Here's what we cover in this advanced workshop:
 

• What the marking guides actually want and mean when they use vague words like 'discerning' vs. 'detailed', or 'sophisticated' vs. 'appropriate'. 
   

• The two traps that so many students fall into in essay and extended response questions. 
  >> How to spotlight them - BEFORE you start writing - in order to avoid falling into them.
   

• The C-D-R-P system for dissecting big-mark questions and knowing what the marker needs to see in your response.
   

• The best way to check for understanding of the Q. (Takes 15 seconds, saves a ton of time in writing the response, and ensures you actually answer the Q.)
   

• The three steps of analysis: how to adapt them for ANY subject and ANY question for a foolproof system to respond succinctly yet comprehensively.
   

• What to do when a question gives a quote or statement and then simply tells you to ‘Discuss’.
   

• Why simply ‘explaining in more detail’ or ‘giving more quotes or examples’ won’t get you higher marks.
   

• The extra step you must take in any task that provides levelled or banded descriptors, before you start writing, to make sure you hit the top band of criteria, and don't 'accidentally' land in the one below.
   

• Knowing the exact evidence that demonstrates that you are meeting the criteria - and how to incorporate it smoothly and efficiently.
   

• What examiners mean by ‘reading meaning into an answer’, and what YOU need to do in your answers, so they don’t have to.
   

• Why ‘stating the obvious’ is often required (and because it sounds too simple, is often left out - and loses marks)
   
• The ingredient that up-levels a conclusion from being 'logical' to being 'justified'.