Extended Writing in History
Transition Training Session 3
By Author: Christine Counsell. Web Editor: Simon Brown, published 15th March 2011
This is the third of 5 sessions arising from the 2005 KS2-KS3 History Transitions Project:
- Transition training session 1: Historical Enquiries & Interpretations
- Transition training session 2: Using ICT in the teaching of history
- Transition training session 3: Extended writing in history
- Transition training session 4: Joan of Arc - Saint, Witch or Warrior
- Transition training session 5: What makes good primary history?
Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum.
Extended writing in history
Christine Counsell gave out an essay written by a pupil she taught in a year 7 class. She asked the group to read the essay and then discuss it in pairs. The questions to be discussed were:
1. What is good about this piece of writing?
2. What is challenging about it?