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VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English & EAL => Topic started by: darkphoenix on March 01, 2010, 11:40:53 pm

Title: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: darkphoenix on March 01, 2010, 11:40:53 pm
Does anyone else doing this have the SAC for "context" coming up as well?

How exactly do we prepare for it? Our teacher is crap and doesnt really tell us much.

And context is probably my worst part of english.
Title: Re: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: kenhung123 on March 02, 2010, 04:34:45 pm
Just out of curiosity, have you done your first SAC already? (language analysis)
Title: Re: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: Albeno69 on March 02, 2010, 05:32:55 pm
Just out of curiosity, have you done your first SAC already? (language analysis)
my first assessment was a speech i dont think it matters in which order the school does it as long as they asses the students on the material.
Title: Re: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: darkphoenix on March 02, 2010, 11:21:42 pm
Just out of curiosity, have you done your first SAC already? (language analysis)

Nope this context one coming up is our first.
Title: Re: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: olly_s15 on March 02, 2010, 11:24:00 pm
I have my reading and responding SAC tomorrow (for "On the Waterfront" if you're interested)
Title: Re: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: vexx on March 02, 2010, 11:52:25 pm
it's a good idea to read a wide range of texts to understand your context better and use them as solid examples in your essays, perhaps even reading a summary of the core ideas on sparknotes or something of those texts to even better enhance your knowledge. i wrote up a list of supplementary texts to use for Encountering Conflict, but i can't seem to find it on the forums, i can post again - im sure i saved it somewhere on my computer - if anyone is interested?
Title: Re: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: darkphoenix on March 03, 2010, 12:02:26 am
I have my reading and responding SAC tomorrow (for "On the Waterfront" if you're interested)

Doesn't really apply to me, but thanks for replying.

it's a good idea to read a wide range of texts to understand your context better and use them as solid examples in your essays, perhaps even reading a summary of the core ideas on sparknotes or something of those texts to even better enhance your knowledge. i wrote up a list of supplementary texts to use for Encountering Conflict, but i can't seem to find it on the forums, i can post again - im sure i saved it somewhere on my computer - if anyone is interested?

Yeah that would be awesome thanks vexx.
Title: Re: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: natty on March 03, 2010, 11:18:41 pm
Just ensure that you have a wide range of examples you can draw on in your piece, and have a few points to relate back to the text. Have a look at a few topics and figure out some examples that can be used for support in your piece.

Have you been given a specific style that you must use? (persuasive, creative, expository)?
Title: Re: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: vexx on March 03, 2010, 11:49:20 pm
I have my reading and responding SAC tomorrow (for "On the Waterfront" if you're interested)

Doesn't really apply to me, but thanks for replying.

it's a good idea to read a wide range of texts to understand your context better and use them as solid examples in your essays, perhaps even reading a summary of the core ideas on sparknotes or something of those texts to even better enhance your knowledge. i wrote up a list of supplementary texts to use for Encountering Conflict, but i can't seem to find it on the forums, i can post again - im sure i saved it somewhere on my computer - if anyone is interested?

Yeah that would be awesome thanks vexx.

just made thread http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,23783.0.html heaps of examples to find through there.
Title: Re: 'Encountering Conflict'
Post by: darkphoenix on March 04, 2010, 11:14:23 pm
Just ensure that you have a wide range of examples you can draw on in your piece, and have a few points to relate back to the text. Have a look at a few topics and figure out some examples that can be used for support in your piece.

Have you been given a specific style that you must use? (persuasive, creative, expository)?

Nah we get to choose which one we want to do.

@vexx thanks for posting, ill check it out.