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VCE English Period Zero

When: Period 0 - 8am – 9am

Where: C5 / The Learning Centre

Bring: Your text, notes, and any writing you want feedback on

 

Want to feel more confident about your writing?

Need help making your essays sound more VCE-level?

This is your space.

 

These optional morning sessions are designed to help you improve the skills that move your marks.

WHAT WE’LL FOCUS ON

Essay Writing Skills

  • Turning ideas into clear, analytical paragraphs
  • Writing stronger evidence + explanation
  • Moving from retelling - interpreting
  • Developing more sophisticated language and sentence control

Using Quotes Effectively

  • How to select the right quotes (not just any quote)
  • Breaking quotes into chunks and embedding them smoothly
  • Linking quotes clearly to themes and author intention

 

Theme Analysis

  • Understanding what themes really mean in the text
  • Connecting events - ideas - author message
  • Explaining why the author presents ideas in certain ways
  • Writing about themes in a way that feels insightful, not obvious

Extra feedback from the VCE English team

This is your chance to:

  • Get feedback on practice paragraphs or essays
  • Ask questions you didn’t want to ask in class
  • Check if your analysis is “on the right track”

More teachers = more perspectives = better writing.

 

 

WHO SHOULD COME?

Students who want to improve their essay writing

Students unsure how to analyse deeply

Students wanting extra feedback before SACs

Students aiming for higher study scores

 

You don’t need to be “struggling” — this is for anyone who wants to level up.