Essays

• You should aim to include 4 to 6 topics across the syllabus in your essay answer.
• PLAN: go straight to the back of the exam paper and decide which essay question to do. Then complete the paper as normal, writing down ideas of what to include in the essay as you go along.
• Struggling with AO2? - what would happen if that process/molecule didn't exist?
• 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙐𝘾𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀:

  NO INTRO

  AO1: the content - describing/explaining the concept/process of the paragraph

  AO2: how it is important - application of knowledge e.g. the importance of mitosis is linked to clonal expansion in immunity

  NO CONCLUSION

  
  

  AO1/AO2 split 50/50
• You must include a whole paragraph on beyond the spec information.
• 𝘽𝙀𝙔𝙊𝙉𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙋𝙀𝘾:

  1. old specification topics e.g. cholera (<- !)
  2. genetic or infectious diseases
  3. CRISPR genetic engineering technology