Survival of the Fittest

Assessment Activity 1
 You are to produce a piece of transactional writing in response to this question   
"How successful was Brian as a survivor?" 
Imagine that you are a journalist for the magazine "Unsung Achievers".  Your editor has assigned you the brief of writing a feature article about Brian's remarkable story of survival.  Your brief is to justify why your magazine recommends Brian's inclusion in the national "Survivors' Hall of Fame".   Using the two profiles and your own ideas, you are to 

·	explain your viewpoint 
·	give examples from Hatchet with supporting evidence of what/how he learnt to survive 
·	explain how effective a survivor Brian was in comparison with the Archetypal Survivor 
  You are to show evidence that you have used the writing process by  
·	making a plan 
·	writing a first draft 
·	conferencing your draft 
·	reviewing and editing your draft 
·	proofreading 
·	producing a presentation copy (word processed, where possible)

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