1. What do Christians believe? Learning Objective: To write a response to the question ‘What do Christians believe?’

2. Your opening sentence/sentences You are going to be given a strip of colour card. On your strip you need to write down how you are going to start your piece of writing – remember it helps to say it out loud before you write it down.

3. What do Christians believe? AddingTimeCause/effectContrasting And Moreover Also As well as Furthermore Next Then Finally Meanwhile Eventually Because Therefore So Consequently As a result of However Alternatively Although Except Unless As you are writing remember... Refer to your plan Keep your answer focused on the question Write in logical steps Write in the third person (he, she, it, they) Use a range of connectives Use straightforward language to communicate your understanding Use subject keywords Use a mixture of short and long sentences

4. The Editing Process A good writer will always self edit their work. Read it through carefully (it might help if you read it out loud). Imagine you are the reader. Make sure keywords have been spelled correctly Make sure you have capital letters, full stops and commas Does your writing flow?