Student’s Name: Subject Group: Language and Literature MYP Year: 5

Revision unit Homework Week: April Week 3

Please note: The work produced by the student for this assignment must be student's original
work and must not be plagiarised(copied from some other source) or peer plagiarised (peer's
ideas/work copied as their own in the responses)

ATL Skill: Critical Thinking

Learner Profile: Communicator, Thinker

Task: Study the manifesto given below and identify the defining features of the text type. The
Guardian U.S. presented the student newspaper at Marjory Stoneman Douglas the
opportunity to publish their manifesto about gun control as guest editors of the paper. Click
on the link below to access it. Read it and then answer the questions that follow.

The Eagle Eye manifesto as published in the Guardian U.S.

1. How does each heading in the manifesto

begin? Why is that important in a manifesto?

2. How would you describe the tone of the

manifesto? Why? Think about the word
choice, sentence structure, and punctuation to
help you present your claim and provide
evidence to support it.

3. How do the students use facts and for what

effect?

4. How do the students compare gun

regulation to the regulation of cars and why?
Is it effective?

5. After finishing the manifesto, what

conclusions can you make about this text type,
audience, and purpose?
Reading Material: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-a-manifesto#what-is-a-
manifesto