Evaluating and improving model essays on 'Animal Farm'
I can use model essays to identify areas of strength and weakness to improve my own writing.
Evaluating and improving model essays on 'Animal Farm'
I can use model essays to identify areas of strength and weakness to improve my own writing.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Using a success criteria to look at model essays is a good way to understand and embed the expectations of writing.
- Reading model essays is a great way to find adaptable phrases and ideas for your own essays.
- Using WWW and EBI is an efficient way to identify areas of improvement.
- Rewriting model essays will help you be more critical of your own writing.
Keywords
Judicious - To be judicious is to make good and informed decisions.
Terminology - Refers to technical, subject specific language. For example, in English this might be the names of word types of language features.
Discourse markers - A word or phrase which organises writing into clear sections and ideas.
Sophisticated - In writing, sophisticated means an elevated, well written response that uses excellent vocabulary and references complex ideas.
Common misconception
There is no benefit in looking at other people's responses.
How do you feel looking at your own work? It is quite difficult to be critical of your own work, practising on model essays helps this.
To help you plan your year 10 english lesson on: Evaluating and improving model essays on 'Animal Farm', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 english lesson on: Evaluating and improving model essays on 'Animal Farm', download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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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
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Orwell explores attitudes towards education.
Orwell worked for the BBC between 1941 and 1943.
Animal Farm was published in 1945.
Animal Farm uses the tradition of a fairy tale.
with sheets.
rather fierce looking boar.
from side to side and whisking his tail
you do not want Jones back?
is always right.