Year 11 English Holiday Course l 5-day Sydney Holiday Programs

Engaging Theory Lessons

Gain valuable insights about strategies for approaching analysis of texts and essay writing from your inspirational teacher. Sometimes it's about who you know just as much as what you know!

Comprehensive Theory Book

150+ pages of content designed to develop your skills in textual analysis, written expression, and critical research. Each book contains extensive contextual information and practical writing exercises

Engaging Theory Lessons

Comprehensive Theory Book

In-Class Guided Writing

Homework & Personalised Feedback

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In-Class Guided Writing

Practice your writing under the guidance of your teacher. Work through structured exercises in class and develop your ideas with one-to-one support.

Homework & Personalised Feedback

Perfect your writing with a final assessment style response. You'll receive personalised and insightful feedback from your teacher for continuous improvement.

Year 11 English Holiday Course Outline

Gain critical writing and analytical skills for exam success.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 1 of 'Approaching Multi-Modal Assessments'

Learn the purpose of assessments in Year 11
Understand what multi-modal assessments are
Familiarisation with the expectations of NESA in Stage 6
Reading and analysing an example text

Day 2 of 'Approaching Multi-Modal Assessments'

Deepening textual understanding through analysis
Furthering depth of analysis through research
How to create effective study notes

Day 3 of 'Approaching Multi-Modal Assessments'

Focus on visual interpretation tasks
Expectations of visual tasks
How to prepare for visual tasks
Executing visual tasks and rationales

Day 4 of 'Approaching Multi-Modal Assessments'

Focus on digital production tasks
Expectations of digital tasks
How to prepare for digital tasks
Executing visual tasks and rationales

Day 5 of 'Approaching Multi-Modal Assessments'

Focus on conversational tasks
Expectations of viva voce tasks
Expectations of panel discussions
How to prepare for conversational tasks
Executing conversational tasks

Day 1 of 'Writing a Comparative Essay'

Introduction to the comparative essay
Introduction to J. M. W. Turner’s ‘Slave Ship’
Reading and interpreting a visual text
Personal reflection

Day 2 of 'Writing a Comparative Essay'

Introduction to Romanticism
Turner and Romanticism
The role of the sublime in visual texts
Understanding and decoding symbolism

Day 3 of 'Writing a Comparative Essay'

Introduction to David Dabydeen’s ‘Turner’
Reading and interpreting a poetic text
Introduction to postcolonialism
Creative response

Day 4 of 'Writing a Comparative Essay'

Postcolonialism and Dabydeen
How to respond to essay questions
Planning a comparative essay
Creating a comparative essay scaffold

Day 5 of 'Writing a Comparative Essay'

Composing a comparative essay
How to self-edit to improve your writing
Peer evaluation

Day 1 of 'Writing an Evaluative Essay'

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Day 2 of 'Writing an Evaluative Essay'

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Day 3 of 'Writing an Evaluative Essay'

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Day 4 of 'Writing an Evaluative Essay'

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Day 5 of 'Writing an Evaluative Essay'

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3 Hour Lesson Breakdown

5 daily lessons in the school holidays

5 mins	Introduction Overview of lesson Objectives and outcomes of each lesson are explained	Objectives and outcomes of each lesson are explained
80 mins	Theory Lesson Part 1 Gain in-depth knowledge and understanding Teachers explain key concepts which are reinforced by completing essay based questions.	Teachers explain key concepts which are reinforced by completing essay based questions.
10 mins	Break
80 mins	Theory Lesson Part 2 Develop your English skills Learn how to develop and express your own ideas for insightful responses.	Learn how to develop and express your own ideas for insightful responses.
15 mins	Review Key concepts are reinforced Students are encouraged to ask questions to clarify their understanding.	Students are encouraged to ask questions to clarify their understanding.

Year 11 English Advanced Holiday Timetable

Chatswood

16-20 April 2018

9:30am – 12:30pm

Teacher: Dr Christopher Black

Strathfield

16-20 April 2018

4:40pm – 7:40pm

Teacher: Mr Patrick Condliffe

Chatswood

16-20 April 2018

9:30am – 12:30pm

Teacher: Dr Christopher Black

Strathfield

16-20 April 2018

4:40pm – 7:40pm

Teacher: Mr Patrick Condliffe

Year 11 English Holiday Course Pricing

$607.50

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Year 11 English Holiday Course includes:

Classes taught by inspirational teachers

5 engaging Theory lessons

Comprehensive Theory Book

Personalised feedback on essays & analysis

Dedicated customer service support

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Loved by over 4000 students across 220 schools

“I improved significantly during my time at Matrix for Physics through the help I received from Matrix.”

- Jason Xu, 2016 Year 12 Maths

How is Matrix different?

	Matrix	Others
Program	Matrix Teaching program that covers the NSW board of studies syllabus. Structured learning system that allows students to develop sound study habits every week.	Others Most private tutors and other tuition centres do not follow a set structure; rather they have an ad-hoc approach without considering timing and outcomes.
Teachers	Matrix Vast classroom teaching experience, HSC and/or university teaching experience with an ability to explain concepts clearly.	Others Have little or no actual teaching experience, cannot explain difficult concepts in a manner that students can understand.
Resources	Matrix A full set of resources written by academics and education researchers. Online access to Supplementary exam papers / texts with top responses.	Others Only address content that students raise, use generic textbooks.

Matrix

Others

Program

Matrix

Teaching program that covers the NSW board of studies syllabus. Structured learning system that allows students to develop sound study habits every week.

Others

Most private tutors and other tuition centres do not follow a set structure; rather they have an ad-hoc approach without considering timing and outcomes.

Teachers

Matrix

Vast classroom teaching experience, HSC and/or university teaching experience with an ability to explain concepts clearly.

Others

Have little or no actual teaching experience, cannot explain difficult concepts in a manner that students can understand.

Resources

Matrix

A full set of resources written by academics and education researchers. Online access to Supplementary exam papers / texts with top responses.

Others

Only address content that students raise, use generic textbooks.

Year 11 English Advanced Holiday Course

Essay writing skills in 5 days

Sharpen your writing skills

Not just theory

Practise essay writing

No more memorising

Write with confidence

Year 11 English Holiday Course students receive

Year 11 English Holiday Course Program

September

The Art of Writing

January

Approaching Multi-Modal Assessments

April

Writing a Comparative Essay

July

Writing an Evaluative Essay

September

January

April

July

The Art of Writing

Approaching Multi-Modal Assessments

Writing a Comparative Essay

Writing an Evaluative Essay

Year 11 English Holiday Course Outline

3 Hour Lesson Breakdown

Year 11 English Advanced Holiday Timetable

Chatswood

Strathfield

Year 11 English Holiday Course Pricing

Loved by over 4000 students across 220 schools

“I improved significantly during my time at Matrix for Physics through the help I received from Matrix.”

How is Matrix different?

Program

Teachers

Resources

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