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Planning and Drafting an Extended Research Essay
Extended Writing and Formal Speaking → Extended Essays and Presentations
Take a research question through outline, evidence table, draft and revision to a 1000-word essay.
How Dialogue Drives Action
Theme, Dialogue and Adaptation → Dialogue, Theme and Versions
Analyse how a single line of dialogue reveals character and pushes a decision.
Evaluating Evidence and Spotting Faulty Reasoning
Evaluating Sources and Reasoning → Source Quality and Faulty Reasoning
Test a source for authority, currency and purpose, and name four common reasoning errors.
Active and Passive Voice
Voice, Mood and Punctuation → Voice and Punctuation Control
Choose voice deliberately: active for agency and clarity, passive when the actor is unknown or unimportant.
Short Research Project and Citation
Research and Presentation → Research, Citation and Delivery
Turn a topic into a researchable question, gather credible sources, and cite them without plagiarising.
Analysing Complex Characters
Close Reading and Complex Characters → Complex Characters and Structure
Track how a character conflicting motivations develop across a text and advance the theme.
Rhetorical Analysis: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Rhetoric and Seminal Texts → Rhetorical Analysis
Analyse how a speaker builds credibility, emotion and logic for a specific audience and purpose.
Parallelism and Sentence Variety
Style and Syntax → Syntax for Effect
Use parallel structure, varied sentence length and semicolons and colons to control emphasis.
Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
Analytical Writing and Seminar → Analytical Essays and Seminars
Build an interpretive thesis and support it with close reading of language, structure and character.
Allusion and Transformed Source Material
Context, Allusion and Interpretation → Interpretation and Intertextuality
Trace how a writer draws on myth, scripture or an earlier text, and analyse what the transformation argues.
Analysing a Landmark Argument
Public Texts and Argument → Landmark Arguments
Analyse how a historically significant argument builds its case, and evaluate whether its reasoning holds today.
Register, Tone and Audience
Register, Tone and Editing → Register and Editing
Adjust vocabulary, syntax and tone deliberately for academic, professional and public audiences.
Finding the Theme of a Story
Reading Stories: Theme and Character → Making Meaning from Fiction
Learn the difference between topic and theme, and prove a theme statement with evidence from the text.
Finding the Central Idea
Reading Non-Fiction: Central Ideas → Central Ideas and Structure
Separate the central idea of an article from its supporting details, and write an objective summary.
Sentences, Fragments and Run-ons
Sentence Foundations → Sentences and Word Meaning
Test any group of words for a subject and a verb, then fix fragments and run-ons three different ways.
Building a Paragraph: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
Writing and Speaking with Evidence → Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
Write one tight paragraph that states a claim, quotes evidence and explains the link.
Point of View and Narrator Reliability
Story Craft: Point of View and Structure → Narration and Effect
Identify first, third limited and third omniscient narration, and judge how much to trust the narrator.
Tracing an Argument
Reading Arguments → Claims and Evidence in Non-Fiction
Separate claim, reasons and evidence, then judge whether the evidence is sufficient and relevant.
Phrases, Clauses and Misplaced Modifiers
Precision in Language → Clauses and Modifiers
Use subordinate clauses to combine ideas and place modifiers where they cannot cause confusion.
Writing an Argument Essay
Writing to Argue → Argument Essays and Presentations
Plan and draft a four-paragraph argument with a counter-argument and a rebuttal.
How Characters Change
Reading Stories: Theme and Character → Making Meaning from Fiction
Track what a character wants, what blocks them and how they are different by the end.
Synthesising Multiple Sources
Rhetoric and Seminal Texts → Rhetorical Analysis
Combine three sources into one analytical paragraph that explains agreement, tension and gaps.
Text Structure and Features
Reading Non-Fiction: Central Ideas → Central Ideas and Structure
Use headings, captions, charts and paragraph order to read non-fiction faster and more accurately.
Reading Across Media and Formats
Public Texts and Argument → Landmark Arguments
Compare how the same argument is presented in an article, a video and a data visualisation.
Context Clues and Word Parts
Sentence Foundations → Sentences and Word Meaning
Work out unfamiliar words using the sentence around them, then confirm with roots, prefixes and suffixes.
Comparing a Text and Its Film Version
Theme, Dialogue and Adaptation → Dialogue, Theme and Versions
Evaluate the choices a director makes when adapting a scene, and their effect on theme.
Speaking in a Group Discussion
Writing and Speaking with Evidence → Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
Learn the moves that make a discussion productive: building on, challenging politely, and summarising.
Structure, Order and Suspense
Close Reading and Complex Characters → Complex Characters and Structure
Analyse how ordering, pacing and withheld information create tension and meaning.
Figurative Language and Tone
Story Craft: Point of View and Structure → Narration and Effect
Trace how metaphor, simile and connotation build the tone of a passage.
Reading Media and Data Claims
Evaluating Sources and Reasoning → Source Quality and Faulty Reasoning
Interpret graphs, percentages and headlines without being misled by scale, base rates or framing.
Comparing Two Accounts of the Same Event
Reading Arguments → Claims and Evidence in Non-Fiction
Read two texts on one event and explain how emphasis, word choice and omission create different impressions.
Competing Interpretations of a Text
Context, Allusion and Interpretation → Interpretation and Intertextuality
Hold two defensible readings of one text side by side and judge which the evidence supports better.
