Focusing on Language

Today in Mr Webb's lesson, we watched a video of the play 'blackwatch' which is based on a group of young, normal Scottish men who end up going out to a location which is similar to places like Iraq and Afghanistan. The purpose of the exercise was to get an understanding of the language that was and is still used in war zones. To me, it was an eye opener as it seemed rather accurate however it allows people to have an insight of what it's like to be in the army and in those war zones. It made me chuckle as it seems to be a kind of the soldier humour (my oldest brother is in the army and sounded exactly like something he would say half the time)

 After this we were then given the task of writing letters home but in a world war 1 period of time. To me this was rather challenging as I didn't really have a clue as to what to write, however I know what kind of language I would use. Once I figured out what the letter would include, I wrote about going over the edge of the trench and how scared my character was and how he misses home etc.