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kiiaaa:
hey jamon, i really struggle in moving above a low band 5 in my essay writing and it really bugs. Do you have any tips on what to make sure you incorporate in essays or extra advice beyond what the teacher usually says?

Thanks soo much! :)

jamonwindeyer:

--- Quote from: failure101 on July 28, 2017, 04:07:02 pm ---Hi, any tips on how to smash the extended responses in the legal trial? Are you aware of any good strategies or structures which can be easily applied?

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Hey! Welcome to the forums!! ;D

Two key points to writing a 25/25 (or 15/15) Legal essay:

- Lots of evidence, cases, laws, treaties, media, statistics, reports and others. You must be able to prove your...
- Strong argument, and not just a basic one like "This was good," or "This was bad," but something that's been considered carefully and shows that you've really delved into the issues you are discussing. I wrote a bit of a guide on this you can read here ;D

In terms of structures, pretty much any question can be answered with one of two basic structures (of course others exist but these work for pretty much anything)

- Case by case, where you take situations/cases and analyse the effectiveness of the law in each. I used this a lot for World Order, but it works well if you have a few really powerful cases, with links to laws and other evidence, that you want to discuss. This could also be "issue based," for example, a paragraph on domestic violence for Family option, then one on surrogacy, etc!
- Response by response, where you take some response to some issue and analyse it in a paragraph, then just do that for a few responses. In Crime this might take the form of analysing the criminal trial process, separately to the sentencing process, separately to the way international crime is handled, etc.

For all, be sure you are evaluating. Pretty much every Legal question will ask you to evaluate/judge in some form, you should constantly be using words like "effectively" and "ineffectively," making sure you are critically judging how well the law has done in responding to whatever issue or case you are discussing ;D

jamonwindeyer:

--- Quote from: Eleanore8 on July 28, 2017, 04:07:27 pm ---Hi Jason I was wondering how u remembered all the cases and legislation for legal and how many would be needed to answer a 25 marker

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Hey! Welcome to the forums! ;D

I personally made summary sheets like these to do most of my memorising. I also used the evidence in practice essays to help it sink in, and tried a few other things too! I go through a few right here - Number 2 particularly is something I think everyone should try ;D

It is very much quality over quantity for cases and legislation and such, but try and aim for three per paragraph at a minimum! I used to manage 6 or 7, but my style was very succinct. Three pieces of evidence per paragraph, analysed brilliantly, would be enough to score well ;D

cazza1:
Hi Jamon! I was wondering if you had any good tips for music and legal? Which instrument do you play, and what pieces? Also, how did you memorise all the cases etc needed for legal?

Britney Lau:
Hi Jamon,
1. How well would I need to go in Music 1 to be nominated for Encore? (chosen all performance electives)
2. Are state ranks solely based on the external HSC marks or internal included?
3. Is it true that the external HSC marks will be allocated accordingly to the rank given in by the school? (e.g. if a student is ranked 2nd internally but got a higher mark in the external HSC exam than the rank 1 student, would the HSC mark of then internal rank 2 student be given to the internal rank 1 student?...If that makes sense)
4. Any advice for writing essays on the spot in the exam (specifically for Business Studies and Ancient History)?
5. Is it too late to do well in HSC if I haven't studied as much as I should have this year? (haven't studied consistently, only before exams)
Thanks :)

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