Ep. 136

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Discover the critical thing your teen needs to know about any text they’re studying or analysing in English.

Whether it’s for an analytical essay on a novel or they’re preparing for an unseen text analysis, this episode is all about exactly what it is that they need to know about any text in order to make their response clear and high quality as well as smoother and easier to plan, construct and write.

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Ep. 135

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One of the biggest hurdles, unintentional time wasters, and causes of lost marks is: lack of clarity on a task, essay question or assignment.

In this episode I share specific ways I check on students' clarity on various aspects of a task, from the genre-specific features they need to be using and showcasing, to what the specific purpose is behind their work.

Listen in to hear the real life examples and how you can take them and action them with your teen.

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Ep. 134

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If your teen's losing marks in exams due to small slips or silly mistakes under time pressure, then listen in to a real student story where we needed to dig deeper to identify the exact issues stopping them from getting the marks they could in their maths exams - and how your teen can do this too, for any subject.

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Ep. 133

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There are three groups of skills that generate the two outcomes almost all students and their parents want.

Discover what they are, why they create a double-whammy outcome and how your teen can master them!

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Ep. 132

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What to do with sources when they’re provided in an exam, inquiry report or for an extended response.

Discover the trap that many students fall into and what they need to do instead.

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Ep. 131

Students really dislike the planning stage of essays and extended responses.

I get it.
It feels like an extra chunk of work, when they really just want to get going with the writing.

But that would be a mistake.

Here are 3 reasons why your teen should plan EVERY extended response - whether it’s a 10 mark exam question, 2000 word essay or research inquiry or report style assignment...
so they create:
- a higher quality response
- that is easier and faster to write!

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Ep. 130

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It doesn’t matter how motivated you are, if don’t know what you’re doing or how you're going to do it, it's gonna be very difficult to make progress.

Overwhelm and distraction are feelings and emotions. But they are often caused by the situation at hand. And if that situation involves confusion or uncertainty about a task, then no amount of 'positive thoughts' will fix the root issue.
When we can solve for the confusion and uncertainty, and have the skills to know what to do and how to do it, then the doubt and hesitation is replaced with a clear path forward and we're usually then much more willing to start down it.

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Ep. 129

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Unique is not necessarily better. In fact often, it can be worse. If it means that it’s more tricky to meet the criteria or find the information needed.

Unique is not considered as more clever by marking criteria.

And yes, I’m even talking in creative tasks.

Now, yes, something like an artwork or an artistic performance may do better if it has some originality or unique ideas.

BUT - and this is a big but - only if it meets all of the other criteria as well!

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