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English Extension 1 Question Thread
William Chen:
--- Quote from: elysepopplewell on March 31, 2016, 10:09:54 am ---Hey William! Don't worry, we all start as noobs :)
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Okay, so creative first. Your creative writing needs to have direct links to the ATB period. It needs to be set in that period, or it needs to be a reflection of that period, or it needs to adapt the ways of thinking in a new setting. The bottom line is: The ways of thinking of the era have to be ridiculously clear. You seriously need to, more than anything, show that you know several ways of thinking that commonly characterised the ATB era. As for the stimulus, your stimulus incorporation doesn't need to be ATB specific in itself. I mean, you can change the person looking across the sea to simply be your main character. You don't need to make a metaphor of the sea. But, if you want to, you can. If you don't want to change the story you have planned, your best bet is to make the stimulus metaphorical, recurring, a motif, something like that.
As for the essay:
This is difficult to say because so much of it is hear-say. What I mean by this is, some people say that you cannot get a band 6 in Extension unless you write a thoroughly integrated essay. For these earlier assessments, you need to find out what your teacher expects. My own teacher believed that you could write wonderful essays without them being thoroughly integrated in every paragraph. So, for the internal assessments, I worked really hard on making sure that I was linking the texts with WAYS of THINKING. To me, that was more important that anything else. All throughout my internal assessments, this was my aim and I always did really well. It wasn't until I got to the HSC exams that I thought, "ok, time to do this integrated thing." Then I wrote a thoroughly integrated essay that is downloadable on this website. More than anything, you need to link ways of thinking. This is your best bet.
Let me know if this makes sense to you. If you have more questions, post back :)
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Ah thanks. Also, just to clarify, writing with absurdist elements like WFG would be seen like a form of cheating by the markers? E.g having an overall vague plot (like Maralinga bomb testings or something), but having traces of absurdist messy bits all around to show mental turmoil, uncertainty, that sort of stuff. Bad idea?
For the essay, I'll emphasis on linking to context, but include some integration at the end of every second paragraph. I might work on integration later after I get the half yearlies out of the way, since I did fairly well in my first assessment last term so I'll just use that as a blueprint and edit it
Thanks
PS Also how much can you write in an hour?
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: William Chen on March 31, 2016, 09:12:04 pm ---Ah thanks. Also, just to clarify, writing with absurdist elements like WFG would be seen like a form of cheating by the markers? E.g having an overall vague plot (like Maralinga bomb testings or something), but having traces of absurdist messy bits all around to show mental turmoil, uncertainty, that sort of stuff. Bad idea?
For the essay, I'll emphasis on linking to context, but include some integration at the end of every second paragraph. I might work on integration later after I get the half yearlies out of the way, since I did fairly well in my first assessment last term so I'll just use that as a blueprint and edit it
Thanks
PS Also how much can you write in an hour?
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I mean, it's not cheating. My concern for that is if you have a fragmented plot, in an exam conditions (rushed, messy writing, etc) then it becomes difficult to follow. It is easier to follow absurdist pieces when they are acted or in print because it is so visually clear. You can definitely do this in an exam, but I can't promise that it will be effective because of the way it is delivered. I don't think it is a bad idea, but your execution would have to be very clear in order to convey this to a marker well.
That sounds like a perfect plan for your essay! Once the half yearly is out of the way, you have some more time to play with structure before the next assessment!
Typically, I wrote about 30-35 words per minute. So when it came to an hour, I could write almost 2000 words. This depends on whether or not I'm making up the words as I go, if I'm writing from memory, if I'm in an exam (adrenaline kicks in and I write quickly), how neat I'm being, etc. With all of those factors in mind: I'd write about 1900 words an hour.
I hope your studying is going well!
Acing:
Hi,
I'm in year 11 and our topic is "Existentialism", and our prescribed texts are: "Brazil" (film) and "The Trial" by Franz Kafka. I have an assignment coming up that is worth 40% and I need a related text for it. I found some I liked but unfortunately they were on the HSC prescription list. Help! I need to find a related text!
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: Acing on April 10, 2016, 11:50:02 am ---Hi,
I'm in year 11 and our topic is "Existentialism", and our prescribed texts are: "Brazil" (film) and "The Trial" by Franz Kafka. I have an assignment coming up that is worth 40% and I need a related text for it. I found some I liked but unfortunately they were on the HSC prescription list. Help! I need to find a related text!
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Hi there! You could actually study the work of Jean-Paul Sartre himself by using his own publications as an ORT. It would be tricky, but I think it would definitely be rewarding!
I haven't read it myself, so I'm not sure of the length, level, anything like that, but I do know that some friends of mine have read The Stranger by Albert Camus. He has another book called "The Plague." Existentialism isn't an easy topic but it's very interesting. Plus, if you are studying After the Bomb in year 12, you'll have a great understanding of one of the major ways of thinking!
Acing:
Hi,
We have a tutorial-style assessment coming up. The task is:
Discuss how elements of Existentialism are seen in ONE text of your choosing.
You discussion of the text is to be presented in a 5-6 minute tutorial. After each tutorial there will be the opportunity for questions. The use of teaching aids and text extracts are welcome.
I've chosen my text and I'm happy with it, but I don't know how to start it. It is 5-6 minutes and I don't want to bore everyone six feet under, but I don't want to loose marks by not hitting the criteria. I was wondering if you could help me set the structure so I can maximise interactivity (umm, how did I do this?!) and hit the criteria.
Thank you!
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