1. Question Breakdown What is your Question?
“To what extent does the government help address the issues surrounding poverty or do they create a generation more dependent on handouts?”

2. Highlight all the keywords within your question:
For example:
“To what extent does the government help address the issues surrounding poverty or do they create a generation more dependent on handouts?”
1. Identify the stem word.
2. Highlight any other words that might be important.

3. Try it with some of these questions:
‘How far do global influences affect the family and cause change?’
‘How important is the continued existence of the Amazonian Rain Forest?’
‘Explore how a certain belief system impacts on the way an individual lives their life?’
‘How does global mobility affect a country’s culture?
‘Justify the idea that compulsory education is good for my future?’
‘How does education contribute to a longer life expectancy?’
‘To what extent can water shortages be dealt with on an individual level?’
‘How does war and conflict affect the population of a country?’
‘Explore how the internet has transformed the world we live in?’
‘How does a legal system affect human behaviour?’
‘How are people disadvantaged because of where they live?’

4. What does the Stem word mean?
“To what extent does the government help address the issues surrounding poverty or do they create a generation more dependent on handouts?”
1. Use this doc to help you come up with a definition.
To what extent: Evokes a similar response to questions containing ‘How far...’ This type of question
calls for a thorough assessment of the evidence in presenting your argument. Explore alternative explanations where they exist.
2. Write this in your own words to help you understand it.
To what extent: I need to make a judgement on how far the statement is true or not. To do so i will
need to look at the different views and evidence in detail to give an answer.

5. What do the others tell me to look at?
“To what extent does the government help address the issues surrounding poverty or do they create a generation more dependent on handouts?”
What are the issues of poverty in HK?
How do these relate to the world?
What does dependent mean? Who is dependent?
Should the government do anything?
What does the government do at the moment?
What are the long term consequences?
1. Do you know the meaning for all of the words? If not, use a dictionary to find out.
2. What issues/areas might these words require you to look at?
3. Your now ready to begin planning your essay:

6. Identify the topic and ask questions. (See last slide)
Gather information to ask the questions posed.
Reflect on and analyse the information gathered as identified by the question posed.
Formulate possible course of action
Personal response
What are the issues of poverty in Hong Kong?
How do these relate
to the world?
What does the government currently do?
Does the government have a responsibility to do something?
What are the short and long term consequences of helping the poor?
Different sources –
books, internet, CDROMs,
television and
radio programmes,
questionnaires,
interviews etc.
Different
perspectives – local,
national, global and
personal
Identify and explain
the causes of poverty in HK and the
current situation.
Identify and evaluate
possible scenarios
of how the government helps.
What are the causes,
effects and current
situations?
What could possible
scenarios be?
How likely/unlikely
are these?
How would they help?
What action might
my government, my
family or I take in
response to helping the poor?
What possible
solutions might
address the
changes/the
scenarios?
How might these
courses of action
changes/scenarios?
Why might these scenarios not work?
What is my
response to the
information I have
used and the things
I have found out?
What have I learned?
What might I do
differently and how?
How has what I have
learned affected my
personal perspective
and why?
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