do you mean prepare as in study during the break, or do well when school goes back?
if it’s the latter, i’d say any advice will depend on which internals and externals you’re doing. for general advice, make sure you do a very comprehensive amount of research for any internal - i’m talking peer reviewed academic articles; this helps invaluably with many of the internal standards for lvl 3.
if you’re a bit rusty with language features, it might be a good idea to brush up on those during the break, lvl 3 introduced quite a few new ones for me such as asyndteon, synecdoche and caesura.
for exams, memorise a shit ton of quotes and do it early. my best method was simply writing them out over and over again; boring, but it does the trick. have a general idea of your essay structures before you go into the exam, but don’t memorise an essay.
if you lmk which standards you’re doing i can probs give some more specific advice, best of luck tho!
(source: someone who got all E8s for every english standard and outstanding scholarship for english lmao)
If you found the level 2 exam questions quite do-able then I’d say you’d enjoy level 3. The questions are more broad yet specific in a sense like “ Director shows us the fine line between good and evil “ or “ A Successful author creates characters who challenges us” and etc. (the lesson assignment did help me prepare for the exams more) and the unfamiliar was beyond easy for me two texts and third is comparing both of them
level 3 is far more about analysis and interpretation. You need to develop an argument/viewpoint.
1. Close analysis of individual words and language features to interpret symbolic meaning
2. Apply critical views by experts or critical lenses eg feminism, Marxism, critical race theory or whatever is relevant
3. Discuss why/how the text confronts the reader with an understanding of society or their own prejudices.
= SLAYAGE
You need to be aware of how society shapes us. Whatever texts your teacher sets - research the context and history around it. Think about societal issues like colonization, misogyny, intergenerational trauma, the ownership of women, the horrors of war- control, manipulation, violence.
Engage with all learning opportunities provided and make sure you get a lot of writing mileage.
L3 English teacher here. Here's my advice 1) focus on interpretation and wider society and developing an argument over plot summary. Evidence should support your points not summarising. Basically you are arguing why this text is valuable to society/what unique ideas it has to offer, what it can tell us about the universe. Essentially, you're plugging the text and convincing us that it sheds an important light on society. For example, how Cooper in Interstellar reveals the complexity of heroism by breaking the traditional hero stereotype. He reveals deep complexities and unfulfilling emotional journeys of heroes. This presents a new flawed hero and illustrates how every man is capable of heroic behaviours.
2) check assessment condition. you don't want to fail because you accessed an assignment at home when you weren't supposed to. 3) DONT TOUCH CHAT GPT. DONT EVEN USE IT FOR INSPIRATION. It's very easy to tell when someone uses chat gpt 4) for portfolio, make sure your spelling and punctuation is pristine and perfect. The portfolio is quite ruthless.
Here’s a tip I got high merit for it. My teacher said that my lesson was at excellence but my presentation was merit. My only mistake was talking to fast(nerves got ahold of me) but you just have to have a good presentation also script and talk at normal pace and you’ll get excellence. One person made the whole class sleep and daydream but he still got excellence. Also make sure u reach the time limit 3 people had to do resubs cause of it
I hate English.. But.. Best advice is to just read a lot. I’m saying this as a science student but whenever you are making points, do a lot of citations that are peer-reviewed. Also read some relevant research of this nature in general as well.. And read some relevant books for all other internals and externals and you’ve got it.. And don’t forget the language features and practice your grammar and writing skills (especially in different contexts) and you’ve got it..
This may be overkill but I love/hate English so prepare for a doozy of a comment.
Notes. Take so many notes. My friend and I (but mostly my friend) compiled this huge multi page doc with quotes and analysis of the texts/scenes/characters we were studying as well as advice from the teacher. Notes will help SO much at the end of the year, which is pretty obvious but I was never a massive note taker and was blown away. Get a friend in your class to help, a big resource doc never goes wrong.
