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This site contains information to help you understand the marking process in humanities, creative arts and science essays.

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Structure of a Paragraph

Each of the five paragraphs in the exposition and each of the five paragraphs in the critique should be composed of three parts, which are described as follows.
  1. Example, e.g. "The astronaut slept in the sleeping bag".
  2. Algorithm, e.g. "The astronaut took the sleeping bag out of it's bag, slept in it, then put it back into it's bag".
  3. Comment, e.g. "This helped him to concentrate on the Space Industry".

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

New Video




The following items are in this video:

1. Ideas - As an exercise, think of two uses, a future use and two types for each object.
2. Breasoning - Think of the x, y, z dimensions and colour of each object.
3. Rebreasoning - Think of the fact that the person and the object in a sentence are connected by a verb (an action) that means they touch.
4. Breathsoning - Think of a reason that the object is good.
5. Rebreathsoning - Think of a reason that the verb (action) is done well.
6. Space - Think of spatial characteristics of the person in relation to the object.
7. Time - Think of temporal characteristics of the person in relation to the object.

See also:

1. Structure of a Paragraph - Think of a reason, its manifestation and a link to the main conclusion.
2. Test Links Using Control of Body, Money and Computers - Think of how the object is controlled by the body, how much the object costs and how the object functions can be used to think of a link between the reason and the main conclusion.
3. Mindmap - Brainstorm or "mind-map" ideas for your essay.
4. Learn how essays are graded, in terms of making distinctions between objects, in:
1. Marking Scheme - Humanities
2. Marking Scheme - Creative Arts and Science - Creative Arts and Science
5. Detailed Reasoning - Each reason in the essay should be checked using this technique for ample marks.
6. Essay Requirements - One may be awarded a certain grade based on the content of the essay.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Market your idea

Think of how to market a product described by your assignment.

Pop music in terms of assignment's ideas

Think of a pop song in terms of the assignment's ideas. Think about the objects you are writing about in terms of the Ideas. Write your ideas in sentences with nouns (objects, see Breasoning), verbs (actions, see Rebreasoning), adjectives (words that describe objects, see Breathsoning), adverbs (words that describe actions, see Rebreathsoning). Test the sentences with Space andTime tests. Then write your essay using the rest of the essay writing techniques in Writing Links between Reasons and Thesis Statements (Main Conclusions) and Essay Requirements. Then, write down music that represents your words well.

Commercialisation

Think of a product that your assignment could describe.

Movie in terms of assignment's ideas

Think of a movie in terms of the assignment's ideas. Think about the objects you are writing about in terms of the Ideas. Write your ideas in sentences with nouns (objects, see Breasoning), verbs (actions, see Rebreasoning), adjectives (words that describe objects, see Breathsoning), adverbs (words that describe actions, see Rebreathsoning). Test the sentences with Space andTime tests. Then write your essay using the rest of the essay writing techniques in Writing Links between Reasons and Thesis Statements (Main Conclusions) and Essay Requirements. Then, write down music that represents your words well.

Building in terms of assignment's ideas

Write down a building's manifest in terms of an assignment's ideas.