Let's look at a VCE English and EAL essay prompt for the novel, We Have Always Lived In The Castle! Castle is one of the most popular VCE texts for Year 12s across Victoria, so much so it feels like every second student is tackling this novel by Shirley Jackson! So let's look at an essay prompt and unpack how students can tackle the question, and highlight some common traps that students might fall into.
Tag: Writing
Looking at a Sunset Boulevard essay prompt
Let's look at a VCE English and EAL essay prompt for the film, Sunset Boulevard! Sunset Boulevard is one of the most popular VCE texts for Year 12s across Victoria, so much so it feels like every second student is tackling this classic film directed by Billy Wilder! So let's look at an essay prompt and unpack how students can tackle the question, and highlight some common traps that students might fall into.
Looking at an Oedipus The King essay prompt
Let's look at a VCE English and EAL essay prompt for Oedipus The King! Oedipus The King is one of the most popular VCE texts for Year 12s across Victoria, so much so it feels like every second student is tackling this Greek tragedy by Sophocles! So let's look at an essay prompt and unpack how students can tackle the question, and highlight some common traps that students might fall into.
The 3 kinds of essay prompts in VCE English/EAL
In VCE English and EAL, there are 3 kinds of essay prompts for text response that examiners use to assess students. Students will need to know what is expected in each of these prompts in order to do well in their Year 11 and Year 12 SACs and exams. The first thing to remember is that these are...
Crafting Texts: Commentary structure
Our Year 11s and Year 12s now have to write a commentary accompanying their Crafting/Creating texts piece, and this is rather different to the old Statement of Intention (SOI) from the Creative SAC from the old study design! While some schools have chosen...
Framework: Personal Journeys
If your school has chosen 'Personal Journeys' as your Framework of Idea, here is what you need to know about it! VCAA describes this ideas as:
Replacing ‘very’ with other words
While 'very' has its place in the English language, try this handy list of words and see if you can use a more descriptive alternative.
Rewriting a Burial Rites creative response
In this video I rewrite a so-so creative response so that it follows Hannah Kent's style more closely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hozrGrZ-mkw&t=3s
Language analysis practice #1!
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 Photo: Greg Newington, from The Sydney Morning Herald
A few tips on preparing for that creative SAC
A few tips on preparing for that creative SAC, using The Thing Around Your Neck, All About Eve and Mabo as example texts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxYa8DyYor8
