Essay Writing Skills for A Level English Literature New

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Essay Writing Skills Pack for A Level English Literature

10 accessible sessions designed to foster the skills needed for successful essay writing.

Transitions students from restrictive GCSE essay frames to discursive A Level essay writing – articulate an argument, develop it, and draw on wider reading to support or challenge it.

Chapters cover:

Academic style, e.g. using the passive voice
Writing analytically, e.g. supporting your claims
Structuring a response, e.g. writing effective introductions and meaningful conclusions
Meeting the assessment objectives, e.g. integrating context and critical views and more!

Unlock essay excellence!

Step-by-step exercises that gradually enhance skills, including structure, formality and voice
Support for all abilities – including tips, extension tasks, and wider reading suggestions
Wholly skills-focused – compatible with all exam boards and text choices
Sample student answers – help students understand the marking criteria and how to improve answers
Indicative content for all activities

Flexible!

Use early on as a strong foundation for essay writing, or in the run-up to exams for targeted revision
Dip in and out for focused, pick-up-and-teach activities
Great for cover lessons, or for one-to-one work while others progress independently

What do teachers say about this resource? (12807)

I was impressed by the comprehensive nature of the resource and the huge amount of detail. It certainly provides materials of an appropriate level. It was really detailed and showed a really good understanding of the skills required in A level Literature essay writing. It was well presented and included some interesting ideas which would provide useful teaching resources... It enhances learning by breaking up the different skills required for A level essay writing and helping students to see the different components. It has answers at the back which can be used as a class resource and as an independent learning resource. The tips pages are also really useful... Invaluable.

C Webb, Head of Sixth Form & Peer Reviewer

Clearly and effectively suits the purpose of the resource and will be of benefit for both students and teachers. There are plenty of examples and clear explanations that would be useful for teachers wanting to support students making the transition to A Level.
It enhances learning by showing students how to 'uplift' their own analytical writing while making clear references to the AOs. It also allows students to recognise how to include aspects of these into their own responses when they may have previously lacked development in these areas. The presentation and layout are well thought out with the breakdowns of sub-sections for specific areas of focus or skill sub-sets clearly indicated. The resource helps to build upon previous learning too as it approaches the essay writing methodically and looks are the most common areas that students can struggle with when writing at A level. It suits the specification as the resources suit the text and the question type that students would have to respond to in the exams with a range of exemplars looking at a variety of text types too, so students can see the advice applied across different texts. It interprets the specification effectively as it shows how to include coverage in their own essays to 'hit' assessment objectives effectively. The answers are clearly indicated so students can use the answers too and look at whether their understanding matches up. Students would benefit from seeing the skills broken down to a micro-level and consider their essay writing approaches, focusing on these in particular to then refine their essay writing process.

J Murdoch, Deputy Head of English & Peer Reviewer

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Invaluable

C Webb, Head of Sixth Form & Peer Reviewer

Clearly and effectively suits the purpose of the resource and will be of benefit for both students and teachers

J Murdoch, Deputy Head of English & Peer Reviewer

I was impressed by the comprehensive nature of the resource and the huge amount of detail

C Webb, Head of Sixth Form & Peer Reviewer

Plenty of examples and clear explanations that would be useful for teachers wanting to support students making the transition to A Level

J Murdoch, Deputy Head of English & Peer Reviewer

Shows students how to 'uplift' their own analytical writing while making clear references to the AOs

J Murdoch, Deputy Head of English & Peer Reviewer