Essay Writing
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All aboard for the A-Level Essay Toolkit
in Study SkillsA-Level Essay Toolkit: How to Write an English Literature Essay. This free resource is on its way – what do YOU think it should include?
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Are You Setting Yourself Up To Fail?
You could be fighting yourself all the way if your question is unhelpfully worded. Here’s a worked-through example of how to make it a question you WANT to answer.
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The Subtle Art of ‘Wrangling’* Questions
You’ve probably had this nightmare. The question’s just too broad; or you have too much to say in the time allowed; or there are gaps in your knowledge which mean you were hoping for a ‘kind’ paper.
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When Students Do The Marking
When students do the marking … they become much better at judging their own work – and how to improve it.
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It’s Your Piece, Not Mine.
This student’s piece argued something that many people might disagree with. My job wasn’t to tell him what to think.
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Pie Charts? In English?
When students get the right feedback, presented in ways they can understand, they can turn their ideas in marks.
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Ideas, then Opinions, then Proof
Too many students rely on memorising quotations, then hope that a fully-formed argument will arrive in their mind on exam day.