Exam Skills 1 Worksheet 4 – Land Constraints How to write an 8m essay?

End-notes For most of you, I would’ve written a letter (or several of them) within a circle This letter doesn’t stand for your grade!! It stands for the specific error you made in that answer, which you should pay attention to during class discussions

You confused demand & supply factors When asked for demand factors, never talk about the supply! This applies both ways E.g. Why is land supply limited? You cannot say that “land supply is limited because rising population results in increased demand for land” A A

This is the supply of land in a country/world The supply is 50km 2 of land

Has supply fallen/become more limited? NO! The supply is still 50km 2 of land

You need to talk about ALL and EACH of the conflicting demands for land to get your marks This applies only to question 2 Conflicting demands are: – Recreation, Industrial, Housing, Transport, Agriculture – Each of the above is 0.5 marks. Each supporting example/explanation is 0.5 marks B B

You are writing too leisurely What is leisurely – doing something in a slow, easy pace. How to tell if you’re writing too leisurely? – Ticks are very far from one another – Citing excessive examples – Too many explanatory sentences – Ask me C C

How are you marked for an 8m essay? LORMS (you ought to know this by now) Level 1: ONE-SIDED ANSWER (1 – 3) Level 2: TWO-SIDED ANSWER (4 – 6) Level 3: GOOD TWO-SIDED ANSWER with CONCLUSION (7 – 8)

How to write an 8m essay? Plan: – Intro and conclusion (duh) – 3 points: 2 For 1 Against, or the other way round. Therefore, write 3 body paragraphs (if well- written, you would’ve gotten at least 6 marks!) – If the essay is on a given factor/policy, your first paragraph MUST be on the given factor/policy – Benefits & Limitations for every point!

What does into a paragraph for an 8m essay? P-E-E-L My PEEL is quite different from other teachers’ PEELs: Point Explanation/Example Evaluation Linkage Maybe it should be spelt P-E-E-E-L? When do you need this? Only in essays! When do you need this? Only in essays!

Evaluation In the guidance on How to write a paragraph I gave you on wiki in Week 1, I did not include evaluation. Why? Because we weren’t doing essay paragraphs Evaluation is: – Not necessary in a 2 – 6 mark question unless asked for – Absolutely necessary in an 8 mark essay question

The best response to water scarcity is desalination. Do you agree? What 3 points do you want to talk about? – Desalination – Water Conservation – Water Recycling – Any other response to water scarcity

Exercise Write the first body paragraph for the question: The best response to water scarcity is desalination. Do you agree? Choose another two points to write about: tell me about their benefits and limitations Let me check your work