Scaffolded discussion paragraph structure - GCSE Religious Studies

This is a simple scaffolded paragraph structure to help students write discuss/evaluate questions for GCSE Religious Studies. The sheet includes prompts to help students ensure that paragraphs include evidence, counter-argument and evaluation .

The sheet also has an unstructured side, so that students who feel more confident can write their answer without the prompts.

Note that this is just a structure for one paragraph rather than a whole essay as in lessons I’m finding it easier to get students to plan the whole essay, but just write up one paragraph. You could just adapt the sheet if you want to use it for a whole essay.

PS: If it’s not clear, you need to print the sheet double sided, then cut each sheet in half!