Hi,
I'm a year 12 student. I have a crime Extended response next week.
What's the best way to integrate a quote into the response and throughout the response?
What's the best way to get close to full marks?
Hello! One magical word: SIGNPOSTING. If you use certain phrases to introduce your examples, you will sound much more sophisticated. Phrases such as: 'according to....', 'this is evidenced within....', 'such _____ is demonstrated by the...'. I recommend using the phrases from this document:
http://stage6.pbworks.com/f/Legal+Studies.pdfOn page 4, it has a plethora of phrases and terms you can use in your essay to sound more concise and sophisticated!
In order to write an essay that will achieve full marks, you need to sustain your argument through a logical and sustained response. This means you are being clear on what your arguments are straight from the introduction, and proving them through your body paragraphs. By the time the reader reads your conclusion, they should be able to think "This person has proved their point.". Make sure you are consistently putting your argument forward in not only the topic sentence and concluding sentence of each body paragraph, but weaving it through your analysis of LCMID and reference to fundamental legal principles (Rule of law, presumption of innocence etc.).
A way to effectively analyse your LCMID is using the criteria (I first saw this in the Year 11 syllabus, but each school might have different ways of remembering it?); resource efficiency, enforceability, accessibility, etc. After each analysis, link it back to your argument with phrases such as 'thus, hence, consequently.'
In terms of your actual arguments, make sure you are engaging with contrasting perspectives. This ensures you have balance in your response. Even if you might wholly lean to one side of an argument, you can still acknowledge opposing ideas but then go about by disproving/overruling them. Phrases like 'contrastingly, although, on the contrary,' are my favourite!
I hope this helped! I'm sure you'll do great on your assessment - good luck!