Year 12 News

Well done on making it to the halfway point of term! A special thank you to our Wellbeing Officers, Hamish and Cass Roberts for preparing a pancake breakfast that was enjoyed by our Year 12 students last Friday.

A big thank you to James Craig who ran a session for our VCE students on how to prepare to be “better than average” in their VCE English Exam and create “surprises and wake the examiners up”. This was a fantastic presentation for the students. James has summarised for us some key strategies for preparing for your exam: 

• Read and know the book. 
• There are no surprises in exams – check past exams as much as possible.
• Plan a lot and in detail to avoid surprises.
• Write a little bit and often. 
• Answer the question but never fully agree or disagree with the prompt.
• Use different evidence to other students - stop googling “station eleven good quotes”.
• Expand your evidence – metalanguage, structure, symbols, characters arcs and setting eg: “evident in wearing Annette’s scarf”. 
• Clarity is the first principal – don’t get lost in the wordiness – use the most accurate word. 
• The “Miranda” rule – don’t shy aware from the complicated characters. Write about Miranda. 
• Remember the audience 
• Reference the audience constantly 
• Enlarge your emotional vocabulary – more than happy, sad, angry, surprised, fear and disgust. 
• Ask yourself what is the text type. 
• Write longer essays – aim for 4 body paragraphs. 
• Use your teachers for assistance – book 1-1 meetings when you can.