Delivering a Persuasive Speech
Language Mastery and Public Speaking → Public Speaking
Structure a speech with a hook and call to action.
Finding the Theme of a Story
Reading Stories with Purpose → Theme and Summary
Identify a theme from what characters do and say.
Phrases, Clauses and Misplaced Modifiers
Precision and Presentation → Clauses and Modifiers
Label phrases and clauses in a sentence.
Presenting Findings with Evidence
Precision and Presentation → Presenting
Sequence a two-minute talk.
How Dialogue Drives Action
Theme, Dialogue and Adaptation → Dialogue and Theme
Explain how a line of dialogue causes a decision.
Comparing a Text and Its Film Version
Theme, Dialogue and Adaptation → Adaptation
Compare a scene across two media.
Evaluating Evidence and Faulty Reasoning
Evaluating Sources → Source Quality
Test evidence for relevance and sufficiency.
Short Research Project and Citation
Research and Explanation → Short Research
Turn a topic into a researchable question.
Active and Passive Voice
Voice, Mood and Talk → Voice and Mood
Identify active and passive constructions.
Evaluating a Speaker's Argument
Voice, Mood and Talk → Evaluating Speakers
Note claim, reasons and evidence while listening.
Analysing Complex Characters
Close Reading Complex Texts → Complex Characters
Describe conflicting motivations in one character.
Rhetorical Analysis: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Rhetoric and Synthesis → Rhetorical Analysis
Identify appeals in a speech.
Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
Analytical Writing → Literary Analysis
Write an arguable thesis about craft.
Parallelism and Sentence Variety
Style and Formal Talk → Syntax and Style
Fix faulty parallelism.
Leading a Seminar Discussion
Style and Formal Talk → Formal Discussion
Prepare text-based questions.
Allusion and Transformed Source Material
Context, Allusion and Interpretation → Allusion and Source
Trace an allusion to its source.
Bias, Framing and Omission
Critical Reading of Public Texts → Bias and Framing
Detect framing through word choice and order.
Writing an Extended Argument Essay
Extended Writing → Argument at Length
Develop a nuanced thesis.
Register, Nuance and Precision
Language Mastery and Public Speaking → Register and Nuance
Adjust register for audience.
Word Choice, Imagery and Mood
Reading Stories with Purpose → Poetry and Word Choice
Explain connotation versus denotation.
Finding the Central Idea
Making Sense of Nonfiction → Central Idea and Structure
Distinguish topic from central idea.
Reading Charts, Maps and Media
Making Sense of Nonfiction → Reading Media
Read a chart's axes, units and source.
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Paragraphs
Writing with Evidence → Paragraph Craft
Write a claim that answers the question.
Sentences, Fragments and Run-ons
Sentences, Words and Talk → Sentence Control
Test a group of words for a complete sentence.
Speaking in a Group Discussion
Sentences, Words and Talk → Discussion Skills
Use sentence stems to build on an idea.
Point of View and the Narrator's Angle
Story Craft and Voice → Narration
Identify first, third limited and third omniscient narration.
Comparing a Text and Its Audio or Film Version
Story Craft and Voice → Comparing Versions
Compare how two media present one scene.
Tracing an Argument
Analysing Arguments → Tracing Arguments
Separate claim, reason and evidence.
Writing an Argument Essay
Writing to Persuade → Argument Essays
Plan a thesis with two reasons.
Characters, Conflict and Change
Reading Stories with Purpose → Theme and Summary
Track how a character responds to conflict.
Building a Writing Portfolio
Extended Writing → Argument at Length
Select work that shows growth.
How a Poem Is Built
Reading Stories with Purpose → Poetry and Word Choice
Name the parts of a poem's structure.
Evaluating Digital and AI-Generated Sources
Critical Reading of Public Texts → Bias and Framing
Apply a five-question credibility check.
Text Structure and Text Features
Making Sense of Nonfiction → Central Idea and Structure
Name four common text structures.
Structure, Order and Suspense
Close Reading Complex Texts → Complex Characters
Explain the effect of non-linear order.
Irony, Understatement and Humour
Theme, Dialogue and Adaptation → Dialogue and Theme
Distinguish verbal, situational and dramatic irony.
Explaining a Topic Clearly
Writing with Evidence → Paragraph Craft
Group information into logical chunks.
Context Clues and Word Parts
Sentences, Words and Talk → Sentence Control
Use four kinds of context clue.
Synthesising Multiple Sources
Rhetoric and Synthesis → Rhetorical Analysis
Map agreements and tensions across sources.
Reading Media and Data Claims
Evaluating Sources → Source Quality
Check a statistic against its source.
Figurative Language and Tone
Story Craft and Voice → Narration
Distinguish metaphor, simile and personification.
Competing Interpretations of a Text
Context, Allusion and Interpretation → Allusion and Source
Build two defensible readings of one passage.
Writing an Explanatory Essay
Research and Explanation → Short Research
Organise ideas into a logical structure.
Comparing Two Accounts of the Same Event
Analysing Arguments → Tracing Arguments
Find agreements and disagreements between sources.
Researched Report with Citations
Analytical Writing → Literary Analysis
Plan a research question and search terms.
Narrative Writing that Shows, Not Tells
Writing to Persuade → Argument Essays
Plan a story arc.