If you struggle with argument analysis, here's the easiest way to improve your essay with the least amount of effort:
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How to analyse the visual in Argument Analysis
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?
Audience in Argument Analysis?
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...
The BIGGEST mistake in Argument Analysis
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...
What are the 4 purposes of writing the Crafting/Creating Texts SAC?
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
2024 VCE English/EAL Persuasive oral topics
Persuasive oral season for VCE Year 11s and 12s is coming up! If you are studying VCE English/EAL, the persuasive speech is something you HAVE to do in both Year 11 and Year 12. Remember you have to choose a topic that has been...
How to tackle an ability roadblock
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
How to tackle a mental roadblock in your student
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
My teen is not improving!
You've spent weeks with your Year 12 or Year 11, trying to teach them TEEL, modelling topic sentences, modelling how to paraphrase quotes, but they're getting nowhere! It's so frustrating when our teens just don't seem to get it, but let's stay in control of our emotions! Let's approach the this roadblock calmly and rationally... Diagnose… Continue reading My teen is not improving!
Try these verbs instead of ‘attack’
Try these verbs for stronger argument analysis! How can a student write a good argument analysis essay? Analysing the article using great vocabulary! How can an English tutor or parent help their student write great argument analysis essays? At TSE Tuition, we like to focus on the verb. For a VCE Year 11 or VCE… Continue reading Try these verbs instead of ‘attack’
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