Thanks for the kind words Tom :) Appreciate the frequent comments!

@@JLTutoring You deserve them bro :) You’ve been like my “John” this year 😂

@@tomhus6055 hahaha nice one!

Thank you! Before SACs, I would do one very detailed practice essay (untimed) which would take me a couple of weeks (as detailed in this video), then depending on time, 1-2 more timed essays. For exams, it was different for the different sections. For section C (argument analysis), I did around 2 essays per week starting from the term 4 holidays. And for section A and B (text response and comparative), I did mainly detailed essay plans, and then wrote a full essay about every week (again starting from the term 4 holidays). Hope this helps! (I will have a vid covering my english exam revision a month before the actual exams as well)

Glad it helped! :)

Hey Jacob, appreciate it! The main resource I have is my sample essay that I memorised and used on the exam (found in the description of this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5-Be9N9qayVZmg.html) I don't have any 'polished' notes, but if you want some rough sketches I took for both texts, then feel free to shoot me an email at julianlin91@gmail.com

So generally 4-5 themes per novel - I almost view these as 'super-themes' since they could be applied to any topic. And so I would often find myself talking about one theme per paragraph when it comes to essays. With that being said, I am not necessarily beginning each paragraph with "The theme I am writing about is oppression...etc" - its more that I am answering the topic through the lens of each of these 'super-themes' For example a topic: "In the novel, the author suggests there is no hope. Discuss" - Paragraph 1: I would talk about the theme of oppression and how that results in no hope (note that I never say the words 'theme of oppression' in my essay, its just the LENS that I am exploring this paragraph through) - Paragraph 2: I would talk about the theme of grief (defeat/compliance) which results from no hope - Paragraph 3: I would talk about the theme of hope (and disagree with the topic) Now don't worry if you don't know where I pulled out these themes from, hopefully at least you can see how each theme relates to the topic. Themes such as oppression are 'super-themes' since they encompass smaller themes such as violence, inequality, discrimination, racism etc. The 'super-theme' of grief encompasses smaller themes such as grief, defeat, surrender, despair, memory etc. And the 'super-theme' of hope encompasses smaller themes such as family, education, liberty, and optimism. So every time I got a topic, my super-themes did not change, however, the smaller ideas I chose to focus on changed (so this paragraph might still be on hope, but with a greater focus on family etc) Hope this helps!

@@JLTutoring Wow, that actually helps heaps! Thanks so much man :)

About 1200-1300 words. And yes, the essays I showed the teacher were just assignments I did at home. And more specifically, the essays I wrote at home were based on real essay topics - and the only difference between a home essay and an exam essay was the time put it. I spent a lot of time 'perfecting' each home assignment essay, but only 1hr for an exam essay.

How do you write that many words in 60 mins

@@manjotbhullar172 I had many key sentences, quotes and analysis memorized, so for much of each paragraph I had already written at home, this saves a lot of time. Realistically for essays, especially argument analysis, I’ve seen people do well writing 900-1100 words which was what I tried to aim before, but I seemed to overshoot most of the time. So definitely focus on quality rather than using word count as an indicator of how good an essay is. Hope this helps!