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Academic Writing: Paragraphs - An Introduction
This page is part of a series that supports students' academic writing development. Students often struggle to organise their ideas in a coherent, logical way, and this is frequently apparent in poorly...
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May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Digital Divide)
This is the 3rd exemplar we are publishing from the May 2025 Paper 1 examination. It is based on an infographic from the Good Things Foundation, a charity focused on “fixing the digital divide – for...
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May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Digital Divide) Free
This week, we are publishing our 3rd exemplar from the May 2025 Paper 1 examination based on an infographic from the Good Things Foundation, a charity focused on “fixing the digital divide – for good”...
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Academic Writing
There is a maxim, seemingly as old as the hills, that all teachers are literacy teachers. While this is the case, it can’t be ignored that the teacher of language – you, for example – has an important,...
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May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Real Estate)
This is the 3rd Paper 1 from this May 2025 examination. It is an advertisement selling a renovated apartment in Perth, Australia. Found on the website realestate.com.au, the listing (advert) by Bourkes,...
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May 2025 Paper 1: Sample Response 3 (Real Estate) Free
This week, we are publishing our 3rd Paper 1 from this May 2025 examination. We’ve published one exemplar, found here, that scores higher than this model example. We’ve also published one exemplar,...
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Working With Photographs: Extending Understanding
In our introductory page on working with photographs – available to subscribers here – we published a range of materials and activities intended to develop how your students can think about photographs...
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May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 4 (Question 2) Free
This week, we are publishing our fourth exemplar from the May 2025 Paper 2 examination. It is best used in conjunction with the third model example found here. Why? This comparative essay is pretty...
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May 2025 Paper 2: Sample Response 4 (Question 2)
This is the fourth exemplar we are publishing from the May 2025 Paper 2 examination. It is best used in conjunction with the third model example found here. Why? This comparative essay is pretty standard...
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Working with Photographs and Visual Texts: Colour
Asked to consider a text, students of English A: Language and Literature very readily discuss colour (color, if you prefer) where it is apparent. They quickly deploy adjectives, suggesting that blue means...