English study guides

25 practice prompts for QCE English IA2 (persuasive spoken response). Grouped by topic, audience type, and rhetorical situation. Use these to train calibration of voice for the specified audience and purpose across a 5 to 8 minute spoken delivery.

A practical guide to structuring QCE English extended responses across all four instruments. The architecture shared across the written IA1, the spoken IA2, the imaginative IA3 examination, and the analytical EA examination, the conventions assessors look for, and the structural moves that lift a piece from B-band to A-band.

A complete guide to the QCE English External Assessment. What QCAA tests under exam conditions, how to prepare for the unseen-text analytical task, the structure that scores under time pressure, and how the EA differs from the IAs.

A complete guide to QCE English IA1 (extended written response for a public audience). What QCAA wants in this 1000 to 1500 word piece, how to engage a school-identified wider audience in a conversation about representations in literary texts, the structure that earns A-band, and how IA1 differs from the other IAs and the EA.

A complete guide to QCE English IA2 (persuasive spoken response). What QCAA actually marks, how the 5 to 8 minute spoken task is constructed, the rhetorical and vocal moves that score, and how to plan a persuasive speech that engages the audience and earns A-band.

A complete guide to QCE English IA3 (imaginative written response, supervised examination). What QCAA wants in 800 to 1000 words of creative writing produced under exam conditions, the craft moves that score under time pressure, and how to prepare across the term so the supervised sitting goes well.