Objectives:Objectives:

• To understand how to write to argue effectively

• To be able to understand and then use some key features of this writing purpose

COURSEWORK EXAMS

Original Writing

Media

Shakespeare

20th Century Drama (play)

Prose Study (Novel)

3 Speaking & ListeningAssessments

Eng Paper1Sec A: Questions on Non

Fiction & Media textsSec B: Writing to Argue

Persuade or Advise

Eng Paper 2Sec A: Other Cultures PoetrySec B: Writing Inf/Ex/Descr

Lit Paper: ‘Of Mice & Men’And Poetry (Heaney & Clarke)

Lang: 40%

Lit:30%

Lang:60%

Lit:70%

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K

I

L

L

S

20% of the 40%

Assessment Objectives:Assessment Objectives:

• Communicate clearly and imaginatively, adapting your writing for different audiences and purposes

• Organise ideas into sentences, paragraphs and whole texts using a variety of language choices and structural features

• Use a range of sentence structures effectively, with accurate spelling and punctuation

AQA Advice:AQA Advice:

• Aim to write no more than 2 sides• Clearly identify Audience & Purpose• Write a clear plan• Identify Form of writing• Create a palette of key words/phrases• Sequence ideas incorporating discourse

markers• Write for no more than 35 of the 45 minutes• Check your writing in light of AO3 (iii)

First Brainstorm:First Brainstorm:

TECHNIQUES USED IN AND FEATURESOF WRITING TO ARGUE

Example Text 1:Example Text 1:

Task:Task:

Highlight/ underline any techniques Highlight/ underline any techniques and features you notice. Try and and features you notice. Try and

explain the explain the effect…effect…

Techniques/features:Techniques/features:

• Use of ‘I’ and present tense adds to believability and immediacy of argument

• States opinion clearly• Alternate views considered• Criticisms polite but convincing• Connectives used to help structure argument• Rhetorical questions: to involve reader; to discredit other

opinion• Powers of 3• Imperatives used to emphasise point• Conclusion sums up key points• Metaphor adds strength to the argument

Example Text 2:Example Text 2:

Task:Task:

Any other techniques/ features to Any other techniques/ features to identify? Remember the identify? Remember the effect…effect…

Techniques/ features:Techniques/ features:

• Technical/ specialist vocabulary• Comparisons with original movie(s)• Some informal language (colloquialisms) are

appropriate here• Rhetorical question stresses superiority of

original ‘Alien’• Use of humour (sarcasm; dry wit)• Strong adjectives and verbs convey negativity

PLANNING!!!

Let’s look at a sample Let’s look at a sample question…question…

… … then try some effective then try some effective planning…planning…

Sample Question:Sample Question:

WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR LOCAL MP, WHERE YOU ARGUEIN FAVOUR OF A NEW YOUTH CENTRE BEING

BUILT IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Stage One:Stage One:

• Show you clearly understand your audience, purpose and form

• Make some brief notes on these…

Stage Two:Stage Two:

• A palette of useful words and phrases

• These will be technical terms, connectives, descriptive words, etc…

• Start to devise your palette – refer to the example…

Example palette:Example palette:

I feel strongly

However

It is important to

Delinquency

Anti-social behaviour

Furthermore ASBO

Stage Three:Stage Three:

• Structural planning

• This can be a flow diagram

• Or, it could be similar to a mind map or brainstorm (with numbers added to show the order)

• This will show the flow of your paragraphs…

Stage Four:Stage Four:

• The actual writing!

• I want the first 2 paragraphs

• Remember the features we identified

• Use the model texts to help you

• 10 minutes…

FEEDBACK!FEEDBACK!