'A Christmas Carol': writing an extended argument
I can write a sophisticated and convincing extended response and then evaluate and improve it.
'A Christmas Carol': writing an extended argument
I can write a sophisticated and convincing extended response and then evaluate and improve it.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- If given an extract in your question, at least one of your ideas needs to come from the extract.
- When responding to a text, you should consider a range of evidence from across the whole text.
- Your argument can build in complexity from foundational knowledge to a personal interpretation.
- Discourse markers are useful in structuring your response and showing links between ideas.
- Your analysis of the text should be rich, with context integrated to support.
Common misconception
Students do not understand that an argument should build in complexity.
Students should consider the structure of their argument. Which ideas need to come first in order to foreground other ideas?
Keywords
To evaluate - When evaluating a response, you weigh up its success and make a judgement about it.
To catalyse - If something catalyses something else, it starts or triggers it.
Plight - A plight is an unpleasant condition.
To evolve - Evolving means developing or changing gradually (usually for the better).
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' for this lesson.
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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