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.
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.
SAMPLE PARAGRAPH
A group of artists that have explored the necessity of the gallery space are the Guerrilla Girls, a group of anonymous artists, working in the post-feminist movement era. They challenged the idea of what could be displayed in a gallery, what was a worthy subject matter and whether only what is displayed in a gallery can be considered art. In their work Do Women Have to Get Naked to Get Into the Met Museum, 1989, they recreated Ingres’ Odalisque, putting the hallmark Guerrilla Girls gorilla mask over her head and in bold font wrote, “5% of artists in the modern art gallery section are women, but 85% of the nudes are female”. Their work was rejected by the gallery, but rather than giving up, the Guerrilla Girls rented out an advertising space and displayed their work to the public. This action challenged the authority of the gallery, it proved that a museum was not a necessity, that artists have other means of conveying their message and that through this; their audience can multiply ten fold. The rejection of their work from a gallery further reinforced their point, they explored the idea of them being bias in the art world, and by putting their work on display in a public place, they proved that art could be nude and seen by anyone, regardless of gender, race or class. The Guerrilla Girls are a strong example of artists proving that galleries are not essential in displaying works to an audience, and an audience does not have to be visitors in a museum. (Written by K. Phan, Year 10 2012).
(POINT/ EVIDENCE/ EXPLANATION/ LINK)
(POINT/ EVIDENCE/ EXPLANATION/ LINK)
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.