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Unless they've changed the unit outline drastically, you'll get a mini dictionary and definitions list. It should be at the back somewhere. They don't expect you to know everything off the bat -- there are whole lectures devoted to identifying the techniques, and then you explore their uses...

I loved ENGL120. Found it much more interesting than HSC English, although I know a lot of people thought it was the most tedious unit, ever. In the HSC, you focused on techniques and their effects, and you'll be doing something similar in ENGL120, but the techniques are a bit more complex. You...

When I did 120 (a couple of years ago), we covered Macbeth in two weeks. The rest of the course was devoted to analysing the texts in the Course Materials/Notes you'll also have to buy. =]

You can't rely on the internet as much for HSC History. Use it as the basis for your preliminary research and background info, but that's the best you can really do, unless you find an e-book with the works of an ancient historian. I really didn't use the internet at all for HSC History, whether...

English Adv: 3/40-ish English Ext 1: 1/9 English Ext 2: 1/9 SoR I: 6/30-ish Legal Studies: 2/14 Ancient History: 1/29 Modern History: 1/11 History Extension: 2/7

Marking's definitely happening at the moment. My EE2 teacher had to cut our celebration party short two weeks ago because she had to go for EE2 marking at 3pm. Apparently she got quite a few stories that seemed really rushed - reflection statements not making sense, etc. A couple of markers also...

I had an elven formal dress for my Year 10 graduation. My mother made mine based on a mixture of patterns we found online and in books - glitterfairy posted heaps of really good links. In Year 10, I stumbled across Alleycatscratch: http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/. They've got all sorts...

When we first did Pompeii and Herculaneum I was so bored I had to get a sugar high before coming to class so that I could pretend I was somewhere else. :p All the in-depth study really helped when we went to Pompeii and Herculaneum, though - made the visit way more interesting and we didn't...

Re: Giving up anything for HSC? Piano and jazz lessons. Keeping my ballet lessons, but only once a week. I'm going to miss them. :(

So far, I'm not going too badly. :D Topping Legal Studies, History Extension and Modern History with 100%. Coming first in Ancient History with 90% and second in English Advanced with 80%. English Extension II proposal due in February... *fingers crossed* Speaking of English, I agree with...

*butts into somebody's meetup conversation - sorry* Funnily enough, I'm enjoying the HSC. :P I'm topping all my classes and passing all my assignments with flying colours - they're all getting 20/20s, except for Ancient History... argh, 19/20, painful stuff. :p I honestly can't be bothered...

I did a Modern History IRP on the Da Vinci Code and how accurate it was in portraying Opus Dei. It was interesting, and I was considering doing something similar in Ext. History, but my teacher warned me away from the conspiracy topics - apparently good, solid sources are hard to find. Since...

I do 12 units - 4u of English, 5u of History, Legal Studies and SOR I. A couple of my friends take 4u Math, and they use the Cambridge textbook. They say it's a bit hard 'cause Cambridge doesn't explain things clearly, but their 4u Math teacher wrote the book, so I guess she helps them when...

I'm the only one in my class doing a critical analysis! :) I think I'm looking at the changing characteristics of female protagonists through the ages - haven't decided on the time frame or the genre of fiction, but that's the bare bones of it at the moment anyway.

Yeah, as far as I know we have to use the dot points of the ISP categories to make a question. It's the HSC - the syllabus dot points are everything! ;)