1201QBT ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

** Your Essay Plan must be presented to your tutor in class WEEK 6 for marking**

STUDENT NAME: _________________ STUDENT ID: ______________

CLASS: __________

ESSAY PLAN

(1 TO 5 MARKS WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR THIS PLAN AS PART OF YOUR OVERALL

ESSAY MARK. SEEESSAY CRITERIA SHEET FOR DETAILS)

Reminders:

Please note that not all your essay is included in the plan. There is no need to include
background sentences or all your explanations and examples. These will be written when you
begin drafting.

Write your argument statement after planning the topic and position of your body paragraphs.

When writing the argument statement, remember to address all key words of the essay topic.

The argument statement should outline the topics discussed in body paragraphs, in the order
they occur in the essay.

Every Body Paragraph must include at least 2 claims from 2 different sources to support the
position of that paragraph.

Accurate referencing is important. Use a referencing guide or visit Griffith Library Website >
Workshops & Training > Self-Help Resources > Referencing > Referencing Tool.

Any student who colludes or plagiarises will receive zero marks for their essay plan.

Introduction
Argument statement
The position that will be argued on the
topic (use content key words) and the
main points, in the order they will be
discussed in the essay.

In this essay it is argued that Students in unversity give the

negative treatment learning, plagiarism has become a common
phenomenon.

The argument statement identifies how

you are going to answer the essay topic.

Body paragraph 1
Topic sentence
Contains the topic and position of this
paragraph.
1

Claim 1. (Support from the literature:

paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.
Claim 2. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.
Claim 3. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.

Body paragraph 2
Topic sentence
Contains the topic and position of this
paragraph.
Claim 1. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.
Claim 2. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.
Claim 3. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.

Body paragraph 3 (your essay may have 3 or 4 Body Paragraphs)

Topic sentence
Contains the topic and position of this
paragraph.
Claim 1. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.
Claim 2. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.
Claim 3. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.

Body paragraph 4
Topic sentence
Contains the topic and position of this
paragraph.

1201QBT ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Claim 1. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.
Claim 2. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.
Claim 3. (Support from the literature:
paraphrase or quote)
Include citation.

Conclusion
Summary of main points made in essay

Referencing Information (5 reputable sources required)

Write information in the space provided below about the books, journal articles or websites (known as
sources) which you have used to develop your argument. Note that for the 1201QBT essay ONLY
JOURNAL ARTCLES and BOOKS may be used.
Source 1: Required reading (the source provided for you):
Author/s:
Year of publication:
Title of book or article
Publication details:
(book: publisher name, place of publication);
(journal article: journal name, volume, issue
number, page numbers, doi);

Source 2
Author/s:
Year of publication:
Title of book or article:
Publication details:
(book: publisher name, place of publication);
(journal article: journal name, volume, issue
number, page numbers, doi);

Source 3
3

Author/s:
Year of publication:
Title of book or article
Publication details:
(book: publisher name, place of publication);
(journal article: journal name, volume, issue
number, page numbers, doi);

Source 4
Author/s:
Year of publication:
Title of book or article
Publication details:
(book: publisher name, place of publication);
(journal article: journal name, volume, issue
number, page numbers, doi);

Source 5
Author/s:
Year of publication:
Title of book or article
Publication details:
(book: publisher name, place of publication);
(journal article: journal name, volume, issue
number, page numbers, doi);