Elizabethan England Question structures

only 4 so yayyyy

8 marker on how convincing is this interpretation

• 10 minutes

• 2 paras and a judgment, could be from the beginning and within the previous paras

• identify the 3 points/views/arguments being made about the given issue in the question, use quotes/descriptions of image

• focus on 3 areas, disagreeing and/or agreeing and/or smth left out by the interpretation

• key phrases: this is/is not/is less convincing/credible/accurate

• Overall, i find this interpretation [quantifier] convincing…

• look at what you find most convincing/unconvincing

• specific evidence to support or disprove the points!

8 marker on what was important about an event or action

• 10 minutes

• 2 PEE paragraphs, each explaining an aspect of importance about the event/action

• support with specific factual knowledge + examples + leading to changes/problems/developments

• connections to wider society/which was more important + briefly why

• point: one important aspect about x was…

• evidence: this can be seen through…

• explanation: this was important as…

• links: this reflects wider elizabethan society because… or this was the more important aspect of x because…

8 marker on write an account of smth

• 10 minutes

• focus on tail!!!

• looking at 2 consequences, signposting = important

• 2 PEE paragraphs

• point: one way in which x affected y…

• evidence: evidence for this can be seen in x when…

• explanation: this affected y because…

• + complex understanding! eg: one consequence as more important and why or long vs short term effects or links between consequences or scale?

16 marker on historic environment

• introduction:

  • how far you agree with the statement

  • considering 2 factors, state them

  • judgement of importance

• 3 paras: (named factor always first, most important one?, one other)

  • judgement of the importance of the factor - it had importance?

  • evidence from the armada, show off own knowledge, dates, names and statistics!

  • explanation of evidence

  • links to a wider context

  • evaluation of factor as a whole, why important (+ not important) + judgement

• conclusion:

  • judgement of two other factors, with evidence for reasoning

  • judgement of the most important factor and briefly why (summary in different words basically)