Hi fellas! 🐸
I’m May and I graduated with ⭐️99.90 ATAR as Dux of School⭐️ in a private girls school in 2023, achieving raw 50 in English, raw 49 in Literature and raw 47 in Chinese SL and was the Cohort Dux in all these subjects. I also received a VCE Premier's Award for English! I’m currently pursuing an English and Theatre Studies/Economics Double Major + Diploma of Music with my Chancellor’s Scholarship at Unimelb (^ ^)
I’ve compiled comprehensive text analysis and essay banks for English, Lit and Chinese SL and they are available for you guys! These resources are a culmination of a year's work of hard work, covering hundreds of hours outside of class. They seriously pulled through and gave me the foundation, boost, AND extension to achieve the high scores that I did.
All documents have been restructured in a clear format, and contain a clickable sidebar table of contents for easy navigation 👍
📖ENGLISH (raw 50, school rank 1)📖
SECTION A PACKAGE ($90)- Sunset Boulevard
Includes:
1. Essay collection ($40 individually)
- 40 pages total, ~ 16K words
- 8 x essays (18-20/20 markers): includes 30/30 Text Analysis SAC, 10/10 mock exam marked by external VCAA examiner & practice exam essays
- 10 x detailed essay plans: detailed deconstructed essays with clear topic sentences, clearly structured supporting evidence & quotes, detailed analysis of film techniques (approx. 700 words per plan) | (honestly, the essay plans are more useful than essays; the nuanced ideas + supporting evidence are laid out in a much more accessible and straightforward format to directly pop in your own writing)
- GOOD FOR: aceing essay structure + argument grouping, nailing your use of metalanguage + advanced and on point vocab, broadening ideas and evidence
2. Comprehensive analysis notes ($40 individually)
- 39 pages total, ~ 9.3K words
- Word bank, 500 words - includes filmic metalanguage, sophisticated descriptors for the main characters + settings + the film itself + context of Hollywood in the 1940s, and breakdown of genres including German Expressionism, Film Noir and Gothic Horror
- Detailed themes analysis notes, 5.3K words: detailed unpacking of themes (e.g.: gender, illusion, fame, identity), w/ direct evidence from the film. Side-by-side, clear table formatting, with quotes and scenes from the film + analysis and dissection of its contribution to a total of 22 sub-themes.
- Detailed symbol analysis notes, 3.4K words: detailed unpacking of symbols (e.g.: monkey, hands, cars, lighting, costuming, Norma’s mansion) w/ direct evidence from the film. Side-by-side, clear table formatting, with quotes and scenes from the film + comprehensive analysis of its greater symbolic metaphor + connected themes
- I’ve taken time to specifically structure everything in a clear and accessible table format so you can quickly identify and make connections between themes and topics (^ ^)
- GOOD FOR: nailing vocabulary and metalanguage, cementing and exploring new ideas and evidence, polishing and refining your interpretation
3. Secondary readings analysis ($25 individually)
- 26 pages, ~ 7.3K words
- clear dot point format
- in my own time outside of class, I summarised over 20 academic papers & media articles into an accessible & easily comprehensible format to enhance your understanding & analysis of Sunset Boulevard
- GOOD FOR: extending and exploring diverse interpretations beyond the basic curriculum - these academic articles cover professional vocab and literary analysis to make your essays stand out!
SECTION C PACKAGE ($30)
Includes:
- 29 pages, ~ 11.5K words
- 13 x high-scoring essays (8-10/10 markers), including past VCAA exam essays and practise exams marked by VCAA examiners; select few are colour-coded to clearly indicate purpose of each sentence.
- bonus 300-word word bank, including sentence stems, breakdown of structural features (e.g.: subheadings, puns, graphs), synonyms for “aiming to”, and synonyms for audience impact, author verbs, tone descriptors
📚Literature (raw 49, school rank 1)📚
SECTION A PACKAGE ($40) - Othello
Includes:
- 26 pages total, ~ 9.5K words
- 10 x question 1 essays (5-6/6 markers), spanning 9 key scenes in Othello
- 7 x question 2 essays (13-14/14 markers), including practice SAC and practice exam essays with analysis on concepts of agency, jealousy, insecurity, wrath, love, justice and truth.
- bonus 2-page (732 word) tips for answering both questions, including prompting questions and breakdowns of key words
- GOOD FOR: understanding VCAA's expectations, nailing essay structure and metalanguage, expanding ideas and evidence
SECTION B PACKAGE ($60)- The World’s Wife
Includes:
- 50 pages total, ~ 15K words
- 414-word glossary of poetic devices in an accessible table format - metalanguage is essential to acing literature and I took time out of class to research poetic devices and explain them clearly 👌
- Summary notes of all the poems on the VCAA list, 7.5K words - analysis includes dot point breakdowns of the literary devices + intended effect in each poem, as well as a clear table format making thematic links/structural connections between each poem
- 7 x essays (19-20/20 markers), including 40/40 Close Analysis SAC and practise exam essays
- GOOD FOR: nailing poetic metalanguage, building and perfecting your interpretations, acing essay structure and close analysis
🇨🇳Chinese Second Language (raw 47, school rank 1)🇨🇳
ESSAY PACK ($30)
Includes:
- 48 pages total, ~ 23K words
- 42 x high scoring essays (17-19/20 markers) across 描述/记叙、说明、说服、评估、想象文, including essays marked by Chinese SL VCAA examiner
- GOOD FOR: perfecting essay structure and broadening vocabulary
⭐️TIPS FOR ENGLISHES!⭐️
My Englishes were simultaneously the bane of my existence and the love of my life 😔 so here are some general pointers:
- Make sure your interpretations are flexible and malleable depending on what prompts you receive - remember that texts are ultimately subjective and the same evidence may harbour different connotations in different contexts
- Have a group of friends/classmates you can regularly discuss with outside of class and hold lots of study groups! English is very collaborative and there’s no use in gatekeeping ideas.
- Write, get feedback, and then write more. Focus on improving one thing at a time until you gradually get to where you want. Don’t overwhelm yourself with trying to fix everything at once.
- Comprehensive and clear ideas are more beneficial than complex writing. Creating well-fleshed-out, clear and structurally sound plans are often more useful than writing a full essay.
- Have fun!! Make spotify playlists for your texts, make memes, come up with stupid theories. Don’t let VCAA suck all the life out of you and remember to take breaks and listen to your body (^ ^)
That is all from me, manifesting everyone slays whatever VCE journey you are on ✌️
- If you would like ALL THREE SUBJECT RESOURCES, you can get the whole package for $210! (~ 15% off)
If you’re interested in any of these resources and/or would like to see some samples, hit me up at may.du577@gmail.com!
