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STUDENT ASSESSMENT SAQ SHEET
COURSE: Access to Higher Education Diploma
SUBJECT: Study Skills
UNIT: Writing for Academic Purposes
TOPIC 2: Essay Writing
LEVEL: 3 (Ungraded)
YOUR NAME:
How to use this document
You will use this document to record your answers to the Self Assessment Questions
(SAQs) in the topic you have just studied.
You should complete the table in Part 1, and the comment box in Part 2. You may add or
delete rows as appropriate when you are completing the table in Part 1.
Once completed, please upload an electronic copy of this document at your Learner
Account (for marking, and to be checked for plagiarism). Please notify your tutor by email
when you have uploaded this document at your Learner Account.
Your tutor will then provide the Answers to SAQs for you to mark your answers, using this
sheet.
Once you have completed and marked all of the SAQ answers for the topics in a particular
unit, your tutor will provide the deadline for your assessment.
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PART 1: SAQ answers
Fill in the following table by writing your answer to each Self-Assessment Question, in your
own words.
When you have completed all of the SAQs in the topic, mark your work using the exemplar
SAQ answers that your tutor will provide.
Before you send your tutor your SAQ answers, please complete Part 2: Comments.
Mark your
answer by
SAQ Questions and Answers deleting
the tick or
the cross
SAQ 1 Question:
Consider the following essay title:
Is mental health illness among children and young adults in
the UK an epidemic?
1. What are the four key steps that you would need to
consider to ensure that you understand how this question
needs to be tackled?
Your answer:
1. Identify what the question is asking and what are the most
important parts of the essay title. Key words could be
highlighted or listed. In this case, ‘children and young adults
in the UK’ is important as well as ‘epidemic’ and ‘mental
health illness’.
2. Identify words or concepts I do not understand. The
definition of the words could be documented and possibly
used in the essay. In this case, I fully understand the
language so there are no words or concepts that I do not
understand. However, the concept of mental health being
an epidemic is something that should be noted down as this
is a significant statement.
3. State initial thoughts, ideas, and questions (once a better
understanding of the title and its demands has been
gained). In this case, I would need to investigate why
mental health illness is specifically being focused upon
children and young adults. Also, I would need to investigate
the severity of mental health illness in the UK.
4. Find out the word count and criteria I am expected to meet
for this essay. In this case, if this were a 3 credit unit, the
word count would be 1000 – 1500, and if this were a 6
credit unit, the word count would be 2000 – 2500. For an
actual assigned essay, I would have a criteria I need to
meet.
Question:
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STUDENT ASSESSMENT SAQ SHEET
COURSE: Access to Higher Education Diploma
SUBJECT: Study Skills
UNIT: Writing for Academic Purposes
TOPIC 2: Essay Writing
LEVEL: 3 (Ungraded)
YOUR NAME:
How to use this document
You will use this document to record your answers to the Self Assessment Questions
(SAQs) in the topic you have just studied.
You should complete the table in Part 1, and the comment box in Part 2. You may add or
delete rows as appropriate when you are completing the table in Part 1.
Once completed, please upload an electronic copy of this document at your Learner
Account (for marking, and to be checked for plagiarism). Please notify your tutor by email
when you have uploaded this document at your Learner Account.
Your tutor will then provide the Answers to SAQs for you to mark your answers, using this
sheet.
Once you have completed and marked all of the SAQ answers for the topics in a particular
unit, your tutor will provide the deadline for your assessment.
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, STUDENT ASSESSMENT SAQ SHEET
PART 1: SAQ answers
Fill in the following table by writing your answer to each Self-Assessment Question, in your
own words.
When you have completed all of the SAQs in the topic, mark your work using the exemplar
SAQ answers that your tutor will provide.
Before you send your tutor your SAQ answers, please complete Part 2: Comments.
Mark your
answer by
SAQ Questions and Answers deleting
the tick or
the cross
SAQ 1 Question:
Consider the following essay title:
Is mental health illness among children and young adults in
the UK an epidemic?
1. What are the four key steps that you would need to
consider to ensure that you understand how this question
needs to be tackled?
Your answer:
1. Identify what the question is asking and what are the most
important parts of the essay title. Key words could be
highlighted or listed. In this case, ‘children and young adults
in the UK’ is important as well as ‘epidemic’ and ‘mental
health illness’.
2. Identify words or concepts I do not understand. The
definition of the words could be documented and possibly
used in the essay. In this case, I fully understand the
language so there are no words or concepts that I do not
understand. However, the concept of mental health being
an epidemic is something that should be noted down as this
is a significant statement.
3. State initial thoughts, ideas, and questions (once a better
understanding of the title and its demands has been
gained). In this case, I would need to investigate why
mental health illness is specifically being focused upon
children and young adults. Also, I would need to investigate
the severity of mental health illness in the UK.
4. Find out the word count and criteria I am expected to meet
for this essay. In this case, if this were a 3 credit unit, the
word count would be 1000 – 1500, and if this were a 6
credit unit, the word count would be 2000 – 2500. For an
actual assigned essay, I would have a criteria I need to
meet.
Question:
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