Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions; also see the revision notes.
Understanding
- ☐ I can explain what commentary is and why evidence needs it. (Guide: “The missing middle of most weak paragraphs”)
- ☐ I can describe five jobs commentary can do. (Guide: “What commentary does”)
- ☐ I can describe the commentary ladder from repeat to extend. (Guide: “The commentary ladder”; practice question 2)
Skills
- ☐ I can write a lead-in that names the source and the point. (Guide: “Introducing source material with commentary”; practice question 4)
- ☐ I can explain a word or detail in a quotation and say what it does. (Guide: Worked example 2; practice questions 1 and 8)
- ☐ I can connect evidence to a claim in a sentence of commentary. (Practice questions 3 and 7)
- ☐ I can distinguish commentary from summary. (Practice question 5)
Reasoning
- ☐ I can repair a paragraph whose commentary only repeats the claim. (Guide: Worked example 1; practice question 6)
- ☐ I can extend commentary to the larger significance or the audience. (Guide: Worked example 2; practice question 8)
- ☐ I can refine a claim in response to a precise word in the evidence. (Guide: Emerson example)