1. Essay writing approaches

2. Analyzing the type of question agree or disagree type that asks you for your opinion

3. Understanding the question the question demands that you talk about both continuous assessment and exams

4. Planning the essay Organizing paragraphs intro: both exams and continuous assessment have points in their favour para 1: reasons why exams work (objective) (motivation to study) (preparation for life) para 2: reasons why continuous assessment works (good for young kids) (good for skills based subjects) (rewards hard work) conclusion: both can work – perhaps they should be used together

5. Structuring paragraphs Introduction keep it short write no more than two or three sentences connect your introduction and title use synonyms to paraphrase the rubric outline your position

6. The language to use start with clarifying that there are several arguments that you will be putting forward There are several arguments why… There are a number of different reasons why… There are at least three points that can be made in favour of …..

7. Structuring content paragraphs para 1: explain: Are you arguing in favour or against? para 2: add to or contradict the points made in the previous paragraph para 1: say that you are going to make a number of different arguments para 2: say that there are counterarguments

8. The language to use do not just go ”firstly”, “secondly”, “thirdly”, use varied language The most important argument is… Another point that can be made is… A second reason why… There is also the idea that… The next argument is…

9. The language to use use various techniques paragraphs have almost the same structure the only difference is the language and writing technique the author doesn’t do the counting thing, instead he says: There are still occasions which is the same idea really