AS3.

2 Task guidance
1. Task instructions/template
2. Marking codes, paragraph/essay writing skills + connectives
(link words)

This is probably easiest for

the primary evidence. For
example, you may consider
the motives for producing
letters/images etc to do with
migration.

This might most easily be

demonstrated through
considering the points made
in Hugh Laracys article
(pp.60-61) re Maori and
colonisation.

Planning template to assist the write-up

Perhaps use this side

for FQ1 of your essay
(PUSH/PULL forces)
The best use might
be to include key
points, hard facts
and anything else
difficult to
remember on here.

Planning template to assist the write-up

and this side for FQ2

of your essay
(impact/influences)

EXEMPLAR

(This is obviously for a

different topic.) I will check
off your template when you
bring it in to write up your
essay.
Note how FULLY this is
completed!!!
This stays in-class with me
overnight and then you
can use it again the next
day.
Any additional research you
do overnight comes back
only in your head!

Skill: Paragraph Writing

Paragraphs explain only ONE MAIN IDEA each.
Because paragraphs open the door to understanding they are like a KEE
(KEY!)

Key Idea Sentence tells the reader briefly what ONE MAIN IDEA is going to
be talked about in the paragraph

Explanation these next sentences tell the reader about the main idea in some
detail

Example to back up what youre saying, give one or two examples, just like a
lawyer needs evidence to prove a point by providing facts.
K

Hard facts include:

Names of people, places or events
Dates
Statistics
Short quotes, by people at the time
AND/OR historians (historiography)

K I

Remember, your
Key Idea Sentence
should:
1. use the words
from the question
(ATFQ!)
AND
2. introduce to the
reader the main
point that the
paragraph will
cover.

Key Idea Sentence

Writing an Essay
The main job of an essay is to communicate information clearly to the reader.
(Usually, an essay responds to an Essay Question.)
To do this, essays follow a certain structure:
INTRODUCTION this tells the reader briefly whats coming up in the main
body.
MAIN BODY this contains paragraphs that communicate the information
CONCLUSION this summarises the essay and tells the reader briefly what
theyve just read!

Conclusion

Introduction
Main Body

Connectives for linking points within a paragraph