Writing Strategies and Resources
Transform Your Students into Business Communication Experts!
Your students might grasp the concepts, but if they can't articulate or write them effectively, true excellence remains out of reach. In Business Studies, communication is key to success.
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Writing, like any craft, is a skill that can be honed and perfected. It's an apprenticeship, built through practice, feedback, and – crucially – by learning from expert examples.
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Our resources provide the clear pathway for both you and your students. We'll show you precisely what great Business Studies writing looks like for every section of the exam. Understanding this distinct style and approach is essential to playing the game to win.
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The Kaizen Spiral of Business Writing
Unlock Exam Excellence: The Foundation of Powerful Business Writing
To truly elevate student results, the first step is clear: you must teach, model, and scaffold what truly 'good' writing looks like in Business Studies. This is the critical starting point in the spiral of continuous improvement.
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For many, especially those new to teaching the subject, mastering these nuances can be a significant challenge. As the teacher, you need to know the features of exemplary writing first – only then can you effectively guide your students. Each section of the final exam demands distinct and precise approaches.
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Unsure what these winning approaches are? Our exemplar responses are your essential guide.
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Written by top-performing Band 6 students and meticulously reproduced by a Senior HSC Business Studies Marker, these sample responses set the definitive benchmark for the sophisticated written communication your students must aim for.
Short Response Writing - Section II
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Short Responses need to be planned and crafted, with dense business language and straight to the point, responding correctly to the NESA directive term.
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This section is worth 50% of the Preliminary final examination, and 40% of your final HSC examination mark. Get good at them!
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There are typically small hypothetical business scenarios at the top of each question. Your responses need to apply theory and concepts to these businesses.
There is nothing else like this for Preliminary Business!
Band 6 Responses to every Section II question from 2012 to 2024.
Section II - Short Response Practice Questions
Free to download, print and have your students complete these questions. After they have had a go - show them the exemplars (from the books above) and encourage them to identify and imitate words, phrases, structuring ideas and/or sentence starters. Adopt and copy the best - this is the pathway to writing growth.
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Download practice questions here - the same questions in the Band 6 exemplar books! All the HSC questions have been bundled into topics - making it super easy for you to find questions that align with the topic of your lesson.​
Extended Response Writing - Section III and IV
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Section III requires you to pretend you are a business consultant (Prelim and HSC).
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You are presented with a business that is having specific issues. You are required to write a report responding to (usually) 3 distinct questions.
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Your job is to apply business theory to this specific business.
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Section IV is the Case Study question (HSC Exam only).
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You'll be given two options - only choose ONE.
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This question typically draws together two sections of a single topic (Operations, Marketing, Human Resources and Finance).
Be certain you are giving your students the right guidance and marks.
See what it takes to move into the top bands in the HSC Exam!
Section III and IV - Practice Questions
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​Free download of Year 11 Business Report practice questions here - the same questions in the Band 6 exemplar books! Conveniently, these Section III questions are drawn from each topic, meaning that a complete report could be written (at least) once per topic.
All the HSC questions have been bundled into Section III and Section IV.​
Understanding NESA Directive Terms
Final exams demand very specific textual responses. To achieve full marks, students need to understand precisely what each directive term requires. The structure of their response and the language they use act as clear signals for markers.
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Train your students to identify and use this precise language. Encourage them to highlight or circle these key terms in their responses.
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To reinforce this, display posters around the room detailing what each directive term means and the expected structure and language for their answers. This will ensure they know exactly what to do!