As you know, your Semester 1 examinations take place in Week 7. Week 6 is an assessment-free week in which you’ll be expected to use your lesson time wisely in order to prepare for this examination as effectively (and efficiently) as possible.

Here is a list of possible tasks which you might complete in order to address any targets, areas for development and to work formatively to ensure you have every possible chance of success.

• Organising notes on set texts into the following categories: genre, themes, conventions, representations of people and groups of people, ideas, values. This will be good preparation for the Responding Section. Remember that you need to know ALL your set texts forensically well to give you the best chance in your Semester 1 examination. You can’t rely on knowing one text well and hope the questions suit it.
• Practice short answer responses for the Comprehending Section, particularly when writing about unseen fiction and non-fiction texts.
• Revise image analysis conventions.
• Practice introductions, including constructing effective/focused thesis statements.
• Revise body paragraph structure- TEEL- and how effective/focused topic sentences should logically extend from the thesis statement.
• Revise narrative elements and short story structure.
• Consolidate your understanding of how to deconstruct questions quickly and effectively.
• Practice planning responses in 5min bursts.
• Read through past assessments and use them to set targets for your examination.
• Write responses under timed conditions.
• Look at past questions.
• Research your set texts even further.
• Use the Year 12 ATAR English blog to find resources on each set text and summarise their contents.
• Make cue cards to revise from for each set text.
• Complete a retrieval chart for each set text. Attached to the lesson plan.