HSC English Standard & Advanced for Year 12

Senior HSC English Standard and Advanced Workshops and Mock Exam for Year 12 

3 workshops will be run over 2 days. It is highly recommended that students attend all 3 sessions.

• Day 1 PM Workshop: HSC English Standard and Advanced Year 12: Literary Technique Masterclass
• Day 2 AM Workshop: HSC English Standard and Advanced for Year 12: Analysis and Unseen Texts
• Day 2 PM Workshop: HSC English Mock Paper 1 - Text & Human Experiences 

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Day 1 PM Workshop: HSC English Standard and Advanced Year 12: Literary Technique Masterclass

This workshop is suitable for students in both Standard and Advanced English.

This workshop will cover how techniques create themes and meanings in texts and how to use techniques in literary analysis and in your own writing.
Each category of literary techniques (figurative, rhetorical, persuasive and narratological) will be covered, with detailed definitions of specific techniques with textual examples and corresponding writing exercises.

Students will revise and consolidate the following areas:

• What are Literary Techniques and Devices?
• Themes, Ideas, Values and Philosophies
• Types of Techniques: Figurative and Rhetorical
• Types of Techniques: Persuasive and Narratological

Venue: PLC Sydney Freda Whitlam Building, Level 1, W.G.08

Teacher: Michelle Kasparian

Day: Tuesday 11 2023

Workshop Duration: 1 session @ 1.00 pm - 3.00 pm (2 hours)

Cost: $80 per workshop or $210 for all 3 workshop sessions

Enrolment Deadline: Monday 3 July 2023.

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Day 2 AM Workshop: HSC English Standard and Advanced for Year 12: Analysis and Unseen Texts

This workshop is suitable for students in both Standard and Advanced English.

This workshop will provide explicit instruction on how to unpack and analyse unseen texts. This will be explained through examining how to read with purpose, exam strategies, how to get started, how to identify prominent literary techniques, audience and the purpose of an unseen text, and how to turn this analysis into an answer for questions in examinations.

This workshop will cover the following and has corresponding writing activities for each section.

• Reading with Purpose, Types of Texts and Questions
• Unpacking the Text: Interpretation, Getting Started and Trusting Your Gut
• Identifying Prominent Techniques, Evidence, Message and Purpose
• Putting It Back Together: Analysis and PETAL paragraphs

Venue: PLC Sydney Freda Whitlam Building, Level 1, W.G.08

Teacher: Michelle Kasparian

Day: Wednesday 12 July 2023

Workshop Duration: 1 session @ 10.00 am - 12.00 pm (2 hours)

Cost: $80 per workshop or $140.00 for both AM and PM sessions or $210 for all 3 workshop sessions

Enrolment Deadline: Monday 3 July 2023.

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Day 2 PM Workshop: HSC English Mock Paper 1 - Text & Human Experiences  

This workshop is suitable for students in both Standard and Advanced English.

Section 1: Unseen Texts and Comprehension Standard & Advanced

This workshop has been designed as a mock HSC English exam for the common module, Texts and Human Experiences. This mock exam focuses on paper 1, section 1 - unseen texts and comprehension, often thought of as the most difficult section of the English HSC papers as it primarily assesses English analysis skills rather than content knowledge. This workshop will review the common module rubric and will provide a warm-up activity, after which will follow a traditional style section 1 examination with reading time. After completing the exam, the teacher will mark the exam on the board, explaining the reasoning behind full-mark answers and what is required to achieve this for the current exam that was set. Each reviewed question will allow time for discussion of the texts and student responses to the questions.

Students will revise and consolidate the following areas:

• Exam formats and reading with purpose
• How to get started and identify techniques
• Considering audience and purpose in analysis
• Extended responses and comparison questions

Venue: PLC Sydney Demountables D2

Teacher: Michelle Kasparian

Day: Wednesday 12 July 2023

Workshop Duration: 1 session @ 1.00 pm - 3.00 pm (2 hours)

Cost: $80 per workshop or $140.00 for both AM and PM sessions on Tuesday or $210 for all 3 workshop sessions

Enrolment Deadline: Monday 3 July 2023.