How I went from FAILING to a PERFECT score in English

[@ansonchan8537]

aaa would've helped me so much back in feb

[@tomhus6055]

Made my day again Julian! Thank you so much for the work you put in 😁

[@JLTutoring]

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

[@tomhus6055]

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

[@JLTutoring]

@@tomhus6055 hahaha nice one!

[@Tim4141-v7u]

thank you bro

[@anmolnijjar1777]

thank you so much, this is so helpful!

[@JLTutoring]

Glad it helped! :)

[@btherese8883]

This was so helpful! Also, do you remember approximately how many practice essays you would write before SACs / exams?

[@JLTutoring]

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)

[@20dollarshorts]

this is a haileybury essay

[@jacobmccarthy7520]

Hey Julian, I love the videos. I was just wondering if i could have access to your 7SOG and TLM comparative notes and analysis, as i’m a bit limited with resources. Thanks, keep up the videos

[@JLTutoring]

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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2q0eaOCeatkbJY) 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 [e-mail]

[@agariolegend4848]

Hey Julian! Thanks so much for this such an inspiring and helpful video! I was just wondering at 9:19 you show some themes and quotes - approx. how many themes would you have for the entirety of the novel/text you are studying? Also would you find yourself discussing one theme per pararagraph when it comes to essays?

[@JLTutoring]

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!

[@agariolegend4848]

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

[@monkeymuncher2]

How long were your essays that you wrote in exams? I'm assuming the essays you show are just assignments you did at home

[@JLTutoring]

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.

[@manjotbhullar172]

How do you write that many words in 60 mins

[@JLTutoring]

@@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!