Identify a definition strategy
Use the supplied strategy and explain what it clarifies. Identify any boundary the definition leaves open.
About 22 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 1Definitions and Assumptions in Extended Essays
Apply identify a definition strategy, identify a hidden assumption, recognize an essay development pattern, interpret an ambiguity using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin
- Distinguish premises, conclusions and source attribution.
Choose by skill rather than age alone. Read with an adult when useful, revisit a lesson, or explore another grade.
Follow the lesson sequence
Identify a hidden assumption
Trace the stated inference and identify the condition required by the supplied case. Explain what changes if it fails.
About 22 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 2Recognize an essay development pattern
Identify the supplied pattern and its organizing rule. Evaluate whether details actually serve it.
About 22 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 3Interpret an ambiguity
Use the stated competing readings. Revise only the ambiguous element while preserving the established information.
About 22 minutes, plus any extended practice
Open lesson 4Review and transfer
After the lessons, try 4 new review cases and a practical task. Each answer has an explanation and a link back to the related lesson.
Open the unit reviewGuest answers are temporary. Keep your own paper or document; this unit does not certify completion or record a school grade.
Topic references
- Common Core State Standards ELA topic references; not certified alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4 — Definitions and Assumptions in Extended Essays
- Common Core State Standards ELA topic references; not certified alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.5 — Definitions and Assumptions in Extended Essays
- Common Core State Standards ELA topic references; not certified alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6 — Definitions and Assumptions in Extended Essays
These references informed the topic selection. They do not certify complete standards alignment.