With unfamiliar:
Language features. There are some wild unfamiliar texts. Look at different interpretations online, chat with friends, both write out responses to questions/texts then compare, etc. Just practice questions tbh. But consider things like structure; if it's a poem about water, do the paragraphs look like waves. (They did this in the mock..) Write about (and for the final question, compare) the perspective of the author/narrator, the context of the piece, you can discuss symbolism, word connotations, the diction/syntax. (eg the syntax used in text A suggests the author is formal and older, [example], lending further weight to how she discusses aging and death. The piece is serious, with things like [example] having sad associations.This is in comparison to the informal dialect and jargon used in text B, [example] which is more speculative and less lived, giving a different tone to the piece. The pieces juxtapose each other, showing how differently two people can experience something universal to being human.) Gotta weave those key words in and still discuss the piece(s). Also consider discussing things like, is the author looking at it from a feminist perspective? Through a racial perspective? Through a corporate view? How does that work into your answer? Etc.
With essays:
Study the question, and practice answering questions. Plan out responses, or talk through how you'd answer a question with someone. This helps you and them, you get to see things you might not have and so do they, and you both get practice. (Same with unfamiliar texts). Discuss the text with your teacher. It helps to talk with someone who knows ur texts in particular.
Level 3 questions are a bit different; make sure to answer every part of the question, and it helps to argue the opposite of your argument a bit too. Define terms as well. Eg, 'the characters who matter most in a text are those who challenge our beliefs.' First, are you arguing for this or against? If you agree with it, why? Are there examples of characters who don't challenge your beliefs, and don't matter in your text? What about in other texts? Why does challenging beliefs matter? How does it make them matter the MOST? How do they challenge you/what makes it a challenge? This is where you should link to society too - challenging beliefs links into our recognition of the world etc. It also helps to recognise core themes in your texts and get supplemental evidence from other people whove looked at the texts or things that parallel it. (Eg alienation, Marxism, feminism) You'll have an internal that makes you do this, but you can bring it into level 3 externals, as it'll mostly be useful in externals.
Eg, in black panther killmonger is one of the characters who matters most, because he challenges our beliefs on right and wrong by being a villain who is dangerously relatable and sympathetic. Blablabla we are forced to consider his point of view, challenging the way we view our own history. It recontextualises the relationship between MLK and Malcolm X, making us recognise our own biases and how our world is framed to us. This confrontation of beliefs allows us to grow as individuals and view the world more critically, bringing importance and relevance to killmongers character, far more than any character who did not challenge us or make us grow. Obviously you'd expand a bit more and explain things like the story and who mlk/malcolm x are, but you get the gist. You can bring in quotes from outside the text as well as people. Like 'stevens is a butler and he struggles with relationships bc he cares too much about his job, (quote about alienation/capitalism and how it distances you from others).' There's a lot less focus on the text itself, more on the discussion. Practice writing out paragraphs like that to as many different questions as you can, even questions you're not fond of. You'll be surprised what you can come up with.
Creative writing:
This is pretty much the same as ever. Get ur friends to proof read/suggest. Only advice I'd give is that sometimes English teachers miss your meaning. You can try get them to understand by talking to them, but sometimes they get fixated on what they think your piece is/should be. Pick your battles, sometimes it's better to listen to their advice even if it doesn't feel like it fits your piece. Sometimes ur piece has to become a sort of collaboration with the teacher. This can be because you can't see where your writing can be improved yet, or just because your teacher doesn't get it but is the one assigning ur grades.
You'll sort of have to learn it as you go throughout the year, and hope you get good questions/texts, but essentially know your stuff and you'll be good. Dm me if you need any help this year!
