Kōkiri Learn

Week 2 of 5

Research and techniques with a reason

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Session 1 · AUTHOR: Techniques

Research

  1. 10 minTrustworthy sources: who wrote it, when, why?
  2. 30 minFind evidence for three reasons: a fact, a statistic or graph, and an expert or personal account.
  3. 10 minRecord each source properly.

Session 2 · AUTHOR: Techniques

Choose techniques deliberately

  1. 15 minModal language: 'likely', 'more convincing', 'less reliable'.
  2. 25 minDraft two paragraphs, labelling why each technique suits this audience.
  3. 10 minPartner challenge: justify one choice.

Getting started

Use a research grid with one source per reason.

Stretch

Turn a data source into a simple graph for your piece.

Checkpoint

Three reasons, each with recorded evidence.

Activities for this week