Refining and improving an essay on 'Small Island'
I can create and use specific feedback to improve my essays.
Refining and improving an essay on 'Small Island'
I can create and use specific feedback to improve my essays.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- An essay should establish, develop and sustain an argument.
- Using a checklist can help to create specific feedback.
- Thesis statements and topic sentences should link and focus on writer's intentions.
- Quotations should be included and analysed considering a range of methods and audience reactions.
- Using specific sentence structures and phrases can help to rewrite essays.
Common misconception
Once an essay is completed it's not worth thinking about again.
How does rewriting support the writing of future responses? Consider the strategies, tips and phrases explored. Revisiting our own essays can make feedback become really personalised and allow you to work and focus on your own targets.
Keywords
Establish - to set up, create or introduce
Sustain - in writing, this means to effectively develop and continue to build on ideas
Elevate - you are elevating something if you are making it higher, or in the case of writing making it better
Cohesive - in writing, the structure is cohesive if it is clear how the parts fit together. It has a clear introduction, middle and conclusion
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of the play 'Small Island' written by Andrea Levy and adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
To set up, create or introduce.
Effectively develop and continue to build on ideas.
Improving something.
It is clear how the parts fit together.