Constructing an essay for AoS 1 and Section 1 of the end-of-year exam
1 Overview of Outcome One, the exam, assessment criteria
2 Overview of text response essay components
3 Unpacking a topic & developing a point of view. Student exercises
4 Planning an essay – including a range of structures. Student exercises
5 Constructing introductions
6 Constructing body paragraphs
7 Constructing conclusions
8 Referencing and style

The text: annotated essays, activities and practice essays
Texts focused on:
9 A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
10 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
11 Great Short Works by Edgar Allan Poe
12 Richard III by William Shakespeare
13 Cosi by Louis Nowra
14 Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
15 Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy
16 A Human Pattern – Selected Poems by Judith Wright
17 On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan
18 Dear America – Letters Home from Vietnam edited by Bernard Edelman
Topics covered:
(a) Approaching essay topics
(b) Annotated exemplary essay
(c) Student activities on a “good” essay
(d) Training essay – students complete an essay plan outline.

19 Exam text response SAC and exam advice
20 Bonus detachable exam with text response essay topics