Breaking the task of writing an assignment down into smaller more manageable tasks makes writing assignments less daunting and more approachable. Here are some suggestions for how you might start to break down the tasks.<\/p>\n
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1. Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.1 Set aside some time to read and analyse the assignment instructions and make sure you\u2019ve fully understood the question.<\/p>\n 1.2 Think about how you will answer the question, for instance write out your thesis statement<\/a> for essays<\/a>. the answer might change as you read more. But it helps you approach the topic if you have an answer in mind.<\/p>\n 1.3 Write a plan<\/a> \u2013 write a sentence or two indicating the topic of each paragraph<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Research<\/strong><\/p>\n 2.1 Read<\/a> and make notes<\/a> on the relevant study materials.<\/p>\n 2.2 Search for appropriate academic sources<\/a>. The Discover database<\/a> is a great place to start.<\/p>\n 2.3. Read<\/a> and make notes<\/a> on relevant books.<\/p>\n 2.4. Read<\/a> and make notes<\/a> on relevant journal articles.<\/p>\n 2.5. Revise your thesis statement<\/a> and\/or plan<\/a> in light of your reading.<\/p>\n 2.6. Organise your notes<\/a> to support your plan\/argument.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a03. <\/strong>Write<\/strong><\/p>\n 3.1. Write a first draft<\/p>\n 3.2. Do further reading<\/a> if necessary.<\/p>\n 3.3. Revise your draft.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. Review and revise<\/strong><\/p>\n 4.1. Get a fresh pair of eyes and advice on how to improve your draft by booking an appointment with a Learning Consultant<\/a> or submitting a draft to the assignment pre-reading service<\/a><\/p>\n 4.2. Revise your draft<\/p>\n 4.3. Submit your assignment<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For further help see:<\/p>\n Breaking the task of writing an assignment down into smaller more manageable tasks makes writing assignments less daunting and more approachable. Here are some suggestions for how you might start to break down the tasks. 1. Plan 1.1 Set aside some time to read and analyse the assignment instructions and make sure you\u2019ve fully […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4,11,7,9,13,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-albany","category-distance-study","category-first-year","category-internal-study","category-manawatu","category-postgraduate-study","category-wellington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n