From Orange High School In response to a question about her minimal use of punctuation, Ali Cobby Eckermann says, 'I thinks there's a little rebel that still remains inside of me.' Draw on the skills you have developed in the study of Module C, and Eckermann's poetry, to craft the opening to an imaginative piece... Continue Reading →
The 2021 CSSA paper presented several confusing questions to Advanced and Standard candidates. Yes, it was the same Module C question for both Standard and Advanced, which seemed a bit cheap to me. Module C was a little better than Module A (which was nightmarishly meaningless), and had two parts. Part A looked like this:... Continue Reading →
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. Use this as the stimulus for the opening of a creative, discursive, or persuasive piece. Use at least one example of figurative language that you have learned about in Module C. * So here's an odd thing... Continue Reading →
Above us, the Milky Way is a slash of sheer silver gossamer, studded with diamonds. The stars of other constellations are in sharp focus, stretching far out into the heavens. Two trains blaze past in the night, sirens and headlights blaring as the signal bells ring on the road next to us. They pierce the... Continue Reading →
Use the image above to write creatively about a character’s response to entering this unfamiliar setting for the first time. Simmo sat on a hard bench near the staircase, which was a wide thing with a strip of red carpet going up the centre. It looked like something a Disney princess would come floating down... Continue Reading →
The 2020 Standard Module C question gave students 40 minutes to Write about a significant place. Begin with the words: This is my world now, and it can be yours too, if you like. A place can soak through your skin like sweat, and ooze into your heart and soul. Breathe it in and let me... Continue Reading →
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky. .. John Masefield, Sea Fever Use the line above as a stimulus for the opening of an imaginative, discursive or persuasive piece of writing. In your piece of writing incorporate at least ONE example of figurative language that you have... Continue Reading →
Create a piece of imaginative, discursive or persuasive writing that ENDS with the image above. * 'But enough about me,' he says. 'You had a question.' 'What's it like? When you get there.' He thinks for a minute and says, 'You stand in a narrow laneway between streets, the walls covered in graffiti by a... Continue Reading →
The Craft of Writing 