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  1. accio.brain

    hey! sorry i only just saw your msg asking for my MW from last yr for EE2... If you'd still like...

    hey! sorry i only just saw your msg asking for my MW from last yr for EE2... If you'd still like to take a look at it, email me at mel.low@live.com.au and i'll attach it that way. Otherwise, all the best with your MW :)
  2. accio.brain

    how specific are you on your audience?

    Be specific but you shouldn't narrow it down to a particular age range, because not everyone in that group will be or think the same. If anything, say something like 'mature, literate' readers or whatever, or if your work is on a particular subject/historical period then say an audience with...
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    Genre of Major Work

    It doesn't have to be one you studied, you just have to link your MW at the end, in any way, to something you studied in English. But this doesn't necessarily have to be through genre.
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    Help! I'm getting writer's block!!!

    Take a break for a while to clear you mind, then maybe try to look at your main idea from a different angle instead of trying to perfect or change what you've written so far. Draw a mindmap or something and write down whatever ideas pop into your head, no matter how stupid or wacky they are cos...
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    Help - "Using Source X and your own knowledge..." Questions

    Specifically refer to "Source X", ie "Source X states..." (some markers say you can even highlight or underline it to make it clear where you've referred to it). Integrate your own knowledge with information from the source in your essay. Don't just generalise what the source says, make sure you...
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    Thanks :)

    Thanks :)
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    Input on my General Plot

    Half of mine was basically romance. No one ever told me not to, I was just told to avoid the teen angst stuff (I got 48, btw). I guess you just have to do it well, but I don't think everyone should be avoiding something because teachers or other people don't think anyone's capable of doing it...
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    Commonplace Journal-Distress

    Besides my research and drafts, half of my journal was just my 'reflections', which is a fancy way of saying it was like i was talking to myself on paper, like a diary. I probably sound like I'm insane. I didn't write it like I was expecting anyone else at all to read it, it mostly came in use...
  9. accio.brain

    it didn't count? aw, that sucks. well i really liked yours anyway :) thanks, i got 48. i was...

    it didn't count? aw, that sucks. well i really liked yours anyway :) thanks, i got 48. i was quite surprised, i wasn't expecting that high...
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    Young Writer's Showcase notification??

    wow congrats! i can't wait to see this year's showcase lol :)
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    Young Writer's Showcase notification??

    wow, congrats to both of you! :) just wondering, did you have to nominate your own work first or did they choose from all the works they marked?
  12. accio.brain

    Keeping motivated, aiming for ATAR 95+

    I'd keep up studying consistently, making lists is good and use your christmas holidays to get ahead with related texts etc, but again: TAKE A BREAK. otherwise, if you're like me at least, you will burn out. you need to make sure you're still just as motivated (even more so) to study when it...
  13. accio.brain

    Belonging: Related Text Suggestions

    One of mine was Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, the one about the school shooting. It's pretty awesome for Belonging.
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    Do they do this aligning thing as well for EX2?

    Board of Studies News: Official Notice - Internal assessment and the HSC examination in English Extension 2 from 2010 yeah they changed the assessment/marking thing for all you 2010ers (link above). they've dropped the proposal (or combined it with the viva or something or other) and making...
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    BOS Showcase: 2009 Major Works

    ditto here. my teacher was frustrating. i didn't have a mentor but i think i probably would've liked to have someone other than my teacher, just to give their own advice and opinions because i didn't trust my teacher's half the time.
  16. accio.brain

    Stuk between 2 ideas..

    i agree that your first idea sounds better, the 2nd is terribly cliched (we all have them, it's okay). but i'm sure quite a few people continue to change their ideas, i know i did. way too much in fact, but i guess it turned out alright. use the holidays, i ditto what alex.leon said, i went away...
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    Stuk between 2 ideas..

    well there are lots of things you can do with 2 people in a relationship that doesn't have to be too cliched. if you can find a way to make an often cliched idea more unique, perhaps a slightly different perspective or written really well, then it could work, though you've got to make sure you...
  18. accio.brain

    hi jess, i was just wondering how you did in extension 2 english?? i remember i loved your story...

    hi jess, i was just wondering how you did in extension 2 english?? i remember i loved your story and you haven't posted anything about it yet so i just thought i'd ask :)
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    BOS Showcase: 2009 Major Works

    Yeah i thought this too. I didn't think you had to nominate your own work...
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    Highest Extension English Two Results

    well aren't internal marks based on the assessments we did? ie proposal, viva, report - not our actual story. whereas external was our MW and RS? maybe. i'm not really sure, mine don't differ at all.
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