[Brainy Brunnette]

How do you plan out a 15 mark question and how long does it have to be? what if you cant make all the points? HELP! please

Thanks

[MrJohnDClare]

1. Draft out a quick plan of points you might say at the top of the question (do this on the answer paper, not on a spare piece of paper).

2. Are you sure what the question is asking you to explain - e.g. 'explain how' is different to 'explain why', 'explain how much' and 'explain whether'?

3. Select your three or four main points. Where you have lots more points (e.g. where you know 8 reasons why), dispose of all the minor points quickly in an opening paragraph.

4. The key to doing well in this question is to explaIn your key points. Explain HOW this idea is an answer to the question you were asked.

5. But also be sure to DEVELOP YOUR POINTS by using FACTS and OWN KNOWLEDGE to explain different aspects of/ contextualise/ support/ exemplify your points.

6. LINK your points together, both from one paragraph to the next, but also from one point to another. Use words such as 'so', 'therefore', 'consequently', 'moreover'. Develop an ARGUMENT, and make sure your answer doesn't look like just a set of different points.

7. Finish with a judgement.

Finally, have a look at THIS PAGE for some actual answers written by my own pupils in last year's exam, together with the marks they got and why.

[Brainy Brunnette]

WOW thanks i feel much more confident now!