Planning an Assignment Lesson Objectives To revisit general guidance for setting out an academic assignment. To look at how Mind-Maps can help ‘brainstorm’ and structure assignments. To produce a Mind-Map for the Tractor poetry assignment.

Planning an Assignment Why you should create an assignment plan. Planning your assignment can help in several ways: It focuses you on what the assignment is really asking for. It then helps you create a structure for your assignment, Then it guides you through populating that structure. It can give you a timescale to work to which, if followed, will help avoid any last minute rush. By creating and following an assignment plan, your work will be better prepared, written and presented.

Mind Maps

Selecting & Organizing Use your Mind Map to select the information/ideas you want to use, then sequence that information into your paragraph order. Para 1 No use Para 4 Para 3 Para 2 Para 5 If you have a 500 word assignment then using a map like this you know you have to write 80 words for each section + intro & conclusion.

Structure - Introduction Now you know what you want to write and the order you are going to write it in you can think about writing your introduction. The Introduction should start with you restating the question or rephrasing the question in your opening sentence. It is important to repeat many of the words found in the question to show your teacher/ marker that your answer is clear and on target. When you have restated the question you should give a broad outline of what you want to say which can be in the form of a thesis statement or a summary of the main points from your mind map. In this assignment I intend to show how personification and imagery help to convey meaning in the poem Tractor.

Structure - Writing Paragraphs Good advice! http://www.slideshare.net/uolssds/writing-an-essay

Structure - Conclusion In this assignment I have shown how Lady Macbeth and …….. TASK: In your groups create a Mind Map for your Tractor assignment.