Religious Studies

Assessment

Throughout the course you will have regular opportunities to develop your essay writing skills ready for your final exams at the end of Year 13. There are 2 essay styles which you will learn - AO1 and AO2. AO1 essays are interested in your knowledge of a topic and AO2 essays are interested in your opinion about a topic and how you evaluate the views of other scholars surrounding this topic. At the end of the 2 year course you will learn about ‘Dialogue’ essays which are worth 25 marks. These are nothing to worry about! They are asking you to combine the skills you will already have developed writing AO1 and AO2 essays into a longer piece which covers both the knowledge you have learnt and your views about a topic. Your essays in Religious Studies will be longer and more complex essays than you have previously written at GCSE, but don’t worry - you will be supported to learn and develop the skills needed to be successful at writing these.