Year 11 · NSW Stage 6 · Extended response writing
Four lessons, one extended response
Learn to unpack a question, build a thesis, write paragraphs that analyse, and conclude decisively — using one supplied case study, so no prior knowledge is needed.
To what extent was Nero responsible for the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64?
Hubert Robert, The Fire of Rome, 1785 (detail). Public domain.
Lesson 1
Unpack the Question
Directive, key terms and scope · what “to what extent” demands · the evidence sort
Lesson 2
Thesis and Introduction
Weighing the ancient writers · the thesis ladder · a four-move introduction
Lesson 3
Body Paragraphs That Analyse
PEAL · “This Does That” · embedding evidence · reporting verbs
Lesson 4
Conclude, Write, Check
The conclusion · a 25-minute timed write · self- and peer-assessment
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