This morning we started by brainstorming on what we could write about if we were charged with creating an essay on ‘parents and children’. Then, we looked at a brief essay on exactly that topic by one of the first great writers of essays in early modern English: Francis Bacon.
We found his usage of English was quite different in terms of his vocabulary, sentence structure, and essay structure. We could, however, understand the first couple of sentences with a bit more thought and practise of our translation and interpretation skills.
Homework:
Please finish off any essays you have in mind or on paper yet to do, and then email them to me as soon as possible. Please either attach them as word files, or cut and paste them into the text body of the email message. You are also welcome to pick any new topic and practise writing on that topic.
