Paper 2 section A flashcard soc anth mock

What is included inside the paper 2 section A question? (just the question)

• Choice of four key concepts

• An AOI in this case the body

• Real world issue that will need to be grounded in a contemporary issue i.e. poverty or inequality or human rights.

How should you phrase a Paper 2 section A intro

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• Define key terms in question​

• Introduce thesis statement/argument linking the AOIand concepts together​

• Introduce your real-world example (4 elements)​

• Introduce your ethnography (4 elements)​

• Briefly outline similarities and differences between different societies in your real-world example and your ethnography in your argument.​

• Grade 6 Challenge: Use theory/a big idea/inquiry-specific concept in your argument.​

• Grade 7 Challenge: Add critique in your argument by challenging one theory/big idea with another i.e.the limitations of James Scott's theory of everydayforms of resistance or structural functionalism in howsocial order is not always maintained.

How to phrase Paper 2 section A. First paragraph

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• Introduce your paragraph with a one-line overarchinggeneralisation i.e. your argument/thesis statement whichanswers the exam question including the AOI, RWI and KCand either your ethnography the Kayan or your RWE.​

• When linking to the AOI, mention the type of body: thesymbolised/ritualised/commodified/modified body or expandon your idea of the body.​

• After stating your generalisation, introduce an ethnographicexample to demonstrate this.​

• Signpost: 'My argument can be demonstrated by theethnographic example of the protagonist Maja and herrelationship with her neck rings, the village owner and herown daughter.​

• Link specific detail in ethnographic examples (namedcharacters, dates, events, places) back to concepts i.e.AOI/RWI/KC in generalisations/your argument.​

Challenge: ​

Grade 6: Add a theory or inquiry-specific concept to yourargument. ​

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Grade 7: Critique the weaknesses of either theory or main idea byadding in a counterargument or concession into your argument.

How to write paper 2 section A paragraph 2 

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• Introduce your paragraph with a one-line overarchinggeneralisation i.e. your argument/thesis statement whichanswers the exam question including the AOI, RWI and KCand either your ethnography the Kayan or your RWE.​

• When linking to the AOI, mention the type of body: thesymbolised/ritualised/commodified/modified body or expandon your idea of the body.​

• After stating your generalisation, introduce an ethnographicexample to demonstrate this.​

• Signpost: 'My argument can be demonstrated by theethnographic example of the protagonist Maja and herrelationship with her neck rings, the village owner and herown daughter.​

• Link specific detail in ethnographic examples (namedcharacters, dates, events, places) back to concepts i.e.AOI/RWI/KC in generalisations/your argument.​

Challenge: ​

Grade 6: Add a theory or inquiry-specific concept to yourargument. ​

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Grade 7: Critique the weaknesses of either theory or main idea byadding in a counterargument or concession into your argument.

How to write paper 2 Section A comparative pargraph (Paragraph 3)

• Introduce your paragraph with a one-line overarching generalisation i.e. yourargument/thesis statement which answers the exam question including the AOI,RWI and KC and both your ethnography on the Kayan and your RWE.​

• After stating your generalisation, introduce your similarities and differences linkingto AOI, RWI, KC, ethnography and RWE.​

• State a key similarity linking the AOI, the RWI, the KC, the Kayan and your RWE.​

• Signpost: 'One similarity in the way the body, RWI and the KC link (stateargument) can be demonstrated by both the ethnographic example of …and the RWE example of … ​

• Explain your ethnographic and RWE examples using detail and link to concepts.​

• State a key difference linking the AOI, the RWI, the KC, the Kayan and yourRWE. Signpost: 'One difference in the way the body, RWI and the KC link(state argument) can be demonstrated by both the ethnographic example of… and the RWE example of … ​

• Link back to your paragraph with a one-line overarching generalisation i.e. yourargument/thesis statement which answers the exam question including the AOI,RWI and KC and both your ethnography on the Kayan and your RWE.​

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Challenge: ​

Grade 6: Add a theory or inquiry-specific concept to your argument. ​

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Grade 7: Critique the weaknesses of either theory or main idea by adding in acounterargument or concession into your argument.

How to state paper 2 section A conclusion paragraph 

Success Criteria: Paper 2, Section A Conclusion​

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• Restate your argument 'To conclude, in this essay, Ihave argued that...'​

• Include the AOI, RWI and KC in your argument(challenge: inquiry-specific concept and/or theory)​

• Mention the one ethnography and the RWE you havecompared and contrasted (include author and titles).​

• Mention how these two societies were similar anddifferent across your AOI, RWI and KC.​

• Mention what type of body you linked to(ritualised/symbolic/modified etc).​

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Challenge: ​

Grade 6: Restate the theory/big idea you used in yourargument and how it helped your analysis. ​

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Grade 7: Restate the critique you used i.e. the weaknessof a theory/big idea and how you added a more nuancedinterpretation with another theory/big idea.