Shorten Quotes to Get MORE Marks
07/03/23 • 21 min
Ep. 57 -
Here's a way that your teen can INCREASE their marks by writing LESS:
By shortening the quotes that they reference in essays and assignments, in order to show that they can be discerning in their selection of evidence.
Listen in to discover how this shows up in marking criteria and how you can help your teen do this in their own assessments.
FEATURED ON THE SHOW:
- Episode 56: 'Clear' is NOT Basic, 'Succinct' IS Sophisticated
- HSC Advanced English exam paper - Examination Feedback: 2022: https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/resource-finder/hsc-exam-papers/2022/english-advanced-2022-hsc-exam-pack
- The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
- Get my Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
Ep. 57 -
Here's a way that your teen can INCREASE their marks by writing LESS:
By shortening the quotes that they reference in essays and assignments, in order to show that they can be discerning in their selection of evidence.
Listen in to discover how this shows up in marking criteria and how you can help your teen do this in their own assessments.
FEATURED ON THE SHOW:
- Episode 56: 'Clear' is NOT Basic, 'Succinct' IS Sophisticated
- HSC Advanced English exam paper - Examination Feedback: 2022: https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/resource-finder/hsc-exam-papers/2022/english-advanced-2022-hsc-exam-pack
- The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
- Get my Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
Previous Episode
'Clear' is NOT Basic, 'Succinct' IS Sophisticated
Ep. 56 -
How can your teen write with sophistication, but without being verbose?
How do they give detail, whilst also being succinct?
Is it better for your teen's writing to be clear but more basic, or all professional and fancy-sounding?
And how can they get the perfect combination of detailed AND concise, withOUT the waffle?
In this episode, I'm dishing the details on why
-'Clear' is NOT the same as 'Basic'
and
'- Succinct' does NOT mean 'Simple'
when it comes to your teen's writing!
FEATURED ON THE SHOW:
- HSC Advanced English exam paper - Examination Feedback: 2022: https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/resource-finder/hsc-exam-papers/2022/english-advanced-2022-hsc-exam-pack
- Behind the scenes and bonus tips: Rock Solid Study Facebook page
- The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
- Get my Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
Next Episode
When Results DO Matter
Ep. 58.
Have you ever heard a celebrity, or even your teen's school, proclaim that their 'results don't matter'?
Maybe you've said it to your teen.
Maybe they've said it to you.
I'd love for this statement, which honestly feels pretty extreme, to stop being banded around every year.
And I'd love for students, parents and anyone else who wants to care about results, to feel like they have the permission to care about them and go after them.
I get that we don't want students pinning everything on their grades or exam results,
but do we need to go straight to the other end of the spectrum, just to balance it out?
Because in the big scheme of life, I totally agree - their results DON'T matter.
But sometimes for some students, in some ways... (which when joined together make a LOT of ways)... they DO.
FEATURED ON THE SHOW:
Parents of Hardworking Teens - Shorten Quotes to Get MORE Marks
Transcript
You’re listening to the Parents of Hardworking Teens Podcast, episode 57 - and the unexpected way that your teen can increase their marks by writing less: by shortening the quotes that they reference in essays and assignments in order to show that they can be discerning in their selection of evidence.
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