Your 1500 - 2000 word assignment can at first seem intimidating.
But take heart it is really just a series of paragraphs! (Your assignment
topic can be found on the main page for that subject)
The key is to break the big task down into lots of smaller tasks, each of
which is easy. The way we do this is by coming up with an assignment
outline.
Your 2000 words can be broken up as follows:
200 words introduction
200 words conclusion
and 1600 words in-between - which is about ten 160 word sections.
(160 words is about one quarter of a page of single spaced type)
So say your topic is the LMJ assignment: "Discuss any five of the
main stages in the life and ministry of Jesus." (e.g. His baptism, death,
ascension etc.) we can divide it into Introduction, Conclusion, and ten
160 word sections - that is two sections on each of the five stages.
So now our outline looks like this:
Introduction - 200 words
Incarnation - 2 sections
Baptism - 2 sections
Healing ministry - 2 sections
Death - 2 sections
Resurrection - 2 sections
Conclusion - 200 words
If we want we can break it down even further with the sections broken down
to short 80 word paragraphs:
Introduction - 200 words
Incarnation - humanity, divinity, humility, as a servant (80 words each)
Baptism - in water, in the Spirit, model for Christians, identification with
sinners (80 words each)
Healing ministry - reason for, driven by compassion, Jesus as healer, wholeness
as salvation (80 words each)
Death - significance for Jesus, significance for us, significance for the
Jews, significance for the Old Covenant (80 words each)
Resurrection - events, declaration as son of God, rising to new life, in light
of Cor 15, (80 words each)
Conclusion - 200 words
First do a little bit of research so you come up with a good outline.Then
only research enough to write that paragraph - eg you only need to write 80
words on the humanity of Jesus in the incarnation. So don't spend a whole
day stuck on that one point! Eighty words is only about about five sentences
- which you can find in any standard theology text.
Go point by point, one step at a time, research- then write, then move to
the next point.
Write the introduction last.
Then add the references. AIBI prefers the Harvard referencing system which
can be found online at http://www.tvu.ac.uk/lrs/guides/harvard.html
Please not that this is an external reference site and thus not part of
the AIBI.
Don't forget to put your name, contact details, subject and the topic of
the assignment on the front page and to upload it to the relevant drop-box
in the Interaction Center
How
To Do Your 1500 - 2000 Word Assignment