Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can explain what makes evidence relevant, specific, accurate, analysable, placed and purposeful. (Guide: “What makes a piece of evidence good”; Practice Question 1)
- I can explain why evidence for a whole-work claim must come from more than one part of the work. (Guide: “Evidence for an argument about a whole work”; Practice Questions 2 and 5)
- I can explain the three forms of evidence (quotation, close paraphrase, precise reference) and when to use each. (Guide: “Three forms of evidence”; Practice Question 3)
- I can explain why I must never invent a quotation. (Guide: “Three forms of evidence”; Practice Question 3)
Skills
- I can build an evidence ledger for a work I know well. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice Question 7)
- I can choose three or four scenes from different parts of a work for a given prompt. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice Question 2)
- I can assign a job (illustrate, exemplify, amplify, qualify, and so on) to each piece of evidence. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice Question 7)
- I can write a ledger entry that gives location, evidence, what it shows and the prompts it serves. (Guide: “Building a ledger”; Practice Question 6)
Reasoning
- I can reject vivid evidence that is irrelevant to the claim. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice Question 7)
- I can use qualifying evidence to complicate and strengthen my thesis. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice Question 4)
- I can diagnose a weak paragraph as insufficient, irrelevant or unexplained. (Guide: “Weak and strong versions side by side”; Practice Question 5)
- I can write a body paragraph with embedded evidence, commentary and a link to the thesis. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice Question 8)
When every box is ticked, try the Unit 9 diagnostic.