TWO SECTIONS
            For students                                 For teachers
            Deconstructing questions                     Starting early
            Planning essays                              Drills/exercises/activities
            Constructing essays
    HOW DO I 
    WRITE AN 
    ESSAY?
    • Start with rubric.
    • Define key terms.
    • Tell us where your essay is 
     heading = have a THESIS!
    • Content, with plenty of 
     examples.
    • Counter-arguments.
    • Where do you land?
    • Link to thesis and arguments in 
     conclusion.
    HOW DO I WRITE AN ESSAY?
    • Deconstruct question.
    • From 2021: ‘The House of Representatives in the Commonwealth Parliament, 
     but these have been compromised in recent years.’ Evaluate this claim with 
     reference to three distinct functions of the House of Representatives. 
    • DON’T RUSH. Spend 30 seconds thinking about what the question is asking you 
     to do, and what it is NOT asking you to do. 
    • E.g. this question is NOT asking about the Senate!
    HOW DO I WRITE AN ESSAY
    • PLAN, PLAN, PLAN!
    • Get into the habit of thinking about what each paragraph will be about when 
     you see a question.
            Definitions         Paragraph 1          Paragraph 2          Paragraph 3
        • Commonwealth       • Representation    •  Legislation       • Responsibility
          Parliament         • Theories of       •  Govt legislation  • Theory of holding 
        • House of             representation       passes House        govt accountable, 
          Representatives    • Opportunities for    easily, e.g.        e.g. Question 
        • Three functions of   delegate             JobKeeper.          Time, committees, 
          parliament, e.g.     representation,   •  HOWEVER: exec       IMR.
          representation,      e.g. PMBs.           dominance;        • HOWEVER: 
          legislation,       • HOWEVER: strong      control of          Dorothy Dixers; 
          forming govt,        party discipline;    Standing Orders;    govt dominated 
          holding govt         exec dominance,      reduced scrutiny;   committees; IMR 
          responsible.         e.g. Religious       few PMBs.           dead, e.g. Joyce, 
        • Compromised          Discrimination Bill. • Rare minority     McKenzie, Tudge, 
        • Recent years (10)                         govts  successful  Dutton.
                                                    PMBs, e.g. 
                                                    Medevac.