HSC Workshop: Text and Human Experiences – English Advanced and Standard

Advanced and Standard Students will explore a range of reading and writing strategies that will equip them for studying this common module.

This lecture will revisit how the core rubric statements structure our understanding of the human experience and how these texts shape our understanding of these representations. Students will revisit Paper 1 and explore practical strategies that will assist in answering the Section 1 questions to the Unseen texts.

The lecture will also briefly revise a range of the most popular prescribed texts for the Section 2 essay for both Standard and Advanced.

• Shakespeare, William, The Merchant of Venice
• Orwell, George, Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Parrett, Favel, Past the Shallows
• Miller, Arthur, The Crucible
• Daldry, Stephen, Billy Elliot

Participants are advised to bring a drink bottle and fully charged laptop or note taking items.

Reserve copies of the prescribed texts here.

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:

Dianne Berios B.Ed. (Syd Uni) is an English Teacher, Private Tutor and Presenter. She has held permanent and temporary positions at a range of comprehensive high schools and private schools in NSW. She has marked the HSC in a range of questions for 10 years and is now an external Trial Exam Marker for some of Sydney’s most prestigious Catholic and Private Schools. Dianne runs Wordstudio Edit as a private tutor and specialises in Stage 6 studies. Students may have seen her speak on the English Modules/Electives at the HSC & Careers Expo.

ABOUT THE VENUE:

MARRICKVILLE PAVILION AND LIBRARY is accessible by lift from both the street and ground levels. The venue is accessible for people using wheelchairs and other mobility aids. There is a hearing loop available.

If you have any access or support requirements in order to participate fully, please let us know when you book via the order form to ensure that we can arrange any reasonable adjustments.

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