Yep, thank you so much. Does anyone have any suggestions for speeches? Jamon haha?
Another query. For my advanced trials, I wrote the same creative writing I did for extension (set in the Cold War era) and the marker who happened to be an extension teacher took marks off because it was a sign of laziness, even though it had a clear discovery in it -____- wouldn't be so cut if it didn't mean I dropped from first in advanced...
Would that be the same in the actual HSC?
Nah, in the HSC they wouldn't even know you'd done it - It'll get marked on its merits
As for good speech pairings, they all work quite well together in honesty. You should do whatever seems good. Some things I found when I studied speeches (not all of yours were on my list when I did the HSC):
- Atwood worked well with anything - Best speech of the bunch imo (given it is Atwood, unsurprising, aha). But, from looking at your prescribed, it would probably work really nicely with Brooks (as well as Lessing). Coincidentally, all female speakers as well.
- People put Keating and Pearson together because they are two Australian political speeches (and for YOU, it is about the same topic too). Fair enough - I actually think Sadat is a better play off for either of them, because it introduces variety (in terms of content and style), while still keeping things fairly similar. All also work well with Deane as an expression of grief.
- Atwood works well with Pearson as they both explore history
Ultimately though, any combination you can logically justify is going to work - Definitely don't lock yourself into 'typical' arrangements