Macro structure: - Begin with a title, doesn't have to be anything special, the formula I was taught is 'Report to (insert company name from the stimulus). - Then '1.0 Executive Summary' which serves as your introduction. First sentence is a broader sentence that encapsulates the entire report, then provide individual sentences targeted to each of the key requirements of the question - then for each body paragraph, label them '2.0, 3.0, 4.0 etc'. If you are required to complete two paragraphs on topics from the same syllabus area (ie if you do paragraphs on two different stakeholders), Do 2.0 Stakeholders, new line, 2.1 Insert stakeholder 1. then after you finish that paragraph, 2.2 insert stakeholder 2. - Finish off with 5.0/6.0 etc Conclusion Micro structure: - I dont like peel paragraphs. if that is what your school has mandated / strongly advised then go for that, but I would suggest diverting if possible - My preferred structure (this was taught by my school, it isn't a strategy that I came up with) is: 1. Introduction sentence (heavily link the business being explored to the demands of the question) 2. Definition of the syllabus point (quality control refers to...) 3. Key context: Go into more detail about the syllabus point, specifically how the syllabus point relates to the business situation. 4. meat of the response: this depends heavily on the nesa verb (assess = positives and negatives, explain = causes and effects). 4a. I would generally aim for 3 points in each paragraph ie 3 causes and effects, 2 positives 1 negative etc 4b. I would structure this as 6 sentences, with each point consisting of two sentences (a broader sentence where you introduce the point, followed by a second sentence where you go deeper into the implications, specifically related to the business 5. concluding sentence - For business reports, please please ensure that you are making consistent references to the stimulus (every single sentence of the report should have the business name, and references to key information about the business from the stimulus)

Ask away! Any questions at all, any subjects I am more than happy to provide advice. As you progress through the course (see tutoring vs coaching in the introduction to 'The Bloom System') you will notice that the vast majority of what I teach is applicable to just about every possible domain where retaining and using information is important. I anticipate a majority of the subject specific questions will be on biology as that is my forte, but I did end up on the all rounders list, getting band 6s in bio, business studies, economics, adv english, and adv maths so I can definitely give help in a broad range of subjects 😁

@Maria P Fantastic to meet you Maria, can't wait to see your progress!

@Maria P Absolutely love it Maria. Breaking the task ahead of you down into the syllabus points that are being assessed is definitely crucial. I agree that past papers are key in helping build confidence in these topics. To add to this, a lot of the advice that I would give is covered in the 'Bloom System' lessons 'encoding' and 'SIR'. To sum up what I talked about, you need to get confident in those syllabus areas (you need to get the information into your head), then you need to practice using that information to build mastery. In terms of the encoding stage, prioritise getting a broad, general understanding first so that you are able to explain to someone clearly what each topic is / why its important. Then, once everything makes sense from a global perspective, begin to dive deeper. In terms of the SIR stage, to reinforce those two steps above, start with things like braindumps, Feynman technique, and teaching to build that broad understanding, and then go deep with past papers, generative questions etc. Finally, a common issue is that whilst THSC is a fantastic resource for getting really good past papers, its quite tedious having to comb through them to get good questions for the topics you want to study. My recommendation would be to buy the excel success one biology book (what i used, it takes past papers from the last few decades and sorts them by topic so really great resource). A free alternative is on the HSC resources survival kit (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PjjbRmvG6GG_TDyqMg1eAXd1rQnj18ID) in the practice questions and solns section), but this is less comprehensive.

The first thing to realise is that there is nothing inherently different about a 6-8 marker compared to a 3-5 mark question. The only salient difference is the level of detail required to access the higher bands. The process that I used to guarantee those higher marks was: 1. Deciding on the right structure for the verb of the question 2. Constructing a thorough plan to allow me to hit the required level of detail Now for a data analysis question, the next step is to make sure that you are integrating the stimulus enough to satisfy the marking criteria. The easiest thing to do is realise that because the question is asking you to apply the content to a very specific situation, any sentences/points that don't address the stimulus are basically wasted points that don't ATQ. Using brackets to incorporate stimulus is one of my favourite methods (see attachments) My biggest piece of advice here is to practice writing your responses in a way where you are writing JUST about the stimulus ie imagine you are a scientist who is writing a report about an event like the covid pandemic. It would be kinda strange to write an entire report on just infectious disease broadly, you would need to be very specific with COVID, the specific affected areas etc. Ive attached an exemplar 6/6 data analysis q from my trial.