Do you neeeeeeeeed to talk about the visual in your argument analysis? YES! VCAA has made it very clear that analysis of the visual component in the text is very, very important! In order to do well in this AOS, students must analyse it as part of their analysis. So where should you write about it?
The Argument Analysis essay task hasn't really changed in VCAA's new study design for VCE English and VCE EAL, but the performance descriptors is a little different! You still need to read (and now, watch or listen) to a persuasive text, then analyse them for their arguments and mechanics of persuasion. What HAS changed is that in the new performance descriptors, there is now...
One of the biggest mistakes students make in the VCE Argument Analysis essay is to start a body paragraph with a persuasive device / persuasive technique / language feature. Students often forget that authors and speakers use persuasive techniques in service of an argument. Persuasive techniques do not...
Let's talk about the 4 purposes that VCAA has set for our Year 11s and Year 12s! For the Creating/Crafting Texts SAC, VCAA has give our VCE students four options to choose from, and they are: to argue, reflect, express, and explain The rule is that you MUST choose at least
The VCE English exam is probably one of the toughest exams out of all the VCE subject exams. Split into 3 essays, it is a HUGE 3 hours! If you have a teen who is doing VCE English 3/4 (aka Year 12 English) in 2022 or 2023, here's the breakdown of Section C of the dreaded exam.
Is your teen sitting the selective school exam? Are they aiming get into Nossal, Macrob, Melbourne High, or Suzanne Corey? Perhaps your teen is working towards the SEAL or ALPHA (or other accelerated high school) program? Are they worried about the creative writing component?
The VCE English exam is probably one of the toughest exams out of all the VCE subject exams. Split into 3 essays, it is a HUGE 3 hours! If you have a teen who is doing VCE English 3/4 (aka Year 12 English) in 2022 or 2023, here's the breakdown of Section B of the dreaded exam.
The VCE English exam is probably one of the toughest exams out of all the VCE subject exams. Split into 3 essays, it is a huge 3 hours! If you have a teen who is doing VCE English 3/4 (aka Year 12 English) in 2022 or 2023, here's the breakdown of the dreaded exam.
So you've figured out that there are gaps in your student's content knowledge or skill base. What do you do now? Differentiating between a mental roadblock and an ability roadblockread the previous post First, you'll need to determine if it is a matter of content knowledge or a matter of skill and practice. Knowledge is whether… Continue reading How to tackle an ability roadblock
So you've figured out that your VCE English student is struggling with a mental roadblock - now is the time to tackle it! Is it a mental roadblock or a skills roadblock? read the previous post! What are they feeling? Are they overwhelmed by the scale of the task? Do they feel lost with what… Continue reading How to tackle a mental roadblock in your student
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