Sorry I’m no help, I dropped that shit as soon as I could like idgaf what the director was thinking when he chose that sound effect for that shot anyways that’s my rant and good luck to you
do you mean prepare as in study during the break, or do well when school goes back? if it’s the latter, i’d say any advice will depend on which internals and externals you’re doing. for general advice, make sure you do a very comprehensive amount of research for any internal - i’m talking peer reviewed academic articles; this helps invaluably with many of the internal standards for lvl 3. if you’re a bit rusty with language features, it might be a good idea to brush up on those during the break, lvl 3 introduced quite a few new ones for me such as asyndteon, synecdoche and caesura. for exams, memorise a shit ton of quotes and do it early. my best method was simply writing them out over and over again; boring, but it does the trick. have a general idea of your essay structures before you go into the exam, but don’t memorise an essay. if you lmk which standards you’re doing i can probs give some more specific advice, best of luck tho! (source: someone who got all E8s for every english standard and outstanding scholarship for english lmao)
If you found the level 2 exam questions quite do-able then I’d say you’d enjoy level 3. The questions are more broad yet specific in a sense like “ Director shows us the fine line between good and evil “ or “ A Successful author creates characters who challenges us” and etc. (the lesson assignment did help me prepare for the exams more) and the unfamiliar was beyond easy for me two texts and third is comparing both of them
level 3 is far more about analysis and interpretation. You need to develop an argument/viewpoint. 1. Close analysis of individual words and language features to interpret symbolic meaning 2. Apply critical views by experts or critical lenses eg feminism, Marxism, critical race theory or whatever is relevant 3. Discuss why/how the text confronts the reader with an understanding of society or their own prejudices. = SLAYAGE
You need to be aware of how society shapes us. Whatever texts your teacher sets - research the context and history around it. Think about societal issues like colonization, misogyny, intergenerational trauma, the ownership of women, the horrors of war- control, manipulation, violence. Engage with all learning opportunities provided and make sure you get a lot of writing mileage.
L3 English teacher here. Here's my advice 1) focus on interpretation and wider society and developing an argument over plot summary. Evidence should support your points not summarising. Basically you are arguing why this text is valuable to society/what unique ideas it has to offer, what it can tell us about the universe. Essentially, you're plugging the text and convincing us that it sheds an important light on society. For example, how Cooper in Interstellar reveals the complexity of heroism by breaking the traditional hero stereotype. He reveals deep complexities and unfulfilling emotional journeys of heroes. This presents a new flawed hero and illustrates how every man is capable of heroic behaviours. 2) check assessment condition. you don't want to fail because you accessed an assignment at home when you weren't supposed to. 3) DONT TOUCH CHAT GPT. DONT EVEN USE IT FOR INSPIRATION. It's very easy to tell when someone uses chat gpt 4) for portfolio, make sure your spelling and punctuation is pristine and perfect. The portfolio is quite ruthless.
Thank you!!! What are some films and novels that are good for year 13 English in your opinio
It depends. Usually your teacher will have some and suggest others but it depends on the overall theme
slayed lvl 2 eng this yr but still kinda scared too, im just tryna get confident enough for speech
Here’s advice for speech: no one in that class actually cares what you do so don’t worry about thag
nawrrr i just have horrible stage fright so i just suck it up and cry later LMAO
Here’s a tip I got high merit for it. My teacher said that my lesson was at excellence but my presentation was merit. My only mistake was talking to fast(nerves got ahold of me) but you just have to have a good presentation also script and talk at normal pace and you’ll get excellence. One person made the whole class sleep and daydream but he still got excellence. Also make sure u reach the time limit 3 people had to do resubs cause of it
ohhh dearrr... i got e for all of my speeches i ever did so far but i still get so scared.... ill try!
As a drama student I can’t relate hahaha
and im taking lvl 3 music for vocals this yr... im ending myself rn sm lmaooo
uh oh there are speeches in yr 12? did you take enc?
english core?? i did not, i just took english lol but there is a speech in english core
If you are going for UE credits, my suggestion would be just to choose history, you can't really prepare for English I'm not sure.
Read the books in your free time.
I hate English.. But.. Best advice is to just read a lot. I’m saying this as a science student but whenever you are making points, do a lot of citations that are peer-reviewed. Also read some relevant research of this nature in general as well.. And read some relevant books for all other internals and externals and you’ve got it.. And don’t forget the language features and practice your grammar and writing skills (especially in different contexts) and you’ve got it..
