Cp5 Study Skills

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CP5: Sources of Information Task 1 2.1: Explain the different stages involved in planning a piece of writing or project. “There are many different ways of planning a piece of writing, project or an assignment. But it will require time, effort and thought. By planning you are able to cover what you want to write and how you would like it to look. If you decide not to plan you could find that you use non-relevant material or that the piece of work becomes confusing”. (CACHE Level 3 Childcare Extended Diploma Book, Maureen Smith) For your work to be successful you need to know what a good piece of writing looks like. It is important that you think about the following points: * It answers the question * It is interesting * It shows hard work and understanding of the subject * It gives evidence that I have read about the topic * It is well structured * It includes references * Good standard of spelling and grammar A piece of writing could include an essay, report, case study or child observations. The purpose of each activity is different and you will find that you may need slightly different skills. When set an assessment task you will have to decide what the requirements are so that your work is successful. You need to make sure that you: * Analyse what is required * Check out the main task words that state what you are asked to do. For example, ‘analyse, evaluate’. * Checking out what the content word actually mean. For example, is the information you need to get required about all ages development or focusing on a particular age. * Narrowing content requirements * Deciding on how many different issues or ideas you need to use * Taking into account technical requirements and guidelines such as word limit. It is also important to decide how you are going to go about the task that you have been

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