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VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English & EAL => Topic started by: Nick on January 28, 2008, 05:22:35 pm

Title: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Nick on January 28, 2008, 05:22:35 pm
Hi everyone,

Please be advised that voting has closed and the five selected English texts that I will be studying this year have been finalised.

According to preferences submitted by FSN members over the past six weeks, the five most popular texts are as follows:

NOVELS
Orwell, George, Nineteen Eighty-Four (List 1, Area of Study One)
Salinger, J D, The Catcher in the Rye (List 2, Area of Study Two, Context: Exploring issues of identity and belonging)

FILM TEXTS
Look Both Ways, Directed by Sarah Watt (List 1, Area of Study One)
Witness, Directed by Peter Weir (List 2, Area of Study Two, Context: Exploring issues of identity and belonging)

PLAYS
Bolt, Robert, A Man for All Seasons
   
As stated previously, I intend to study these texts so I can not only offer support in a general sense, but offer specialised advice and guidance on the most popular texts.

I intend to study each of these texts over the next month, depending on the degree to which my personal commitments restrict me. I expect to have finished studying these texts by early March and will be available to answer questions and offer assistance when this period has elapsed.

I will provide regular updates.

Happy studying,

Nick.  :)
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Rietie on January 28, 2008, 05:24:49 pm
Awww... dang. None of my books.
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: costargh on January 28, 2008, 05:32:56 pm
Madness. Wow Nick, such dedication.
3 texts of mine.
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: elaine on January 28, 2008, 07:01:50 pm
WOOHOO
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: kido_1 on January 28, 2008, 07:16:20 pm
George Orwell's 1984 is up there...
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: costargh on January 28, 2008, 07:33:38 pm
George Orwell's 1984 is up there...
What do you mean...
What's your point?
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: sxcalexc on January 28, 2008, 08:42:15 pm
You my friend, are a god among men.
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: kido_1 on January 28, 2008, 09:05:57 pm
George Orwell's 1984 is up there...
What do you mean...
What's your point?

Our school is studying 1984. So its awesome that Nick is studying that book this year.
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Nick on January 28, 2008, 09:09:22 pm
George Orwell's 1984 is up there...
What do you mean...
What's your point?

Our school is studying 1984. So its awesome that Nick is studying that book this year.

I can't wait to read it. I've already ordered it. It takes 12-14 days though which is an absolute pain.
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: elaine on January 28, 2008, 09:42:31 pm
George Orwell's 1984 is up there...
What do you mean...
What's your point?

Our school is studying 1984. So its awesome that Nick is studying that book this year.

I can't wait to read it. I've already ordered it. It takes 12-14 days though which is an absolute pain.

nick, you're a bloody legend
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: #3171 on January 29, 2008, 04:10:08 pm
awww... none of my books=/
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Chocoholic on January 29, 2008, 07:20:54 pm
Yay....4/6 of my novels/plays/films are up there!!! Thank you soo much :-)
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: brendan on January 29, 2008, 07:27:34 pm
George Orwell's 1984 is up there...
What do you mean...
What's your point?

Our school is studying 1984. So its awesome that Nick is studying that book this year.

I can't wait to read it. I've already ordered it. It takes 12-14 days though which is an absolute pain.

can't you just borrow it from the library? the university library or your local library?
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: droodles on January 29, 2008, 07:42:54 pm
nick i love you so much i want to kiss you
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Nick on January 29, 2008, 09:10:31 pm
George Orwell's 1984 is up there...
What do you mean...
What's your point?

Our school is studying 1984. So its awesome that Nick is studying that book this year.

I can't wait to read it. I've already ordered it. It takes 12-14 days though which is an absolute pain.

can't you just borrow it from the library? the university library or your local library?

That's probably not a great idea given the fact that when I study a novel, I maul it with highlights and scribble.
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: memka on January 29, 2008, 09:31:23 pm
Only one of my texts (Witness)...
That's probably not a great idea given the fact that when I study a novel, I maul it with highlights and scribble.
How will you study for the films then lol?
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Nick on January 29, 2008, 09:33:43 pm
Hahaha good point. I just mentally scribble all over the television screen and hope that it all absorbs into my mind.  :laugh:  Hahaha not really..I'll just scribble some notes as I watch.
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: costargh on January 29, 2008, 11:51:33 pm
nick i love you so much i want to kiss you

I already have. :D

(Note the humour)
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: disha2711 on March 08, 2008, 09:58:51 am
NICCCKKK!!!!
CANT YOU PLEASE READ KITE RUNNER? OR IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS??
damnn none of those books are in my course..
:(
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Eriny on March 08, 2008, 10:15:17 am
NICCCKKK!!!!
CANT YOU PLEASE READ KITE RUNNER? OR IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS??
damnn none of those books are in my course..
:(
It's still okay. Neither of those texts are new to the English text list, many people around have studied one or both of them.
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Nick on March 08, 2008, 09:17:51 pm
NICCCKKK!!!!
CANT YOU PLEASE READ KITE RUNNER? OR IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS??
damnn none of those books are in my course..
:(

I actually have a friend in Melbourne who studied "In the Lake of the Woods" last year. She got a pretty impressive study score and I can forward her email address on to you if you would like? PM me if you would like it.
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: bubbles on March 09, 2008, 12:57:14 am
Awesome!

Novel: The Catcher in the Rye, Film: Look Both Ways, Play: A Man For All Seasons

I am amazed by your generosity Nick =D

Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: sisqo1111 on April 15, 2008, 10:20:23 pm
hi i was just wondering how this works. i know that you have picked the 5 texts already but how exactly does it work? For instance, look both ways is one of my texts, so do you upload information on it?

Thanks a heap
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Nick on April 16, 2008, 11:50:12 am
In relation to Look Both Ways I am happy to answer any questions you may have, have a look at any text responses you have written and provide written feedback on your writing. If you would like a list of key quotes from the film, I would be happy to forward them on to you.
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Post by: sisqo1111 on April 16, 2008, 04:05:58 pm
yeah that would be awesome thanks. :)
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Post by: doboman on April 16, 2008, 06:00:24 pm
Me too, if you dont mind Nick
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Post by: Peter123@ on May 03, 2008, 12:17:39 am
what about context
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Post by: Peter123@ on May 07, 2008, 05:46:36 pm
have you done it yet nearly all of them we are doing
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: Antonyant on May 07, 2008, 10:45:48 pm
we hav got 'fly away peter' by david malouf..... such a damn annoying book to read and to understand...
we also hav kit runner,,,,,,,
n look both ways movie
hmmmmm
oh and sumthing about poems
cant remember his name ,,,, john sumthing,,,,, or sumfin frost,, ir eally cant remember
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: sisqo1111 on June 30, 2008, 04:56:42 pm
the poetry of robert frost u mean lol
Title: Re: 5 VCE English texts- as selected by you!
Post by: lu_c4 on July 11, 2008, 11:34:57 am
Nick,
would you be able to post some of the key themes and major quotes in A Man For All Seasons?
If you have any resources or notes that would be great!
i think its really nice what your doing