Biology extended response sections exist; these are where there are long paragraphs to write about a process… and hopefully you don’t want to fail; so here are some “hints” given by our teacher.

Keywords

Utilise keywords to make sure you directly answer the language Correct scientific language is necessary to get marks Plan answer by writing a list of key ideas and languages and sort them

• Make it factual; don’t make your extended responses interesting; the teacher has to mark it based on facts no matter how boring it is

Define keywords if necessary Analyse the verbs in the question and directly answer it

e.g. Compare: talking about similarities and differences

Diagrams!!

Other

Do NOT use an introduction or conclusion Can use dot points (but they have to be elaborated)

• Tables can also be used; if they are elaborated

A 10 mark questions should take no longer than 12-15 minutes (maximum)

Hopefully you won’t fail… the protein synthesis CAT is mean :(