Identifying features of an essay for writing about early Islamic civilisation

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Researching early Islamic civilisation

Plan and write the introduction of an essay about early Islamic civilisation

Planning and writing section one of an essay about early Islamic civilisation

Planning and writing section two of an essay about early Islamic civilisation

Planning and writing the conclusion of an essay about early Islamic civilisation

Presenting our knowledge related to early Islamic civilisation

In this unit, pupils learn to further finesse the skills of persuasive and credible essay writing.

In 'Polar Regions: Essay Writing', pupils learnt techniques to develop the strength of their argument throughout an essay. In this unit, pupils will learn to further finesse the skills of persuasive and credible essay writing.

In this unit, pupils research the Abbasid dynasty of early Islamic civilisation and why it is referred to by historians as a 'Golden Age'. They organise their knowledge into a clear essay structure with an introduction, paragraphs and a conclusion. They then write an essay that aims to inform.

Early Islamic civilisation: essay writing

a piece of writing that explores arguments on a topic

a reasoned way of presenting a specific issue or idea

the language structures that are used within a text

The __________ is the first paragraph that states the argument and introduces the topics to be explored.

The __________ contain paragraphs of information related to a particular topic and surrounding arguments.

The __________ is the last paragraph that summarises the information from the text and restates the argument.

Put the parts of an essay in the correct order.

Select the layout features found in essays.

Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'Essays are types of __________ text.'

Which of these definitions describes the **purpose** of a text?

Which of these definitions describes the **audience** of a text?

Which of these definitions describes the **layout** of a text?

a group of words that always contains a verb.

a collection of sentences grouped together by theme.

Starter Quiz

Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'Essays are types of __________ text.'