Essays and level 2 Wordage 10% latitude.

Selection of literature

Discussion of current thinking

Understanding what is asked

Meeting the learning outcomes

Presenting evidence and drawing conclusions

Focus on an area where literature is available

Presenting the evidence and drawing conclusions

Introduction - main body - conclusion

Use paragraphs to group a set of related ideas

Use third person

Shorter rather than longer sentences

Don't start sentences with and, but or because.

Consistent tense

Be concise with word, make them count

Critique sources given

Compare and contrast

Comments on validity

Debate between sources

Justify claims

Review the literature don't just report own knowledge

Do relate to practice

Allow the source content to argue for you.

Relate to practice

Tentativeness

Use "it could be argued" avoid assumptions

It may seem to be the case

This evidence would therefore suggest

The following conclusion might logically emerge from this assumption

From this it would seem reasonable to conclude

Linkages

Therefore

On the other hand

In contrast

Essentially in agreement with

In support of this claim

Partially in support

Smith however disagrees

The antithesis position is presented by

To support this argument

Building on the premise that

As a result of

Emerging form this

Level 1 words

List, recall, reproduce, recite, state, tabulate, define identify

Level 2 words

Appraise, construct, debate, develop, summarise, infer, interpreter, analyse, combine

Always think `so what`

Level 3 words

Evaluate, grade, criticise, assess, assimilate, propose, transform, organise, synthesise