Written Task Written Task 1 - Not quite sure what topic fits what text type

[Lelo]

Good evening fellow students,

I am momentarily debating on what topic / text type to choose

for my Written Task 1 since we have to hand in our proposal very

soon. I love writing creative texts, such as fictional reports or

diaries. I would very much like to write some sort of pastiche.

The two topics I have thought about are: (also discussed in class)

- Disney movies and racism / maybe sexism

- background influencing language usage

Now how could I combine the topics I find interesting and the text

type I would like to write in? I would be very thankful for a response!

Thank you very much,

Leonie

[SirilPotter]

I would maybe go for an opinion column for the Disney-topic, then you can discuss the topic a bit more freely than if it is (for example) a newspaper article. It is also easy to include everyday-examples (maybe from the "columnist's" own life?) and include humour.

Another option is to write a critical letter to the makers of a certain Disney movie where you critisize them for being racist/sexist.

What you can do is that you choose three or four text types that you feel confident about and try to write the first/two first paragraphs of the text (then you could also try out both topics) to see what you like best.

Hope this helped a little

[Lelo]

Thank you for the advice!

Ill try to start both of the texts and decide later.

Would you know a topic that would fit a fictional diary?

Or even drama scene? Then I'd have a few different things I

could go back to.

[Lelo]

So I have been able to speak with my teacher and I've decided to write a dialogue between a linguist

and a 'heavily-accented' student / person based on the Pygmalion. I am now unsure about the time

in which I should place my characters... Which would the IB appreciate more: the time we are now in

or in the 1800's? I can find pro's and con's for both but I am still not quite sure.

It would be wonderful if you could give me some advice

Thank you very much for the previous answer!

[SirilPotter]

This answer is very late, but....

I think that I would choose the time we are in now, because it might be easier to find information about accents in our time than in the 1800's!