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An idea for using RAG marking

Having successfully used a ‘starter for 10’ peer-assessment scheme to boost essay-writing skills, Tim Matthews decided to combine it with the popular RAG marking approach

As a PE teacher of many years one area that I have traditionally struggled with was supporting students to be able to write high-quality extended essays for the A2 exam paper.

I always seemed to struggle with the ability to help students write concisely, using technical language and actually answer the question that was posed rather than the question they wish had been posed!

When I moved to my most recent school I was asked to support the writing of the extended essay element of the exam paper as part of an intervention process in the run up to the final exam. They had covered the content but lacked the skills to be able to use this content to produce high-quality, scoring essays.

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