'Jekyll and Hyde': planning a successful essay
I can plan an essay response, showing a clear understanding of key terms which structure a successful plan.
'Jekyll and Hyde': planning a successful essay
I can plan an essay response, showing a clear understanding of key terms which structure a successful plan.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Annotate an essay question so you know its focus.
- A successful plan follows a clear structure.
- A thesis is a clear overarching argument supported by the whole text.
- Topic sentences state a paragraph’s main idea.
- Concluding sentences focus on the writer’s intentions and link to your topic sentence, without repeating it.
Keywords
Thesis - the overarching argument to an essay, supported by the entire text
Topic sentence - the first sentence of a paragraph - it states the paragraph’s main idea
Concluding sentence - the final sentence of a paragraph - it comes to a conclusion about the main idea, focusing on writer’s intentions
Main quotations - quotations which support your topic sentence, and that require analysis
Supporting quotations - quotations which support your topic sentence, but don’t require analysis
Common misconception
Concluding sentences are the same as conclusions.
Concluding sentences conclude a single paragraph. Conclusions come at the end of a full essay.
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
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).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
introduction
at the start of each analytical paragrap
at least once in every analytical paragraph
as much as required in analytical paragraphs
at the end of each analytical paragraph
overarching argument to an essay, supported by whole text
states the paragraph's main idea
comes to a conclusion about the paragraph's main idea
quotations which require analysis
quotations that don't require analysis