1. Extended Response

2. What do you need to do? Draft your response in your exercise book
Mr Sowaid provides feedback
Using this feedback, edit your responses and type your response
Send Mr Sowaid your extended response for further feedback
Using this feedback, edit your response and adapt to different questions.

3. Second Essay Question
“Discoveries can affirm or challenge societies assumptions and beliefs about aspects of human experience and the world”. How does this quote represent your own understanding of discovery? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. Due: Monday 8th of December, 2014

4. Steps:
Write your thesis statement – this is the answer to the question
Brainstorm your main ideas – these ideas support your thesis statement
Select your quotes from your prescribed text and text of your own choosing
Start your essay

5. Mandatory elements of your response
Textual evidence – quotes/scene descriptions
Techniques
Thesis statement
Idea sentences
Comprehensive explanations
3-5 pages
Synthesise your prescribed text and text of your own choosing.

6. Step 1: Thesis Statement
Tip: Convert the quote into a question.
Quote: “Discoveries can affirm or challenge societies assumptions and beliefs about aspects of human experience and the world”.
Question: How can discoveries affirm or challenge societies assumptions and beliefs about aspects of human experience and the world?
Write a 2-3 sentence answer – this will be your thesis statement.

7. Step 2: Main Ideas
Tip: Use the quote to create a sub-question that begins with ‘what’. The answers to this question will be your main ideas.
Quote: “Discoveries can affirm or challenge societies assumptions and beliefs about aspects of human experience and the world”.
Question: What assumptions and beliefs about aspects of human experiences and the world do discoveries affirm or challenge?
3-4 points

8. Step 3: Select your quotes

9. Step 4: Write your response