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Last minute context piece preparation (SAC)
« on: July 25, 2011, 10:27:52 pm »
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I've got three days left to prepare for my context SAC (Encountering conflict- The Crucible). So, I was wondering, what's the best way to prepare for it in the remaining few days I have.

Writing full essays or writing plans for a lot of topics... or would doing more research on a wider variety of supplementary material to support my piece be more helpful?

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Thanks in advance.
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Re: Last minute context piece preparation (SAC)
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2011, 12:26:27 am »
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Definitely write detailed plans on the points you'd use for a variety of prompts, and also pick out selected conflict related quotes from The Crucible that you think will relate to a variety of prompts. It'd be good too if you could write one full essay (as practice) before the SAC and get it corrected by a tutor or your teacher or anyone so that you could have a fair idea of where your weaknesses (if you have any) are :) Research on supplementary material or outside sources is also really important, as the context shouldn't be too reliant on only the Crucible but must draw on from external or outside sources as well so just have a few examples of such conflict you see in the news now or world wars, etc 
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Re: Last minute context piece preparation (SAC)
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2011, 01:10:40 am »
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Thank you for the advice :) I'm afraid I might burn out right before the SAC if I write too many essays so a tiny bit reluctant to write many in the coming few days. I tend not to reuse ideas because I feel like it's redundant and is too influenced by past essays I have written so... after a while it seems like I develop a 'writer's block' (or rather a student's attempt at being a writer ;)) Do you happen to know any ways to overcome this? I think I'm already at this stage again :( So, I'm really quite afraid I will be out of things to write about by the time the sac comes around...mm.
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