Dear Darren, thank you so much taking time out of your busy schedule to make this video giving us tips. It is so helpful especially with the English exam just round the corner!
Hey man, I just did the VCE English exam today and because of your incredible structure and advice, I crushed it. You are an absolute legend mate and I really appreciate your help with Ransom & The Queen, I am going to burn my books haha🤣
Not sure if I'll have time to make one but: 1. Have clear timings 2. Remember to write specific effects of the metalanguage in the text, not its general effect Same ideas for English apply, keep a cool head when unexpected topics/questions appear and go through the study design in your head. And when the exam's done, it's done.
Hi Darren, I've been struggling on timing because it takes me like 10 mins to properly plan for a prompt but then i don't have enough time to finish writing. do u think 10 mins is too much? or any tips? thank u :)
I think planning is quite important because it sets the direction and basis of your entire essay. Either try planning a bit more in reading time or shorten your bps. Some sacrifices are necessary and it's actually 'better' if you make them
Hey Darren just want to say a quick thanks for all the help this year. Just a quick question, with a SAC average of 70%, realistically would I have a good chance of getting around a 33 ss depending on how I do on the exam? Thanks.
@@Timzy2Drip it's good to pick out some quotes fairly regularly from the article rather than skipping over a big section. But if the section is not too big you can group it with some other paragraphs and then analyse all of that in one bp. Also not every technique has to be amazing and deep - good to have some simple and straightforward ones for breadth as well
Hey Darren, thank you loads for these tips. You've genuinely single handedly carried my English grades this year lol, I was wondering if you could link that essay plan at 4:19 because I've made my own sort of skeleton essay map for queen and ransom themes, but I would love to compare it with your ideas. Would really appreciate if you could, thanks again :)
