English 30-2 Diploma study plan

Deconstruct the written-response scoring criteria into a one-page checklist of what earns marks (ideas and details, organization, sentence construction, language and conventions)

Draft a 400-500 word baseline response to a reflective prompt in one sitting to surface current strengths and gaps

Score your own baseline against the checklist and write three specific revision targets

Build an evidence bank of six personal experiences or observations you can adapt to multiple prompts

Convert three sample prompts into focus statements and three-point outlines in under 15 minutes each

Draft one full response from an outline, keeping one idea per paragraph and linking paragraphs with transitions

Annotate your draft to mark where each checklist criterion is met and where it is missing

Revise the draft once for organization and once for sentence variety

Integrate specific supporting detail from the evidence bank into a personal response without retelling the prompt text

Draft an analytical response that states a position and defends it with three cited supports from a short text

Eliminate five recurring errors (fragments, comma splices, tense shifts, second-person slips, vague pronouns) across two pieces of writing

Read both drafts aloud and log every place you stumble as an editing flag

Write two full responses under a strict time limit, spending no more than 12 minutes planning

Reserve the final 8 minutes of each timed write to proofread for the five error types identified in week 3

Score both timed responses against the checklist cold, before rereading your notes

Rank your remaining weaknesses and convert the top two into week 5-8 drill items

Classify multiple-choice question types (main idea, stated detail, inference, vocabulary in context, tone, structure or device) as you work through four practice passages

Log every wrong answer with the reason chosen and the reason the correct answer wins

Practise locating textual evidence for each answer before checking the key

Set a per-question time budget and track minutes per passage

Build a glossary of 25 literary and rhetorical terms, each with a definition and an example you locate yourself

Answer six passages under timed conditions and flag any question where two options felt defensible

Rewrite three of your own wrong answers as correct explanations citing the text

Raise accuracy on your weakest question type by drilling ten items of that type alone

Complete one full multiple-choice practice set under exam timing and score it immediately

Write one timed response targeting the two weakest drills from week 4

Rebuild your error log into a top-five pitfall list for each domain

Rehearse a 3-minute pre-writing routine: read prompt, underline the task verb, choose structure, list three supports

Simulate the full exam in one sitting: written response first, multiple choice second, no notes

Score both sections and compare against your week 1 baseline and week 4 timed writes

Reread only your pitfall sheet and error log, not new material

Finalize an exam-day plan covering time allocation, planning minutes, and proofreading minutes