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Hi all. So you’ve completed the VCE English exam for 2011. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let us all know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean and appropriate!)…cheers

Hi all, Some last minute VCE English exam advice can be found on a previous post here: Also, another fantastic resource is The Age Newspaper’s exam guide found here Included in this resource is an article from Bob Hillman, as sourced from: http://education.theage.com.au/cmspage.php?intid=154&intversion=69 Getting yourself into the write frame of mind Know the texts, understand [...]

Thanks to former VCE student. Dussy K, for sharing her VCE English and VCE Literature notes with our community. If you want to share your resources with the VCE help community check out the guidelines here. If we are not true to ourselves, we can never feel completely content  A familiar sick feeling sat in [...]

Thanks to former VCE student. Dussy K, for sharing her VCE English and VCE Literature notes with our community. If you want to share your resources with the VCE help community check out the guidelines here. ‘Life of Pi shows us that it is not what happens to us but the way we approach obstacles [...]

 Access Education for Greater Confidence and Better Results Access Education are once again providing their comprehensive, subject specific vce exam revision lectures at ten locations throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. Access More Locations: Locations include: Clayton – Monash University Bundoora – La Trobe University Berwick – Monash University Melbourne (City) – Acu Peninsula – [...]

Access Education are proud to present their Essential English VCE English text revision lectures. These lectures provide in-depth analysis of the most popular VCAA List One texts for 2011, along with specialised exploration of each of the four Contexts and advice on successfully writing in context.  The skills of language analysis will also be highlighted [...]

Kudos to Louise Roberts from Trinity for sharing her VCE English Prezi on the context “Whose Reality.” A prezi is a cool little presentation tool that anyone can use and is a different way to present information, particularly using multi-media. It is non-linear in presentation format so you can zoom and pan to focus on [...]

Hi all. So you’ve completed the VCE English exam for 2010. What did you think of the paper? What was hard? What was easy? How do you think you went? Let us know your thoughts and comments below (please keep them clean!)…cheers

This is an update of the 2009 VCE english exam resources post. With the 2010 VCE English exam just around the corner – the major exams are about to begin…I know some of you have already started their music or language exams by now. I hope you aced them! Here are 6 great resources to [...]

This is a guest post from VCE student Nicholas Buttigieg for VCE English and Literature. Thanks Nick! If you want to write a guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Here are the themes and the accompanying quotes in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.  I used these as SAC notes, and really helped in [...]

I have heard that the “fear of public speaking” is one of the most common phobias people experience. The way that you get better at public speaking however, is facing this fear and practicing this skill which leads to improved confidence and therefore speaking performances.  Now I know many of you will be preparing for [...]

This is a guest post from former VCE student Erin Lancaster and Lachlan Heycox for Hamlet. If you want to write a guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. To be, or not to be: that is the question: The obvious interpretation of this line is that hamlet contemplates suicide; he questions [...]

This is a guest post from former VCE student Erin Lancaster for VCE Literature on Hamlet. If you want to write a guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Fortune “Time is out of joint o cursed spite that I was ever born to set it right” Hamlet “There’s a divinity that [...]

This is a guest post from VCE student Nicholas Buttigieg for VCE English. If you want to write a guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. In preparation for a text response essay as a SAC or an exam, it should be natural and crucial to create some sort of plan.  Since [...]

My friends at Access Education are pleased to announce the launch of the: Teacher’s Toolkit professional development program for VCE English teachers This new program is designed to provide all VCE English teachers with the essential teaching strategies to enable their VCE students to Nail their VCE! This Teacher’s Toolkit PD offers: a program meeting [...]

Hi all, Congratulations to all the VCE English students who have finished that monstrous 3 hours English exam. It’s a huge effort (and I’m sure a huge relief too!) as you shift focus to your other subjects in the next few weeks. As I’m sure you can appreciate this website provides a lot of resources [...]

