Extended Response Writing

• can have paragraphs, not needed

• intro: 1-2 lines

• no conclusion - if there is time, you can write a conclusion

• 3 arguments is best (2 is a bit less, 4 works as long as it has the same quality)

• MILK the question (like C.A.r.e.F.u.L)

  • M- marks

  • I- instruction term (command terms)

  • L- limits

  • K- key knowledge

• first sentence → contention, provide a direct answer to the question

• when answering questions on causes, structure arguments chronologically

  • if a time period is provided, select events that cover the whole time

• include some form of specific data (facts, statistics, dates, laws)

• avoid narrative and irrelevant discussion

TEESOL Structure

T- topic
E- explanation
E- evidence
S- significance
O- outcome

L- link

Quoting

• explanation before evidence

• short quotes!

  • embed

  • sandwiched in between explanation

• quality over quantity

• tell which source

  • can say “as seen in source a”

  • or “as witnessed in the propaganda poster in source a”

  • or in brackets e.g. (source a)

example passage: (excellent)

However, cultural misunderstandings may sometimes manifest themselves unintentionally, with Broome (2006) suggesting that “significant winks in one group”, such as the Aboriginal Australians, might merely be “twitches of the eye in another”, such as the white settlers. Such misunderstandings led to further tension and frontier conflict, with…. (next piece of evidence) (followed by more analysis)

Study

• revise content

  • events leading to 1933

    • how nazis and hitler came into power

    • economic social political

  • look at holocaust, chunk into time periods

    • legal things

    • timelines and subheadings in revision

    • 33-38, 39-41 ghettoisation, 4-44 concentration camps, 44-45 death marches

  • remember years, maybe dates if possible

• practice extended responses

• brain dump content (one page summary)

  • use page to revise

Test Info

• two questions

  • questions will say which sources to use

  • “referring to sources a and b, and your background knowledge”

• double sided source page

• bring pens pencils dictionary highlighter

• given q&a booklet with criteria and source sheet

• can use pencil

• at least two pages response

  • 500 words, 650-700

• 45 mins

  • 5 mins reading time

  • 5-10 mins planning time

    • highlight parts of source to use

  • 40 mins writing time

    • (20 mins in vce!)

• one visual one quote source

  • quote from text sources

  • describe visual sources

• clarity of expression, written expression, sentence structure, grammar

  • spelling mistakes not as important

• closed book, exam conditions

Include

• clear contention

• use source as “springboard into wider point”

  • e.g. for sport poster source in practice assessment, use it to start talking about other forms of non-violent resistance