USING THE P.E.E.L PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
Using the P.E.E.L Paragraph structure can help you sequence and organise your ideas.
It can help eliminate irrelevant information and can be used to check that the question has been answered within every paragraph.
WHAT IS P.E.E.L?
It can help eliminate irrelevant information and can be used to check that the question has been answered within every paragraph.
WHAT IS P.E.E.L?
- P- POINT= Make your point for that paragraph.
- E- EVIDENCE= Back it up. Support your point with evidence and examples (e.g. artworks, quotes)
- E- EXPLANATION= Here you explain how the evidence supports your point. (This can include breaking down the meaning of a quote/ artwork etc.).
- L- LINK= Link this point to the next point in the following paragraph.
HOW CAN IT HELP?
Firstly, try to use this structure as a guide to make sure you include these four things in each paragraph. To check that you have, use different coloured highlighters and highlight where you have:
- Made a POINT
- Provided EVIDENCE
- EXPLAINED the evidence and how it supports your POINT
- Made a LINK to the next POINT in the next paragraph.
If you do not have four colours in your paragraph then you have missed something so make the necessary changes.
This activity forces you to consider what you are trying to say and helps you to achieve it.
- Made a POINT
- Provided EVIDENCE
- EXPLAINED the evidence and how it supports your POINT
- Made a LINK to the next POINT in the next paragraph.
If you do not have four colours in your paragraph then you have missed something so make the necessary changes.
This activity forces you to consider what you are trying to say and helps you to achieve it.
Created by N. Usher for Gilroy Catholic College, 2014.