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Bombshells resources for VCE English This website provides daily Zits comic strip, by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman. A unique collaboration between Michael Leunig and singer/songwriter Gyan. For Better or for Worse -this site has daily and monthly comic strip fix. Reviews of Jeffery Smart’s art:This site provides Art, book, audio and film reviews. Australian [...]

This article has been reproduced with the permission of Access Education and David White. Here is some advice on how to approach part C of the VCE English exam. “…every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller.” 1984, G. Orwell Students should understand how ‘language’ is used to [...]

A GUIDE TO SUCCESS IN APPROACHING THE CONTEXT IN VCE ENGLISH This article has been reproduced with the permission of Access Education as authored by Ross Huggard. PROMPT – circle key words and ideas in prompt/ visual/image TEXT – decide how and where to use elements from text WRITING – decide on form of writing, [...]

Tuesday, 29 Sep BUNDOORA 1 9.00am-11.30am Physical Education OR Health & Human Devt.* Tuesday, 29 Sep BUNDOORA 2 12.15pm-2.45pm Food & Technology OR Biology* Tuesday, 29 Sep BUNDOORA 3 3.15pm-5.45pm Business Management OREnglish* Thursday, 1 Oct CLAYTON 1 9.00am-11.30am Geography OR Legal Studies Thursday, 1 Oct CLAYTON 2 12.15pm-2.45pm Health & Human Devt.OR Psychology Thursday, [...]

The “5 mins with…” podcast series is a new VCE help radio initiative in conjunction with Access Education and their lecturers. This podcast today is the 5th in the series and is with Ross Huggard on Writing in Context – part B of the VCE English Exam. . Ross again went above and beyond the [...]

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The “5 mins with…” podcast series is a new VCE help radio initiative in conjunction with Access Education and their lecturers. This podcast today is the 4th in the series and is with Ross Huggard on the film Look Both Ways. . Now Ross always gives some great advice and today he went a little [...]

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The “5 mins with…” podcast series is a new VCE help radio initiative in conjunction with Access Education and their lecturers. This podcast today is the 2nd with Jan May who is discussing the VCE English text – In the Lake Of the Woods. It is a short and powerful podcast to help you with [...]

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VCE English text resources- Fly Away Peter by David Maulof David Maulof’s Fly Away Peter is one of the VCE English texts for this year. I have listed some websites that contain resources to help you learn and summarise about the content of Fly Away Peter. Plot Summary This website provides a short plot summary [...]

VCE English text resources-The Crucible by Arthur Miller Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is one of the VCE English texts for this year. See below for some websites that will help you develop your summary notes and understanding. A great website which contains summary of The Crucible, a study guide with outcome and exam-style essays that [...]

VCE English play resources-The Secret River by Kate Grenville I have listed some websites that contain resources to help you learn and summarize about the content of The Secret River. An excellent website which contains Synopsis and reviews. The reviews are done by experts like Library Journal and Booklist etc. Moreover, it provides the product [...]

VCE English resources – A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons is one of the chosen VCE English texts for this year. I have listed some websites that contain resources to help you learn and summarize this content. Study Boost- A man for All Seasons: An excellent [...]

Raimond Gaita’s Romulus-My Father is one of the VCE English texts for this year. I have listed some websites that contain resources to help you learn and summarize about the content of Romulus, My Father. Study Boost- Romulus, My Father: A study boost article that describes the goodness of Romulus in his essential honesty and [...]

I have slowly been collating a list of VCE resources for Citizen Kane and found the following websites. Hope they help… Spark Notes on Citizen Kane, character information, analysis, themes, motifs and symbols, as well as important quotations explained. A number of sample essays on the film citizen kane. The official Wiki of the Citizen [...]

Hi all, was doing some research and found this great VCE English study guide on Maestro – enjoy. Maestro: – By Peter Goldsworthy – VCE Study Guide Background information on the writer – Peter Goldsworthy This is his first book. Prior to writing this he had been writing poetry. These days Peter Goldsworthy has been [...]

