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NSWEnglish Extension 2Reflection and Process
Quick questions on The Major Work Journal for HSC English Extension 2
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What is the investigation into form?Show answer
NESA weights the independent investigation into form heavily, and the journal is where that investigation is documented as it unfolds. When you study how a writer handles a technique, note it in the journal then, with the specific observation and how you might use it. By the time you write the Reflection Statement, you have a year of precise observations to draw on rather than a vague memory of having read things.
What is lead with a dead end, not just a success?Show answer
An honest account of an approach that failed, and what it taught you, demonstrates independent decision-making more persuasively than a list of things that simply worked.
What is match the command word?Show answer
"Explain" wants what the journal recorded and how it was used; "analyse" wants the mechanism by which honest, ongoing journal-keeping produces a stronger composition and a stronger reflection, not just a description of contents.
What is keep entries short and dated, every session?Show answer
A one-line dated entry captured immediately after a work session beats an occasional long entry written from memory days later, because precision decays fast.
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