Monthly Archives: February 2013

Newspaper Article: Lionel Messi Breaks Leg

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World record holder, for most goals in a year for a professional football team, Argentinian Centre-Forward  Lionel Messi, has broken his leg in training for his club FC Barcelona, the incident happened in a challenge with Victor Valdez, Barcelona’s goalkeeper. In an interview, Valdez appeared concerned for his team mate, ‘It is a horrific injury and I hope he recovers quickly.’ It is thought that Messi will be out for nearly two years, but the full extent of the injury will be revealed after his scan due at noon tomorrow. However, David Villa, a Barcelona forward, and team mate of Messi, although ‘aggrieved’ for his team mate is excited for the possibility of a run in the first team. ‘Sadly, Lionel (Messi) has suffered this injury, I feel aggrieved for him, however this opening might help my season flourish.’ A quote from an interview David Villa gave Sky Sports News.

Similar injuries include Aaron Ramsey breaking his leg against Stoke in 2010, Ramsey was injured for over a year. More news on this story will be released in a statement boy FC Barcelona, due tomorrow.

 

 

Romeo and Juliet: Assessment Results

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Over-All grade: 6A

  1. Dramatic Performance: 5A – Great effort learning the lines for your character. The performance demonstrated a clear awareness of the meaning of the text.
  2. Timeline: 6A – Very detailed and insightful and account of the events, characters and ideas in the play
  3. Essay:
    • Reading Grade: 6A – Sophisticated appreciation of the lingustic, stylistic, generic and historical context of the play
    • Writing Grade: 7C – A fascinating take on the form of “Analytical Essay”. If you were submitting this for an external assessment, the use of the extended metaphor would have been determined to be inappropriate for the text style. I’ve decided, as we agreed in this case, to allow it, as it turned out to be an effective method to show the different effects of the action of fate, and because an extended metaphor is a difficult device to use successfully and I believe you deserve credit for it.
    • In future, please try to keep the style elements suited to the type of text you’re writing. An extended metaphor is suitable for persuasive, descriptive and poetic writing, but not suitable for expository writing, which is the style for an essay.