1. WRITING AN ESSAY (The easy way!) ‘Literacy: a tool not a task’

2. Prepare For Writing Create a thinking and writing space Avoid distractions Be realistic – chunk up the task Explore what good writers do – read your peers’ essays

3. Preparing your essay Read the question and decide what you want your response to be Plan a series of points that support and lead you to your final conclusion

4. The essay Use paragraphs to develop your points. You should have a topic sentence at the start of your paragraph that signals what it will be about Support your points with development, evidence or analysis

5. Research Decide what you need to know first As you read record all the details – who said it, when, what book? Use a variety of note- making techniques

6. Plagiarism Do not do it Always copy the internet site that you cut and paste from Always reference your work Writing the words in a different order is still plagiarism