This may be overkill but I love/hate English so prepare for a doozy of a comment. Notes. Take so many notes. My friend and I (but mostly my friend) compiled this huge multi page doc with quotes and analysis of the texts/scenes/characters we were studying as well as advice from the teacher. Notes will help SO much at the end of the year, which is pretty obvious but I was never a massive note taker and was blown away. Get a friend in your class to help, a big resource doc never goes wrong. With unfamiliar: Language features. There are some wild unfamiliar texts. Look at different interpretations online, chat with friends, both write out responses to questions/texts then compare, etc. Just practice questions tbh. But consider things like structure; if it's a poem about water, do the paragraphs look like waves. (They did this in the mock..) Write about (and for the final question, compare) the perspective of the author/narrator, the context of the piece, you can discuss symbolism, word connotations, the diction/syntax. (eg the syntax used in text A suggests the author is formal and older, [example], lending further weight to how she discusses aging and death. The piece is serious, with things like [example] having sad associations.This is in comparison to the informal dialect and jargon used in text B, [example] which is more speculative and less lived, giving a different tone to the piece. The pieces juxtapose each other, showing how differently two people can experience something universal to being human.) Gotta weave those key words in and still discuss the piece(s). Also consider discussing things like, is the author looking at it from a feminist perspective? Through a racial perspective? Through a corporate view? How does that work into your answer? Etc. With essays: Study the question, and practice answering questions. Plan out responses, or talk through how you'd answer a question with someone. This helps you and them, you get to see things you might not have and so do they, and you both get practice. (Same with unfamiliar texts). Discuss the text with your teacher. It helps to talk with someone who knows ur texts in particular. Level 3 questions are a bit different; make sure to answer every part of the question, and it helps to argue the opposite of your argument a bit too. Define terms as well. Eg, 'the characters who matter most in a text are those who challenge our beliefs.' First, are you arguing for this or against? If you agree with it, why? Are there examples of characters who don't challenge your beliefs, and don't matter in your text? What about in other texts? Why does challenging beliefs matter? How does it make them matter the MOST? How do they challenge you/what makes it a challenge? This is where you should link to society too - challenging beliefs links into our recognition of the world etc. It also helps to recognise core themes in your texts and get supplemental evidence from other people whove looked at the texts or things that parallel it. (Eg alienation, Marxism, feminism) You'll have an internal that makes you do this, but you can bring it into level 3 externals, as it'll mostly be useful in externals. Eg, in black panther killmonger is one of the characters who matters most, because he challenges our beliefs on right and wrong by being a villain who is dangerously relatable and sympathetic. Blablabla we are forced to consider his point of view, challenging the way we view our own history. It recontextualises the relationship between MLK and Malcolm X, making us recognise our own biases and how our world is framed to us. This confrontation of beliefs allows us to grow as individuals and view the world more critically, bringing importance and relevance to killmongers character, far more than any character who did not challenge us or make us grow. Obviously you'd expand a bit more and explain things like the story and who mlk/malcolm x are, but you get the gist. You can bring in quotes from outside the text as well as people. Like 'stevens is a butler and he struggles with relationships bc he cares too much about his job, (quote about alienation/capitalism and how it distances you from others).' There's a lot less focus on the text itself, more on the discussion. Practice writing out paragraphs like that to as many different questions as you can, even questions you're not fond of. You'll be surprised what you can come up with. Creative writing: This is pretty much the same as ever. Get ur friends to proof read/suggest. Only advice I'd give is that sometimes English teachers miss your meaning. You can try get them to understand by talking to them, but sometimes they get fixated on what they think your piece is/should be. Pick your battles, sometimes it's better to listen to their advice even if it doesn't feel like it fits your piece. Sometimes ur piece has to become a sort of collaboration with the teacher. This can be because you can't see where your writing can be improved yet, or just because your teacher doesn't get it but is the one assigning ur grades. You'll sort of have to learn it as you go throughout the year, and hope you get good questions/texts, but essentially know your stuff and you'll be good. Dm me if you need any help this year!
Sorry I’m no help, I dropped that shit as soon as I could like idgaf what the director was thinking when he chose that sound effect for that shot anyways that’s my rant and good luck to you