This page covers the support material we are using to improve your English.
Comprehension:
The GAT test is an excellent resource. Please see: General Achievement Test, VCE. We are working through samples for comprehension and creative models.
Vocab Blitz: Please try to learn 5 – 10 words a day. Please write sentences and keep a list. Please use some of the descriptions in your creative piece.: Please see: https://www.englishworks.com.au/category/new-words-and-sentences/ Please see the tone-schedule below.
Creative Essays
We are workshopping three creative pieces.
Support material:
Persuasive Essays
We are reading a range of formal texts: editorials, letters to the editor, opinion pieces.
We are using Better Essays: Persuasive Techniques to improve our essay writing; it is important to fine-tune your reasoning strategies so that you can sustain a well-argued essay. See a range of extra tasks: https://www.englishworks.com.au/better-essays-list-persuasive-essays/
See our updated list of useful terminology for persuasive tasks.