Year of Wonders or On the Waterfront

[TheRajinator]

Which one should I focus on for the exams? Years of Wonders has a lot of quotes and text to memorise, but my teacher says it's easier to score on it than it is for On the Water Front. Any thoughts?

[TheFedExpress]

I am studying exactly the same texts and am going to do Year of Wonders.

I am doing this because I feel i have a better knowledge of Brooks' techniques that she uses, as opposed to the cinematic techniques
used in On The Waterfront.
I have no idea about any form of cinematic techniques, so would be lost trying to right an in depth text response about a movie.

That's just me though. Do whatever you feel more comfortable with (cliche alert!)

[TheRajinator]

I haven't actually read Year of wonders lol...the size of the book is quite intimidating, just wondering if i should actually read it for the sac or wing it...guess i should start reading

[Yendall]

Try to study for both if you can, you never know what prompts will be thrown at you. You may have better prompts for one text than the other. Remember there are only two prompts per textual study on the end of year exam.

[charmanderp]

Couldn't hurt to prepare two. That's my plan anyway.

[Deleted User]

Couldn't hurt to prepare two. That's my plan anyway.

That's silly. Why waste time studying a text you won't write about? It's better to focus on one.

[Yendall]

Couldn't hurt to prepare two. That's my plan anyway.

That's silly. Why waste time studying a text you won't write about? It's better to focus on one.

It's not silly, how do you know you won't write about it? What if the prompt for that text is better than the others?
It's a personal decision, but I think preparing for both won't hurt.

[AllAboutTheLGs]

Its a good idea, for example students at my school all prepared for YOW because they did the sac closer to exam time, but when the exam arrived, the YOW questions were HARD, whereas the OTW ones were relatively straightforward. So it's always good to come prepared

[charmanderp]

Couldn't hurt to prepare two. That's my plan anyway.

That's silly. Why waste time studying a text you won't write about? It's better to focus on one.

If you're smart about it, it hardly takes any time to study an extra text. Obviously depends on how comfortable you are with the text and the level of the student. It's definitely 'better' to focus on one, but better doesn't always mean right.