Archive for the 'study_tips' Category

2008 Examiners Report

April 4, 2009

The report from the examiners who marked last  year’s paper went online yesterday and should be considered essential reading for VCE students.  It’s particularly interesting this year because last year was the first of the new course and just how the context, for example, would exactly look, was a bit unknown.
The examiner’s report goes through [...]

Encountering Conflict Practice Prompts

March 24, 2009

Through the year if we find any interesting prompts or essay questions we’ll post them year for you to use as practice writing. Here’s two on the ‘Encountering Conflict’ context that one school recently used for its Unit 3 SAC.
Choose ONE of the following two prompts to write a Creating and Presenting essay. You may [...]

Are you ready yet?

January 25, 2009

Well I think I  have all the essential to begin. My context books, in this case the books from ‘Encountering Conflict’, my group 1 books (1984 and Look Both Ways) And of course my trusty EnglishBook. Yes, I’ ready.
Are you?

Getting Organised

January 19, 2009

Okay, well it’s been a great summer, or more truthfully a little on the cool side so far, and you’ve had a great holiday. Year 11 seems light years ago. Now it’s time to think about 2009 and getting organised for starting Year 12 in earnest next week.
By now you should have read all your [...]

Exam Revision Tips

October 14, 2008

It may not exactly be the text or context you’re studying, but there’s still plenty of great tips in this revision slideshow from Victorian teacher SoulCradler as seen on Slideshare.net
VCE Examination Tips For Students
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Why do it alone? Form a study group

July 9, 2008

WIth Term 3 about to commence, and that being the very last full term of your school life, you might like to begin considering how best to revise and consolidate what you’ve learned in English this year.
Sure, there’s a fair bit of work before study really begins, and two important SACs, but being prepared is [...]

120

July 3, 2008

My big book of numbers says it’s 120 days to the English exam today!