VCE English- Gattaca Essay. By Emma Roache ‘Gattaca shows us the dangers of uncontrolled technology.’ Discuss. In the ‘not-to-distant future’, the world of Gattaca is where genetic engineering has become the normal approach to procreation. Gattaca’s society involves a culture of self-advancement through genetic determinisms, a caste system of valid and in-valids and social discrimination [...]

I’ve been meaning to upload this for awhile on the topic of Inheritance – some good powerpoint slides on the VCE English topic of Inheritance. Inheritance View more presentations from guest151171.

VCE English- Gattaca noted (for Year 11 VCE students).  By Emma Roache Genetic Engineering (superior and imperfect) -          The assumption that in-valid cannot meet corporate demands destines them to remain laborers lacking future prospects or advancement. -          Ceaser exemplifies this class of ‘inferiors’, as he sees to bring Vincent ‘down to earth’ when he say, [...]

I’ve got a confession to make. VCE English Media analyses are not as complicated as you think! They are tricky to get the hang of at the start because there are so many structural aspects to remember on top of actually analysing, understanding and annotating the article. However, if you stick to the same pattern [...]

The authors official website… contact details, the kite runner and discussion boards etc can be found here Plot summary, references, links, character details and more @ wikipedia, etc… A highly detailed article in the afghan magazine about the novel, theme quotes and an interview link. Education age article on the text – the kite runner

http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/hardtimes/ An online guide to the story with character comments chapter by chapter with an overall review http://www.pillowrock.com/ronnie/hardtimes.htm An extremely detailed outline of the inner nature of the novel, good essay starters. http://www.education.theage.com.au/pagedetail.asp?intpageid=1887&strsection=students&intsectionid=3 An education age article on the text.

Well the count-down is on to the first major exam; English. Some of you may have already started your exams in the form of music or drama – I hope you blitzed them! However today’s article is solely focussed on preparing for the English exam. Here are 4 great resources to help you with the [...]

George Orwell’s 1984 is currently one of the VCE English texts for this year. I have found a series of websites that contain links and resources to help you learn and summarise the content. Cliff Notes – 1984 Notes, tips and exam prep all from the convenience of your own home, a bit hard to [...]

It’s finally here. The VCE English podcast with the highly experienced VCE english teacher, Ross Huggard, is now available. In the podcast below you can hear Ross talk about: The changes to the VCE English Curriculum The new format of the exam and what to expect Sentence structure, paragraphing and syntax Strategies for developing your [...]

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We are just 1 week away from launching yet another fantastic initiative called “VCE Help Radio”. VCE Help Radio is a brand new radio program that you can listen to as a podcast on your iPod and also streaming through the VCE help website. Here’s how it works: – Each month we interview a leading [...]

“I must pluck up the courage and look”. Although Michele experiences fear, he never lets his fear override his moral convictions. Discuss. Though in the idioms of fantasy, with fictional characters like the witch, it in fact replicates the horrors Michele now knows are going on in the real world. Monsters do exist after all: [...]

By Emma Roache (VCE Graduate 2006) “I must pluck up the courage and look”. Although Michele experiences fear, he never lets his fear override his moral convictions. Discuss. In Southern Italy in 1978, Niccolo Ammaniti’s I’m Not Scared depicts a sense of Michele’s ethical struggles and steady move towards good in the face of evil. [...]

Challenge the topic. Don’t just agree or disagree with a topic, look at it. You’ll probably find phrases or something which isn’t entirely true of the text. Put conditions on the amount you agree/disagree with what the topic says. For example, a topic in the 2005 exam was something like ‘”The play shows Oedipus to [...]

VCE English is by far the most popular subject in the VCE, pretty much because you HAVE to do it unless you prefer VCE Literature or VCE English Language or you fit the requirements for ESL. English is also an important subject because it goes on your top four subjects in your ENTER increment. In [...]

Obviously, you should also aim to get the best exam score humanly possible. Do this with revision (basically writing a lot of plans and essays under timed conditions including at least one or two trial exams and getting a teacher to look at them) and on the day by not freaking out too much. I [...]