About The Essays
About The Essays
The Essays are a collection of model works based on real GP questions, handpicked from both the A-Level Series and JC exam papers across Singapore. We will cover all the broad domains within the GP syllabus, placing slightly more emphasis on topics that appear more often (e.g. science & tech, politics), while also addressing areas which prove to be more daunting and/or niche, but are nonetheless interesting.
Each essay will be thoroughly annotated and dissected, with detailed comments and analysis accompanying not just each paragraph, but each essay component (each example, each evaluation point, etc). Specifically, essays will alternate between such full-length model pieces, and comprehensive "examiner reports", where we focus on the entire thinking process when tackling an essay question, from question analysis to conclusion, and looking at all the possible arguments, evaluations and examples you could raise.
The Essays are a collection of model works based on real GP questions, handpicked from both the A-Level Series and JC exam papers across Singapore. We will cover all the broad domains within the GP syllabus, placing slightly more emphasis on topics that appear more often (e.g. science & tech, politics), while also addressing areas which prove to be more daunting and/or niche but are nonetheless interesting.
Each essay will be thoroughly annotated and dissected, with detailed comments and analysis accompanying not just each paragraph, but each essay component (each example, each evaluation point, etc). Specifically, essays will alternate between such full-length model pieces, and comprehensive "examiner reports", where we focus on the entire thinking process when tackling an essay question, from question analysis to conclusion, and looking at many insightful arguments, evaluations and examples you could raise.
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01
Domains Covered
Domains Covered
Like the Newsletter, the scope of the Essays will include all the 7 major domains within GP. That said, most essays are deliberately embedded with interdisciplinary connections — so do expect each piece to touch on more than one topic!
Like the Newsletter, the scope of the Essays will include all the 7 major domains within GP. That said, most essays are deliberately embedded with interdisciplinary connections — so do expect each piece to touch on more than one topic!
Science & Technology
Science & Technology
Media Issues
Media Issues
Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture
Politics
Politics
Social Issues
Social Issues
Global Issues
Global Issues
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
(Rotates weekly)
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02
Words of Advice
Words of Advice
We encourage you to adopt a similar framework as (01) in your own GP revision. It is certainly not very economical to try and completely master every single topic from science & tech to global issues — you should prioritise a few domains to invest most of your effort in. Yet it is also important to devote some time to reading up and thinking about the others, because unexpected connections between disciplines pop up all the time. As food for thought, consider this 2025 A-Level Essay:
We encourage you to adopt a similar framework as (01) in your own GP revision. It is certainly not very economical to try and completely master every single topic from science & tech to global issues — you should prioritise a few domains to invest most of your effort in. Yet it is also important to devote some time to reading up and thinking about the others, because unexpected connections between disciplines pop up all the time. As food for thought, consider this 2025 A-Level Essay:
“Only well-known works of art can be considered great.” Do you agree?
On the surface, this just seems like an Arts question. But watch how asking a few questions can lead us to new and interesting angles:
“Only well-known works of art can be considered great.” Do you agree?
On the surface, this just seems like an Arts question. But watch how asking a few questions can lead us to new and interesting angles:
Could a work of art not be well-known, but not because it is mediocre? What if this result was man-made?
-> we have discovered censorship, politics.
Could a work of art not be well-known, but not because it is mediocre? What if this result was man-made?
-> we have discovered censorship, politics.
Who are these works of art produced by? Must they always be produced by humans?
-> we have discovered AI, science & tech.
Who are these works of art produced by? Must they always be produced by humans?
-> we have discovered AI, science & tech.
Why might a work of art not be well-known? Could it be because of the culture or social climate when it was made
-> we have discovered social issues, history.
Why might a work of art not be well-known? Could it be because of the culture or social climate when it was made
-> we have discovered social issues, history.
How does a work of art become well-known today? Through the internet. So could some artworks game the system by appealing to what the internet wants – sensational, eye-catching content?
-> we have discovered media issues.
How does a work of art become well-known today? Through the internet. So could some artworks game the system by appealing to what the internet wants – sensational, eye-catching content?
-> we have discovered media issues.
This is why most essay question are never confined to one domain or discipline.
This is why most essay questions are never confined to one domain or discipline.