Randomhuman24 tbh throughout the year we only really looked at like 10 poems MAX out of the hundreds. But if you want to improve ur annotation skills, then use a method called VISSSS. Voice imagery sound structure style symbol. Voice being who the perspective is and in what perspective (first person, second person etc). Imagery is the descriptions of things and meta language (simile , metaphor) . Sound is the rhythm and alliteration. Structure is who long the poem is, how many stanzas etc. style is the tone of poem and what themes are. Symbol is any symbolism in the poem. We used this method in nossal so it can be good for practice in the future. Hope this helps

      Randomhuman24 You don’t annotate the poetry book just the classic text. Hope that helps and yes the VISSS table is what we are taught to use to annotate texts.

          Fish ah okay thanks for the clarification! I must have gotten confused, as I had heard we were supposed to annotate both.

            Fish on a somewhat similar subject, as for the annotations of the novel, do the teachers look at them or grade them?

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                Randomhuman24
                Yes the teachers will look at them and they will contribute to your study habits mark on you report as this encompasses all work done. Also I may be wrong with annotating the poems than as last year we were not told to annotate poems nor were they checked but maybe it changed for this year. Apologies as I am not sure about that now.

                  a month later

                  Hello all,
                  Are exercise books for each class necessary in year 9, or is everything more so done online? Is it recommended to bring an exercise book or a binder for every subject, or would these end up not really being used?

                    Randomhuman24
                    Honestly 98% of the time we use our laptop (except for textbooks/workbooks for some subjects). You are welcome to bring binders/exercise books for taking notes but if the teacher needs to see them, you have to take pictures of them and put them up on Onenote (our main notes space on the laptop). I know that some of my friends prefer taking notes for their subjects on paper, or writing out maths exercises manually- it really is up to your preference.

                    tldr: Not necessary- most things are needed to be done online, but you are welcome to use paper for notes, as long you take photos to show your teacher that you actually do work. Maybe just bring one or a tiny diary book or a paper folder to class.

                    Hope this makes sense!

                        I’ve been asking a lot of questions, so sorry to be a bother haha! I just wanted to ask what math is like at Nossal; is it standardised to the normal year 9 curriculum in class?

                        14 days later

                        I am looking for tuitions for selective school for my daughter in Year 7 this year. We are in Glen Waverly and our first preference will be Nossal. Any guidance will be much appreciated.

                          a month later

                          Sorry I know this isn't the place to ask questions about the exam, but can anyone with knowledge please help me: I'm sitting the select entry school exam this year for entry in 2024. Do you think I should put Nossal or Macrob as my first preference, (macrob and melbourne high seem like more popular options at my school and there are less places at nossal.)? Also I attend a very very very competitive school, do you think equity consideration will help me? Thank you.

                          a year later

                          GWSC one thing is get a tutor for her and do studying with curriculum through yr 8-9

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