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hello, I need some help to write faster! I have all my ideas and a strong knowledge of the texts. I have done many practise essays and other writing tasks which have got good marks but are obviously far to long to be able to write in an exam. I have cut it down a lot and have written an essay...

Obviously this is too late for your exam but hopefully this will still help for future exams on this. (BTW how did you go?) I think It is important that you present your own strong ideas about it. I guess film noir creates suspense, allowing the audience to question the ideas expressed in...

hi, I was wondering if it was best to write a block on BNW and then a block on BR for the essay or is it best to continually compare the two texts throughout the whole essay? I know that i have to compare the texts and context as well as be prepared for other writing forms apart from essays...

hi, I can easily write an essay to Answer a question regarding the texts we have studied but I have a lot of difficulty and generally hate writing radio/tv scripts in response to the texts we have been studying. Can some people give me advice/tips for writing scripts in response to a...

hi, Im doing Physical Journeys for the Adv English Area of Study... is it ok to choose a related text which is talking about a physical journey which turns out to a actually be an imaginative journey (e.g. a dream)? Thanks

hi, Im studying the Skryznecki poems (i think there is 8) for the Area of Study - Physical Journys. Do i need to study all of the poems and be be prepared to be able to write on any of the 8 poems in the HSC? Can they tell you to write about a certain poem or do you get to choose? If you get...

hi, I was interested to know.... why are some of the upper caste members of BNW allowed to visit the savage reservation? Surely this would risk stability in the world state and cause questions to be raised!? thanks

hi, I have heard from some people that you are not meant to have any photos in your portfoilo that show your face. Is this true? Thanks

There is no criteria, but some schools may want to have an interview with you and your parents, but that depends on the school.

thanks... that will give me a bit of a kick start and get my mind rolling with some ideas. Thanks again.

can anyone suggest a starter for a story... i need a bit of a help starting. I think if i have an example of the start of a creative story I could get some ideas and then flow on from there.

hi, I keep hearing about marks being scaled down. I don't really care about it but am interested to know why. It seems kinda stupid. If someone in your class does really well or tops the subject at your school and others or even one other person does poorly that person drags your mark down...

hello, I was wondering if you are doing part time HSC at school and complete 6 units sitting for the HSC exam, I believe you recieve a certificate at the end of the year saying you are not elegiable for a HSC and lists the 6 units you have studied. You are then able to complete the rest of...

Hi, I need help writing a creative story on journey. It can be about any journey: physical, imaginative, flash back to memories, dreams etc... a mixture would be good. but I have no idea how to write a good creative story. They always sound so rubishy. Can people help me out and show me some...

hi, Is it worthwhile and helpful reading the book which blade runner is based on for my study "In the wild" or is it irrelevent/waste time? thanks

hello, Just interested to know what timber people used or are going to use for there major project? thanks

If I am doing a speech on Journey and using the lord of the rings, the fellowship of the ring as a related text should I refer to Peter Jackson only or should I refer to Peter Jackson’s movie based on JRR Tolkien’s book or do I only refer to Tolkien? thanks

Hello, Just wondering if it is ok to change tenses in quotes from texts being studied? For example a poem says "the ship sank...." If you were quoting that sentence and you were using different tenses in your writing task are you able to change "sank" to "sink." Our english teacher said...

Should I use Lord of the Rings or Children of men as my related text for physical journey?

Hi, Another question relating to the IT Timber portfolio: I am including a bibliography at the end of the portfolio but do I need to have references throughout the portfolio? Also should i include a section in the portfolio for my journal containing dates of discussions, ideas, research...