Directed Writing tasks examples

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/modern-tribes


http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/05/modern-tribes-clean-eating-blogger
The individual is explaining old eating habits using nouns such as 'toxins' emphaising the lack of care of her health. It states that clean eating is really the way to live a happy lifestyle, by simply knowing what is right for you body and how you feel comfortable within yourself. Possible sarcasm/humor is used to engage readers.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/feb/20/modern-tribes-digital-new-dad-catherine-bennett
Shows how having all this new modern day technology is enabling the father to capture all these important moments in his child's life. But exaggeration may be put on how technology is such a big factor in today society and if we don't capture it on camera it didn't even happen.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/dec/05/modern-tribe-social-media-grandmother
This article demonstrates humor by it going against the stereotypical grandparent who is unable to use social media. But the writer states she finds it 'fun' and as a way to 'gossip. Which represents social media in a positive way from the older generation,

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/14/vegan-warrior-modern-tribe-bacon-cancer-link
It would most likely enrage meat eaters as it mocks them by stating they should 'listened to us a bit more, instead of going on about how skinny and angry we all are'

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/22/teenagers-social-skills-not-social-networks-work-ncs - Social intelligence is “the set of abilities and skills we use to understand social situations”. These are the skills you need to work out when it’s your turn to buy a pint. These are the skills you need to work out how to please your boss. And these, according to the report, are the skills you are going to need to have any chance of getting a job. In which is more of a priority in employers then IQ or exam results. But this could be a problem for the younger generation as if today’s young people are locked in their bedrooms, gazing at their smartphones, this, at least according to the report, isn’t actually making things worse. The young people who spent more time online said they had more fulfilling and stable friendships than the ones who spent less. This, says the report, could be because it helped them to practice their social skills before trying them out in “real life”. 

http://www.theguardian.com/education/shortcuts/2016/mar/07/new-exclamation-mark-rules-proof-the-government-wants-to-penalise-enthusiasm - New guidelines from the Department for Education suggest that primary school children should only use ‘!’ in sentences starting with ‘what’ or ‘how’. How strange!

The Englihs language is changing too fast

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3063455/English-language-changing-fast-words-majority-not-understand.html