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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 [...]

After the huge success of the first Cruzin VCE seminar program in April this year the program co-ordinators have expanded and updated the program to cater for the increased demand from students.
This special full day of seminars in the July school holidays has been organised by your local library and employ highly skilled and [...]

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 own understanding of the [...]

 

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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 teacher, [...]

Finally we can let the cat out of the bag with the official launch of the “Cruzin’ VCE” holiday seminar programs. This is an exciting joint initiative between the staff at the Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library, Access Education and VCE Help.
Cruzin’ VCE is a series of high quality, informative and affordable seminar programs that are [...]

“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 [...]

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. Through [...]

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 [...]