When you write for the exam you should be completing your planning for your essay in approx. 5 minutes.
Practising unpacking and planning for topics is key to setting yourself up to perform to your best in the exam.
Basic breakdown to setting up to write for the SAC and exam:
1. An introduction - Identify the text and author. Present your contention in response to the topic. Briefly outline your key discussion points.
2. Body paragraphs - Aim to write four paragraphs where possible. Use your key discussion points to structure topic sentences as introductions to the paragraphs. Make your points that are responding to the essay question, use examples and quotes to inform and support the thoughts you present. Where relevant use metalanguage, refer to authorial choices and the reader/viewer's perspective.
3. Conclusion - Echoes the introduction, revisiting your main contention but making sure you present your point with new vocabulary. Delivers a sense of completeness for the reader by highlighting what was meaningful about your discussion overall. Works to leave a final impression on the reader.
Practising unpacking and planning for topics is key to setting yourself up to perform to your best in the exam.
Basic breakdown to setting up to write for the SAC and exam:
- Choose the topic you will respond to quickly
- Highlight the key terms in the topic - ask yourself what are synonyms for these terms you can use within your essay?
- Decide on the four key discussion points you will addres in response to the essay questions. Consider - characters, themes, ideas, values, quotes and metalanguage you can use
- Write the essay
1. An introduction - Identify the text and author. Present your contention in response to the topic. Briefly outline your key discussion points.
2. Body paragraphs - Aim to write four paragraphs where possible. Use your key discussion points to structure topic sentences as introductions to the paragraphs. Make your points that are responding to the essay question, use examples and quotes to inform and support the thoughts you present. Where relevant use metalanguage, refer to authorial choices and the reader/viewer's perspective.
3. Conclusion - Echoes the introduction, revisiting your main contention but making sure you present your point with new vocabulary. Delivers a sense of completeness for the reader by highlighting what was meaningful about your discussion overall. Works to leave a final impression on the reader.
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