The Pattern of Mistakes (POMs) marking strategy identifies the most common mistakes and prioritizes the order of tackling them.

Bands 3 and 4 are solidly made up of well-meaning kids who think that memorizing ten quotes and telling you where polysyndeton can be found

After you’ve given a straight answer to the question in your thesis statement (if you’re confused about this, read the last blogpost...

Are your essays terrible? It's probably because of one of these problems: 1. You don't understand what an essay actually is - I mean, WTF...

Sadly, most students aren't really receptive to model answers until after the Trials. Most Year 12s will try to use what they already...