While you are no longer in a position to thoroughly prepare for this component of your English Advanced trial exam, all is not lost. You can still somewhat prepare for it using the time that you have left. You could adopt one of the following two approaches:
- If your initial plan was to have an essay prepared in advance, use the remaining time to prepare an essay. However, there are two potential problems with this approach, the first being that it is unclear whether you would be able to receive any feedback before your exam, leaving you without a guarantee that your essay is of good quality, especially if it is rushed. The second problem is that, unless you are good at memorising, you may not have enough time to memorise your essay. I would therefore only recommend this if you are able to receive and implement feedback at this stage and are confident in your ability to memorise and reproduce this essay on the day of this exam.
- Use your notes and your understanding of the prescribed text and the relevant module to prepare for this component. If you have a good understanding of your prescribed text and module and have good notes to support you, you can use them, such as by memorising relevant techniques and quotes, to prepare for this component.
Beyond this point, if your plan is to prepare essays in advance, it is important to write one as well as seek and implement feedback so that you can effectively address this issue in preparation for your English Advanced HSC exam, the weighting of which will be much more significant than your trial exam.
I hope this helps!