essay guide or essay topics???

[treystorm]

hey guys,

i wanted your advice on the following
-should i write my own summary of the book first or should i get into writing the essays? (i have already read text guides)
-if essays, then should i just start of by writing the main points for all the prompts and quotes etc. that i will use or do it in SAC conditions?

also if i have just read the text guides and textbooks what should i do now?

dhanyewaad bhaiyon

[michak]

hey guys,

i wanted your advice on the following
-should i write my own summary of the book first or should i get into writing the essays? (i have already read text guides)
-if essays, then should i just start of by writing the main points for all the prompts and quotes etc. that i will use or do it in SAC conditions?

also if i have just read the text guides and textbooks what should i do now?

dhanyewaad bhaiyon

If by summary you mean just what happens in like each chapter, don't do this. If you are going to make your own notes though this need to be centered around the main views and values and the characters (as essay topics are one or the other) oh and also try find quotes that are universal and can be used in a lot of situations.
You could start essays now if you were keen nothing stopping you.

[treystorm]

If by summary you mean just what happens in like each chapter, don't do this. If you are going to make your own notes though this need to be centered around the main views and values and the characters (as essay topics are one or the other) oh and also try find quotes that are universal and can be used in a lot of situations.
You could start essays now if you were keen nothing stopping you.

if i write essays then should i first write down all the key points first before actually writing the actual essay?

[FlorianK]

if i write essays then should i first write down all the key points first before actually writing the actual essay?

your first essays should be typed up, handed in, improved, handed in, improved ...
So that you have some high-quality essays written by yourself. So just pick a topic write and write on it, it doesn't matter if it takes like 5 hours to write up an 1k essay, we all start somewhere.

[michak]

if i write essays then should i first write down all the key points first before actually writing the actual essay?

Yes i would do this at the start because you probably don't know all the infor about the book/movie yet. Once you start writing a lot of essay you may not need as you become more confident with understanding the content.

[Planck's constant]

hey guys,

i wanted your advice on the following
-should i write my own summary of the book first or should i get into writing the essays? (i have already read text guides)
-if essays, then should i just start of by writing the main points for all the prompts and quotes etc. that i will use or do it in SAC conditions?

also if i have just read the text guides and textbooks what should i do now?

dhanyewaad bhaiyon

A logical next step would be to read past VCAA exam Assessors Reports.
This is useful for a few reasons:

1) if the text has been studied in previous years, you will get an idea about the type of prompt you will be dealing with. You will also get insight into the major themes, characters etc
2) you will get an appreciation of the standard you need to reach and what the VCAA Assessors are looking for.

Once you have done this, you can start practicing on essay prompts.
At this early stage concentrate mainly on ideas and the discovery of relevant passages and quotes to support your ideas. Get into the habit of recording ideas for later use (particularly if the ideas are strong and original).

When you get to this point (ie enough insight and ideas about the text/context) you can start studying the technical aspects of essay writing, ie standard introduction/conclusion techniques, constructing paragraphs etc