• Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on your results!
    Let us know how you went here
    Got a question about your uni preferences? Ask us here

Search results

  1. T

    Why do people wear sneakers if they're not exercising?

    Because wearing sneakers is trendy
  2. T

    Diptych

    I can help you . Sent you a PM
  3. T

    looking for an English tutor?

    check your private mailbow . there is some information enclosed
  4. T

    Paper 2 - English advanced

    I have some 2015 practice papers that we have put together for 1984/Metropolis TS Eliot the art of travel and people and politics .
  5. T

    Looking for feedback- To past HSC peeps

    check your private messages about marking
  6. T

    Help: Mod B Yeats

    Cinnamon . I have sent you a message about your essay and marking
  7. T

    "Active Participation in the war effort" definition.

    As a mod hist teacher I would regard contributing to the war effort as anything that you support or obey as a result of war being declared that may not continue after war finishes . On field action, factory working , obeying curfew rules, accepting rationing and contributing to rules made as a...
  8. T

    The ANZAC Legend and it's place in Australian Society

    April 25, 1915 a day of great sadness and one filled with awe. As so many great ANZACS arrived on a Gallipoli shore. I cant even imagine what occurred that grey, sombre morn, But so much courage shown and Aussie mateship was born. Respect does not seem enough as we can only...
  9. T

    My name is Mr McAlpin and I am now in semi retirement after teaching English to HSC level. I...

    My name is Mr McAlpin and I am now in semi retirement after teaching English to HSC level. I noticed your recent request on BOS about TS Eliot and I have some material that may help and I have taught that poem and have many notes on it . Im happy to share my thoughts with you if it will help...
  10. T

    Prescribed Text - Should I Read It?

    What will you do if they ask you how a quote from the text and give an excerpt again like they have before? And ask how the excerpt explains the overall tone and impact on the rest of the novel . it has happened twice in Extension English
  11. T

    How Important are Introductions in Essays?

    When we mark our student essays we put them in piles according to the quality of their introductions because an introduction: 1/ tells us the stand you are making on the question 2/ The texts you are referring to (including author/director etc). 3/ some sort of generic thesis statement...
  12. T

    Past Papers

    No for ancient . Yes for modern
  13. T

    Why do people wear sneakers if they're not exercising?

    I wear sneakers because I like wearing them . I couldn't care less what anyone thinks or how dumb they think I look . Comfort is more important than trend
  14. T

    How do teachers detect plagarism?

    ive got a machine added to my computer that I use that detects things like that . It has already been successful in identifying work that has been plagarised and it somehow senses that it is not the students work
  15. T

    Gwen Harwood Poems

    do you mean "The Violets" ?
  16. T

    and one more. Please feel free to contact me. This may need explaining Palato-alveolar (e.g...

    and one more. Please feel free to contact me. This may need explaining Palato-alveolar (e.g. [ʃ ʒ]): with a "domed" tongue (convex and moderately palatalized). These sounds occur in English, where they are denoted with letter combinations such as sh, ch, g, j or si, as in shin, chin, gin and...
  17. T

    Away and Discovery Essay Urgent Help!!

    see your private mail . i have sent a message to help you
  18. T

    HSC Marker admits that some markers only read intro of essay!?

    agree about being fair but the introduction should be the most relevant part of your answer . you answer the question in your introduction not in the body paragraphs
  19. T

    HSC Marker admits that some markers only read intro of essay!?

    That's fair enough . Essays intro are like CVs. The introduction often determines the quality of the essay and I will judge an essay by an intro when I mark it. I will usually read it all but I will mark it on how the intro addresses the question, how it shows the marker what the writer's...
Top