Elevate Your Essay Writing Skills
Essay Writing
Workshop
Raising the game
To start
What do you want to get out of this session?
How do you think it will help you in Psychology?
How might it help you elsewhere?
This Session
We will be taking a look at how you can raise your game in
Year 2 Psychology.
There are common issues that are raised with essay writing, that
are not to do with content, but issues with structure and writing
style.
We will be looking at areas such as
Unpredictable questions
Discussing
Effective evaluation (Top band)
Specialist Terminology
1.
Unpredictable questions
Questions written by the exam board are not
allowed to be predictable as part of the
government directive to make A Levels more
rigorous.
As a result, questions like
“Outline and evaluate
multi-store model of memory”
are unlikely to
come up.
This is designed to up the game of your
answers in order to avoid pre-learnt essays.
Be ready for them and identify the key words
to help decipher the intention behind the
question – then stay on topic!
Take a look at
the list of
possible
questions to
get used to
the way they
are worded.
Learn to spot
key words
that make it
clear what it
is about.
2. Assessment Objectives and
Essay Deconstruction Activities
Assessment Objectives
Julie has been diagnosed with
depression. She understands this
disorder and what treatments are
available as both her mother and
identical twin sister both suffer from
depression. However, some of her
friends tell her that she is very
negative and always sees the
negative side of events. They say
that she needs to stop seeing herself
as useless and that she has no future.
Discuss two explanations of
depression. As part of your discussion
refer to Julie in your answer.
Essay Deconstruction
Read both essays and break
them down into bullet pointed
plans which include the AO’s and
a brief description of what each
contains in order to deconstruct
the essay and create a simple
plan.
Take it further by having
a go at marking the
essays (both out of 16)
3. Specialist Terminology
Discuss neural explanations of offending
behaviour
Fill the gaps with specialist terms!
See how you do on your own before
asking for a word bank.
4.
Effective Evaluation
In Year 2 you are expected to develop
your evaluation in order for it to be
effective.
This makes the difference between
band 3 (B/C grade) and band 4 (A
grade)
Use the “Stressful Evaluation” handout to
practise this.
5.
Discussing in Essays
Playing Devil’s Advocate
involves to put forward
arguments against or
objections to a
proposition-which one
may actually agree with-
purely to test the validity
of the proposition.
This is key to good
discussion in essays.
To end – a bit of metacognition
What have you got out of this session?
How do you think it will help you in Psychology?
How might these skills help you elsewhere?
Enhance your essay writing abilities with a focus on structure and style rather than just content. Learn to tackle unpredictable questions, deconstruct essays effectively, use specialist terminology, and master the art of effective evaluation. This workshop is designed to elevate your game in Psychology and beyond, helping you excel in articulating your thoughts clearly and cohesively.
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Essay Writing Workshop Raising the game
To start What do you want to get out of this session? How do you think it will help you in Psychology? How might it help you elsewhere?
This Session We will be taking a look at how you can raise your game in Year 2 Psychology. There are common issues that are raised with essay writing, that are not to do with content, but issues with structure and writing style. We will be looking at areas such as Unpredictable questions Discussing Effective evaluation (Top band) Specialist Terminology
1.Unpredictable questions Questions written by the exam board are not allowed to be predictable as part of the government directive to make A Levels more rigorous. Take a look at the list of possible questions to get used to the way they are worded. Learn to spot key words that make it clear what it is about. As a result, questions like Outline and evaluate multi-store model of memory are unlikely to come up. This is designed to up the game of your answers in order to avoid pre-learnt essays. Be ready for them and identify the key words to help decipher the intention behind the question then stay on topic!
2. Assessment Objectives and Essay Deconstruction Activities Assessment Objectives Essay Deconstruction Read both essays and break them down into bullet pointed plans which include the AO s and a brief description of what each contains in order to deconstruct the essay and create a simple plan. Julie has been diagnosed with depression. She understands this disorder and what treatments are available as both her mother and identical twin sister both suffer from depression. However, some of her friends tell her that she is very negative and always sees the negative side of events. They say that she needs to stop seeing herself as useless and that she has no future. Take it further by having a go at marking the essays (both out of 16) Discuss two explanations of depression. As part of your discussion refer to Julie in your answer.
3. Specialist Terminology Discuss neural explanations of offending behaviour Fill the gaps with specialist terms! See how you do on your own before asking for a word bank.
4. Effective Evaluation In Year 2 you are expected to develop your evaluation in order for it to be effective. This makes the difference between band 3 (B/C grade) and band 4 (A grade) Use the Stressful Evaluation handout to practise this.
5. Discussing in Essays Playing Devil s Advocate involves to put forward arguments against or objections to a proposition-which one may actually agree with- purely to test the validity of the proposition. This is key to good discussion in essays.
To end a bit of metacognition What have you got out of this session? How do you think it will help you in Psychology? How might these skills help you elsewhere?
