Processes and maps
A reliable method for process diagrams and maps: the overview, sequencing, the passive, and the language of location and change, with two model answers and timed practice.
60 min
Module 3 · Lesson 6 of 7
In this lesson
- Identify the kind of process you are given and write an overview that names the stages, the start and the end
- Move a reader through a process with varied sequencing language and accurate passive and active verbs
- Describe where things are on a map and how they changed, using precise language of location and change
- Choose the right tenses for any pair of maps and group the changes into two clear detail paragraphs
- Write a complete process answer and a complete map answer in about 20 minutes each
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Inside this lesson
- Processes: first, work out what kind you have
- A five-step method for process diagrams
- Introducing a process and writing the overview
- Sequencing: moving the reader from stage to stage
- The passive: the grammar of man-made processes
- Worked example: from plastic bottles to yarn
- Your turn: write a process answer
- Maps: what changed, and where
- The language of location
- The language of change
- Tenses for maps: let the dates decide
- Worked example: Brackford, 1990 and today
- Another kind of map: comparing possible sites
- Your turn: write a map answer
- Check your understanding