VCAA- English Section C

[monkeywantsabanana]

Hey guys, I was wondering what VCAA is "allowed" to give students in Language Analysis - Section C. What is the criteria for a piece?

I know that:

a) It can be any text type
b) It cannot be an existing article from any source
c) They cannot give us an article that will advantage one group over another (e.g. The effects of the Mining Boom will give those who do Economics an advantage).

Does it have to be a recent issue or can they just throw anything at us?

Thanks in advance.

[nisha]

To my knowledge its any issue that has been printed since September 2011.

[pi]

Does it have to be a recent issue or can they just throw anything at us?

Based on last year, it doesn't even have to be an issue, could just be a random piece of crap on tattoos.

If I were you, I'd just practice on as many forms as possible, and make sure you are vaguely familiar with new issues of this year. Remember to not neglect writing on visuals too.

Forms to practice:
- Newspaper articles or ones that are published online (try not to write on Bolt articles so much, they're usually very easy)
- Editorials
- Newsletter articles
- Blogs
- Speeches (transcripts)
- Forum threads (have never seen this, but if I were VCAA, I'd put this on as it's so interesting. For practice, just look at any religion thread on AN for some attempts at persuasive writing - maybe analyse 3-4 posts, example threads: "Can Islam be reformed?" - Dennis Prager or VCE is a flawed system. or Are migrant parents pushing their kids too hard at school? or Prayer Rooms at AFL Stadiums or Controversial Issue: Gay Marriage or Should France ban the veil? or Former student suing Geelong Grammar for "failing to get her into law" or Carbon Tax or Forced abortion or Mother of 5 to be hanged for insulting Muhammed)

Probably more forms, but those seem to be the main ones from memory.

[VivaTequila]

Hey guys, I was wondering what VCAA is "allowed" to give students in Language Analysis - Section C. What is the criteria for a piece?

I know that:

a) It can be any text type
b) It cannot be an existing article from any source
c) They cannot give us an article that will advantage one group over another (e.g. The effects of the Mining Boom will give those who do Economics an advantage).

Does it have to be a recent issue or can they just throw anything at us?

Thanks in advance.

Because they're a professional organisation, you can pretty much guarantee that they are't going to pick anything which is going to cause controversy (last years plagiarized essay was an anomaly lol).

That pretty much removes topics on religion, politics, international relations, philosophy, movements, or basically anything that you get in newspapers. That kinda sucks, right?

You're much more likely to get an opinion article on something that's very neutral. As a rough guide:

- The usefulness of computers (IMHO a very good example)
- Ticketing policies for sporting events (Somewhat good example - somewhat controversial)
- Advertisements on TV that suck little children into unhealthy habits (Very unlikely to occur - definite potential to be controversial)
- Asylum Seekers (Incredibly Controversial, incredibly unlikely)
- Islamic women should be forced to remove their veil in Australia (You won't get a topic like this)
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[charmanderp]

The issue was same-sex marriage for our LA SAC, it was brilliant. We got a pro-gay marriage Jeff Kennett newspaper article, letter from the Catholic Bishops of Victoria (antithetical) and a heavily satiric cartoon (depicting that we treat war as good and gay marriage as bad).

I know that several people (myself included) failed to write dispassionately because of their personal opinions on the issue (probably mostly for but definitely a considerable number against). A lot of fun, for sure. Probably my best SAC for the year haha.