Mastering The Craft of Writing

Facilitator: Emily Bosco

Running time: 60 minutes

Delivery Modes: In person or online

Fee: $20 per student (GST inclusive)

Minimum booking: 50 students at a minimum rate of $1000 per incursion

Materials: All students receive an incursion booklet.

Incursion Description

This incursion prepares Standard and Advanced students for the types of questions they may be asked in Paper 2: Section III of the HSC English examination by:

• Clarifying exam specifications

• Explaining to students how they are assessed in this section of the exam

• Exploring the ways prescribed texts can help students to craft their own texts

• Walking students through a variety of examination questions, with modeled responses, to demonstrate how discursive, persuasive, and imaginative texts can be written

• Teaching students how to compose a reflective piece that highlights the language and stylistic choices they have made in their creative composition, and makes reference to the prescribed texts and/or writers who have influenced their composition.