Tag: VCE English

Argument analysis

Try these verbs instead of ‘attack’

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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 Year 12 student to score well in this task, they MUST be able to clearly articulate what the author is doing in terms of the argument.

Remember that ‘analyse’ is a verb, which means that where this happens in the sentence is in… the verb! If your student is constantly writing ‘the author argues that’, then it’s time to break out some word banks (like the one above) and get them to try different analytical verbs!

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Argument analysis

Try these verbs instead of ‘support’

Shirlaine
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 Year 12 student to score well in this task, they MUST be able to clearly articulate what the author is doing in terms of the argument.

Remember that ‘analyse’ is a verb, which means that where this happens in the sentence is in… the verb! If your student is constantly writing ‘the author argues that’, then it’s time to break out some word banks (like the one above) and get them to try different analytical verbs!

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Argument analysis

Try these verbs instead of ‘quotes’

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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 Year 12 student to score well in this task, they MUST be able to clearly articulate what the author is doing in terms of the argument.

Remember that ‘analyse’ is a verb, which means that where this happens in the sentence is in… the verb! If your student is constantly writing ‘the author argues that’, then it’s time to break out some word banks (like the one above) and get them to try different analytical verbs!

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Essay Writing, VCE English

What is an essay and how can we help our teens?

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It’s been years since I’ve even thought about an essay. How can I help my teen write good VCE English essays?

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We know that VCE English is important, we know that essay writing is really important to VCE English, but what can we do to help our teen?

First, it’s helpful to know what an essay IS:

In a high school English subject, an essay is a sustained piece of writing that demonstrates the student’s interpretation of a text. But what does this mean?!

If you’re not an English teacher, you’re probably asking, huh? 

Let’s break down some of these terms, or ‘metalanguage’:

‘sustained piece of writing‘ – writing that states the student’s opinion, provides evidence that supports it and explains how the opinion is proven through the offered evidence. 

‘student’s interpretation‘ – the student’s educated opinion 

‘text‘ – any piece of communication, including all media (eg written, drawn, filmed, etc) 

Ta-da! I hope that was helpful!

Now that you know what an English essay is, what are English teachers looking for specifically?

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Essay Writing, VCE English

What are teachers looking for in a high school or VCE English essay?

Shirlaine

I like to summarise it as the following three things:

  1. an interpretation of the text
  2. depth of understanding of themes, motifs and symbols
  3. textual evidence to support all the above

Of course there are lots of other things teachers look for in a high school or VCE English essay. However, I think these are the biggest, most important things that teachers are assessing when they are marking a VCE SAC.

So what does this mean in reality? What specific things can we point out to our students or teens when we are tutoring them? I outline this in helpful dot points in our newsletter here. Click on the ‘Has it been years since you’ve written an essay?’ edition!

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Argument analysis

Try these verbs instead of ‘argue’

Shirlaine
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 Year 12 student to score well in this task, they MUST be able to clearly articulate what the author is doing in terms of the argument.

Remember that ‘analyse’ is a verb, which means that where this happens in the sentence is in… the verb! If your student is constantly writing ‘the author argues that’, then it’s time to break out some word banks (like the one above) and get them to try different analytical verbs!

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Creative writing, VCE EAL, VCE English

Rewriting a Burial Rites creative response

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In this video I rewrite a so-so creative response so that it follows Hannah Kent’s style more closely.

Argument analysis, VCE EAL, VCE English

Language analysis practice #1!

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Can you find the main arguments in the below article?

GP rebate: What I do for the $37.05 that no one wants to pay

GPs save Medicare money by keeping people out of hospital.

Photo: Greg Newington, from The Sydney Morning Herald

Comparative essay, Essay Writing, VCE EAL, VCE English

So you’re studying multi-modal texts?

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