Step Two: Write The only way to get better at writing is to write. Preparatory writing for HSC English falls into four main categories: notes, personal responses, analytical responses, creative responses. a. Notes. This includes annotations and notes on your texts (this should, ideally, be done during the second reading), summaries of chapters, poems, acts [...]
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New Year, New You: Part 2
Posted in HSC English, tagged AoS, Area of Study, belonging, conflicting perspectives, creative writing, essay, exams, Frankenstein, history and memory, HSC, Mary, Module C, teaching, texts, writing on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Commitment and the HSC
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged exams, HSC, study, teaching on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tackling the HSC requires, above all, commitment. That is why I am making a renewed commitment to this blog. As of this week this blog will be updated every Tuesday and Friday. The focus will be on strategies and ideas for HSC Advanced English as well as general study and exam tips. As I move [...]
Look, Click, Reflect
Posted in HSC English, tagged history and memory, HSC, Module C, nonfiction, reading, Smithsonian, teaching, viewing, website on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Module C: The Smithsonian September 11 Website The subtitle, “Bearing Witness to History” is interesting. It suggests, to me, that History is like a trial, where the facts need to be presented in evidence. It also suggests that History is something to be argued over and fought for; perhaps that historians are adversarial.This site certainly [...]
Tips for Writing the AoS Response
Posted in HSC English, tagged AoS, Area of Study, assessment, belonging, Emily Dickinson, essay, exams, James Joyce, language, Literature, teaching on December 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Area of Study Response, also known as Section 3 of Paper 1, is a particularly strange type of essay. In it, you are asked to synthesise ideas from a range of texts with your own personal response, addressing a specific question or statement, under an umbrella concept: Belonging. It’s not an easy thing to [...]
Fun with Words
Posted in Random, Reading, tagged English literature, fun, language, quotes, Shakespeare, teaching, vocabulary, wordle on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A colleague of mine recently mentioned that, in the race to meet a billion outcomes, we had perhaps lost some of our love of and fun with language. One of my teaching resolutions for 2009 is to spend more time on activities that inspire a love of our crazy language. Here’s an interesting start: This [...]
The End is Nigh
Posted in HSC English, Reading, Teaching, tagged assessment, reading, reporting, study, teaching on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The end of the semester is upon us. Now that assessment and reporting time is just about over we have a week to create and reflect. Both the year 9s and the 7s will be working on creative projects for peer assessment. When the report arrives, if you’re wondering what to do better next time, [...]
