EDUCATION
REVISION
,Introduction:
Ensure you do all of these in your introduction!
- Refer to the Item
- Apply key
‘As the Item states…’
ideas/trends/statistics
relevant to the question
‘This evidenced through..’
- Ensure you define key
terms used.
‘Some sociologists argue that…’
Paragraph 1
Point
Explain Main Body
Evidence
Link/Develop/Compare Use the following writing frame for each paragraph
Evaluation
Paragraph 2 for your 20/30 mark responses.
Point
Explain Analyse and evaluate relating to the point only!
Evidence
Link/Develop/Compare ‘Some sociologists would argue that…’
Evaluation
Paragraph 3 ‘It is evident that sociologists would argue that…’
Point
Explain ‘Referring to *said point*, sociologists would
Evidence further consider….’
Link/Develop/Compare
Evaluation ‘To add to the sociological evidence to support…’
Paragraph 4 (30 mark
only!) ‘To further evidence the view that…
Point
Explain ‘However, some sociologists would argue that…’
Evidence
Link/Develop/Compare ‘In contrast, some sociologists would argue that…’
Evaluation
Conclusion: ‘In opposition…’
- Do not discuss a new
point in your conclusion! ‘Some sociologists may contribute…’
- Is one explanation more
important than another?
- Can you confidently use Easy to rush at the end of the exam but can easily ruin a
your evaluation to come to perfectly well written essay if the conclusion is not there or
a conclusive end? complete!
- Are there any flaws in
Allocate 5 minutes!
thesociological arguments
Things to think about: Are the arguments made relevant
proposed?
today?
How have they aided our understanding of the topic
discussed?
Do certain topics interlink?
Sentence starters:
One reason for/Another reason../Additionally../In
contrast../To support../Furthermore../Moreover
, 10m question support
Structure
With an Item Sentence starters Without an Item
One way/reason for…
Point: (10m Item Only!)This can be seen in the item Point
quoting:
This means that…
Explain This refers to… Explain
This is how…
For example…
Evidence Evidence
This can be demonstrated by…
This therefore shows..
Link/Develop This is important because.. Link/Develop
This leads to ‘X’ because…
However…
Evaluation Yet in contrast… DO NOT EVALUATE
Although…
4/6m question support
Structure
With an Item Sentence starters How many?
One way/reason for…
Point:
X 2 = 4m question
This means that…
X 3 = 6m question
Explain This refers to…
This is how…
, Half-Term 1
SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES
REVISION
,Introduction:
Ensure you do all of these in your introduction!
- Refer to the Item
- Apply key
‘As the Item states…’
ideas/trends/statistics
relevant to the question
‘This evidenced through..’
- Ensure you define key
terms used.
‘Some sociologists argue that…’
Paragraph 1
Point
Explain Main Body
Evidence
Link/Develop/Compare Use the following writing frame for each paragraph
Evaluation
Paragraph 2 for your 20/30 mark responses.
Point
Explain Analyse and evaluate relating to the point only!
Evidence
Link/Develop/Compare ‘Some sociologists would argue that…’
Evaluation
Paragraph 3 ‘It is evident that sociologists would argue that…’
Point
Explain ‘Referring to *said point*, sociologists would
Evidence further consider….’
Link/Develop/Compare
Evaluation ‘To add to the sociological evidence to support…’
Paragraph 4 (30 mark
only!) ‘To further evidence the view that…
Point
Explain ‘However, some sociologists would argue that…’
Evidence
Link/Develop/Compare ‘In contrast, some sociologists would argue that…’
Evaluation
Conclusion: ‘In opposition…’
- Do not discuss a new
point in your conclusion! ‘Some sociologists may contribute…’
- Is one explanation more
important than another?
- Can you confidently use Easy to rush at the end of the exam but can easily ruin a
your evaluation to come to perfectly well written essay if the conclusion is not there or
a conclusive end? complete!
- Are there any flaws in
Allocate 5 minutes!
thesociological arguments
Things to think about: Are the arguments made relevant
proposed?
today?
How have they aided our understanding of the topic
discussed?
Do certain topics interlink?
Sentence starters:
One reason for/Another reason../Additionally../In
contrast../To support../Furthermore../Moreover
, 10m question support
Structure
With an Item Sentence starters Without an Item
One way/reason for…
Point: (10m Item Only!)This can be seen in the item Point
quoting:
This means that…
Explain This refers to… Explain
This is how…
For example…
Evidence Evidence
This can be demonstrated by…
This therefore shows..
Link/Develop This is important because.. Link/Develop
This leads to ‘X’ because…
However…
Evaluation Yet in contrast… DO NOT EVALUATE
Although…
4/6m question support
Structure
With an Item Sentence starters How many?
One way/reason for…
Point:
X 2 = 4m question
This means that…
X 3 = 6m question
Explain This refers to…
This is how…
, Half-Term 1
SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES
