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05/06/2026

✍️ Preparing for G*T? 🤯

This Series II Preparation Guide brings together discussion of the multiple choice and writing tests and considers what has changed and what has stayed the same since the introduction of the New G*T in 2025.

In this guide we discuss
✏️ the importance of preparing for the G*T
✏️ how to prepare for the G*T
✏️ dealing with multiple choice items
✏️ the Section A numeracy, reading and writing tests
✏️ the Section B mathematics, science and technology test, the arts and humanities and the writing test

🎯 There is detailed discussion what is tested and explanation of the correct answer for each multiple choice item.
🎯 The different writing tests, criteria for assessment and levels of performance are discussed.
🎯 There are examples of writing scripts showing different levels of performance and different strengths and weaknesses.

For sample pages and more information please head to 👇

The G*T Multiple Choice Test Preparation Guide The G*T Writing Test Preparation Guide Writing for VCE English/EAL exam and the G*T

29/05/2026

Sneak peek of the Analytical Commentary presentation by Nicole Hacking!

Nicole Hacking is a very experienced VCE English language teacher and assessor. In this presentation for teachers and students, Nicole encourages her audience to see how to systematically build on their knowledge and understanding of metalanguage, and effective ways of applying it in their analysis throughout the year, as they work towards the exam.

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https://bit.ly/4uEJck8

25/05/2026

🌟NEW blog🌟
In this blog Doug McCurry critiques the text response questions of 2025 and the changes in such topics to become more specific and narrower in recent years.
Read the full blog:
https://www.boobookeducation.com.au/blog.html?view=article&id=691:what-did-you-think-of-the-section-a-topics-in-the-exam-report-for-2025&catid=56

22/05/2026

📣 NEW 📣
This BBE Study guide is about preparing for and performing well on both these sections of the exam.
It contains sections on:
🎯 learning through and about language;
🎯 Section C - analysing argument and persuasive language;
🎯 25 brief examples of argument for evaluation covering all Section B Frameworks;
🎯 Section B – using language to convince and persuade; and
🎯 analysis of the Section B tasks of 2024.
➕The mentor text of Amy Doung is given detailed analysis in an appendix.

Follow the link for more information and sample pages!
https://www.boobookeducation.com.au/resources/study-guides.html

18/05/2026

📣BBE's 3 new digital study guides are now available!
🎯 Jane Eyre
🎯 We Come With This Place
🎯 My Brilliant Career
The BooBook Education study guides support a detailed reading and analysis of the text, with a comprehensive point form synopsis of the Film/novel, key quotes, a discussion of themes, and a vocabulary curated for insightful discussion of the text’s characters, relationships and key ideas. Sample responses are provided for two of the 25 essay topics.

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The BBE VCE Text Response study guides give a detailed reading and analysis of the text including a comprehensive point form synopsis, key quotes, a discussion of themes, and an explanation of vocabulary needed to describe characters, relationships and key ideas.

05/05/2026

📣BBE's 3 new digital study guides are now available!
🎯 Jane Eyre
🎯 We Come With This Place
🎯 My Brilliant Career

The BooBook Education study guides support a detailed reading and analysis of the text, with a comprehensive point form synopsis of the Film/novel, key quotes, a discussion of themes, and a vocabulary curated for insightful discussion of the text’s characters, relationships and key ideas. Sample responses are provided for two of the 25 essay topics.

Follow the link for more information and sample pages.
https://www.boobookeducation.com.au/resources/study-guides/bbes-digital-study-guides-vce-text-response.html

24/04/2026

Now available
BBE’s 2026 Unit 1 VCE English Language exam $88.00
BBE’s 2026 Unit 3 VCE English Language exam $99.00
These exams are available individually or as a package at a reduced price. $132.00

They are instantly downloadable if paying by credit card,
or use a school order number to have them delivered by email within 24 hours.

👇 Order here 👇
https://www.boobookeducation.com.au/resources/vce-english-language-practice-exams.html

24/04/2026

BBE 2026 Unit 3 VCE English Language exam
The content of this exam is based on Unit 3 of the EL study design.
The design reflects the VCAA Year 12 EL exam:
Section A- Short answer question on a transcript of a conversation between three people about Formula 1 15 marks
Section B- Analytical commentary on an excerpt of an email from a Victorian cheerleading club about competition etiquette 25 marks
Section C- 2 essay topics each with 4 pieces stimulus material 25 marks
Total: 75 marks
Sample answer guide included.

They are instantly downloadable if paying by credit card,
or use a school order number to have them delivered by email within 24 hours.
👇 Order here 👇
https://www.boobookeducation.com.au/shop/2026-vce-english-language-unit-3-exam.html

31/03/2026

BBE 2026 Unit 1 VCE English Language exam
The content of this exam is based on Unit 1 of the EL study design.
The design reflects the VCAA Year 12 EL exam:
Section A- Short answer question on a prose text about human speech. 15 marks
Section B- Analytical commentary of a transcript of a conversation between a teenager and his father re buying a car. 15 marks
Section C- 2 essay topics each with 4 pieces stimulus material 20 marks
Total: 50 marks
Sample answer guide included.
They are instantly downloadable if paying by credit card,
or use a school order number to have them delivered by email within 24 hours.
👇 Order here 👇
https://www.boobookeducation.com.au/shop/2026-vce-english-language-unit-1-exam.html

26/03/2026

🌟New blog🌟 Can we learn anymore from another set of stellar Section B exam responses in 2025 than in 2024?

In this blog Doug McCurry further discusses the Section B examples in the exam reports and suggests that there is a danger that Section B is open to the unloading of preprepared or plagiarised responses.

Read the full blog:
https://www.boobookeducation.com.au/blog.html?view=article&id=688:can-we-learn-anymore-from-another-set-of-stellar-section-b-exam-responses-in-2025-than-in-2024&catid=56