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Creative Writing: Breaking down the AOS rubric!
conic curve:
Elyse, just curious but how did you prepare for the english creative. Sometimes I feel practice is not enough because usually in a creative, there's no starting point. Do you have a prepared creative and then adapt it to the creative stimulus (e.g. say you have a prepared response for discovery that birds navigate in a certain direction during the summer season but the creative question is about a vampire's castle). What would you do in this case?
ssarahj:
--- Quote from: conic curve on September 15, 2016, 09:07:23 am ---Elyse, just curious but how did you prepare for the english creative. Sometimes I feel practice is not enough because usually in a creative, there's no starting point. Do you have a prepared creative and then adapt it to the creative stimulus (e.g. say you have a prepared response for discovery that birds navigate in a certain direction during the summer season but the creative question is about a vampire's castle). What would you do in this case?
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I can't speak for Elyse but I know that its common to prepare a creative piece and then practise adapting that to a variety of stimulus. For Discovery, the stimulus and question will always be extracted from the rubric in some way, shape or form. This means that if you have one or two pieces prepared that intentionally cover all aspects of the rubric then you shouldn't have a great deal of trouble finding a connection to the question in the exam, provided you have practised a variety of stimulus (quotes, images etc.).
In response to your example, I can assure you that you that there will be a number of stimulus to choose from in the exam so it seems highly unlikely that you would be forced to write specifically about a "vampire's castle". However if this was the case then you have the option of interpreting the stimulus on a more symbolic and metaphorical level. For example, a castle could represent being trapped >>>> the birds in your story could escape something + use the "castle" as a metaphor in the story.
SpoilerI really can't find a connection to the "vampire" thing but you get the idea
conic curve:
--- Quote from: ssarahj on September 15, 2016, 09:50:51 am ---I can't speak for Elyse but I know that its common to prepare a creative piece and then practise adapting that to a variety of stimulus. For Discovery, the stimulus and question will always be extracted from the rubric in some way, shape or form. This means that if you have one or two pieces prepared that intentionally cover all aspects of the rubric then you shouldn't have a great deal of trouble finding a connection to the question in the exam, provided you have practised a variety of stimulus (quotes, images etc.).
In response to your example, I can assure you that you that there will be a number of stimulus to choose from in the exam so it seems highly unlikely that you would be forced to write specifically about a "vampire's castle". However if this was the case then you have the option of interpreting the stimulus on a more symbolic and metaphorical level. For example, a castle could represent being trapped >>>> the birds in your story could escape something + use the "castle" as a metaphor in the story.
SpoilerI really can't find a connection to the "vampire" thing but you get the idea
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I meant this sort of thing but you wrote your story discovery of birds
Could you write about entering the vampire's castle and going through it and then discovering that birds navigate in a certain direction in the summer season
ssarahj:
--- Quote from: conic curve on September 15, 2016, 10:03:32 am ---I meant this sort of thing but you wrote your story discovery of birds
Could you write about entering the vampire's castle and going through it and then discovering that birds navigate in a certain direction in the summer season
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Sure, you can literally write about whatever you want. If you're aiming for those top marks then you want your story to be:
A. Making an insightful exploration of discovery
B. Sophisticated
C. Focused on the stimulus
So if you're ticking those three boxes with that story outline then go for your life!
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: conic curve on September 15, 2016, 10:03:32 am ---I meant this sort of thing but you wrote your story discovery of birds
Could you write about entering the vampire's castle and going through it and then discovering that birds navigate in a certain direction in the summer season
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Will add to this discussion that you'll never get a stimulus as specific as this, for two reasons:
1 - As Sarah mentioned, you will almost always get choices
2 - The question will never explicitly ask you to write in a specific setting. Even if a picture of a castle is in the stimulus, as Sarah mentions, you would interpret it symbolically.
For example, the 2015 stimuli included things like a balloon revealing a curtain: It would not be necessary to physically include this in your story. It would instead be important (if you choose this stimulus) to interpret this thematically ;D
The point being (as Sarah said), don't stress about adapting your story on a literal level, stress about adapting it on a thematic level :)
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