Essay writing: creating introductions and conclusions on 'Animal Farm'
I can use a three part structure to create an effective introduction and conclusion.
Essay writing: creating introductions and conclusions on 'Animal Farm'
I can use a three part structure to create an effective introduction and conclusion.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- An introduction and conclusion should follow a three part structure.
- An excellent introduction should start with a general statement about the text.
- An introduction should have a more specific statement about the focus of the question, followed by a thesis.
- A thesis statement should include a clear, overarching argument referring to the writer's purpose.
- A conclusion should summarise, evaluate and consider the timeless nature of the text.
Keywords
Timeless - Something that does not change as a result of time or fashion.
Overarching - An argument which is overarching encompasses all the main ideas or themes of a text.
Thesis - An overarching argument or the main idea in a response.
Complicit - To become involved in, or supportive of, questionable actions by others. This is not always done consciously.
Common misconception
Introductions and conclusion aren't important.
An effective introduction and conclusion means that a written response is more likely to be well considered and cohesive throughout.
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Equipment
You will need access to a copy of 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Molotov and propaganda
Tsar Nicholas II
Karl Marx
into white.
laborious and short.
two legs bad.
is a dead one.
we drink that milk and eat those apples.
but some animals are more equal than others.