'A Christmas Carol': planning an extended argument
I can plan a convincing, holistic argument about the text.
'A Christmas Carol': planning an extended argument
I can plan a convincing, holistic argument about the text.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- When writing an essay, you have to think carefully about the order in which you present your ideas.
- When writing, lay the foundational knowledge, then include primary/secondary evidence, then give a personal response.
- It can be difficult to bring any new interpretations to commonly-used quotations, so try to pick some lesser-used ones.
- Giving a personal response to the text shows your reader your enthusiasm for the text and the subject.
- Using paragraph outlines to plan your response can be useful when considering the structure of your argument.
Common misconception
Students think that it doesn't matter which quotations they select for use.
It can be difficult to bring any new interpretations to commonly-used quotations, so try to pick some lesser-used ones.
Keywords
Holistic - when something is holistic, all the separate parts are connected and work together as a whole.
Explorative - to be explorative about a topic means to approach it in a spirit of investigation and curiosity.
Primary evidence - primary evidence refers to the commonly-used quotations from a text.
Secondary evidence - secondary evidence refers to less well known quotations that can build your argument.
Reductionist - being reductionist means analysing something complicated into its simplest form.
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
includes a thesis statement - introduces holistic argument
introduces idea for the paragraph
includes evidence for your opinion and relevant context
summarises ideas from the paragraph
revisits thesis statement - summarises overarching argument