Obituary
- Irena Sendler Economist Obituary
Compendia – Synopsis
Play Synopses
- Othello, the Moor of Venice
- Translations by Brian Friel Plot
- Someone Who'll Watch Over Me (page no longer exists)
Poetry Synopses
- Tennyson's Poems Summary and Analysis
- Sparknotes Colerdige Poetry
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Summary
Book Synopses
- Wuthering Heights Summary
- Brideshead Revisited Summary (page no longer exists)
- Tender is the Night Summary