Is it unwise to use different writing method in context to that of your school?

[ronidee]

I've always struggled with writing expository essays for conflict, since I've found them bland and boring.
 I didn't even know that you could formulate your essay in the final exam in different formats.

 I was wondering if it would be unwise for me to practice a different method to the way in which I have been taught all year. The only reason I am considering doing the creative approach rather than expository is because in Literature I got 60/60 for my creative piece, and I feel extremely confident when writing creative pieces

What should I do??

[pi]

Yeah that's fine

[FallingStar]

I've always struggled with writing expository essays for conflict, since I've found them bland and boring.
 I didn't even know that you could formulate your essay in the final exam in different formats.

 I was wondering if it would be unwise for me to practice a different method to the way in which I have been taught all year. The only reason I am considering doing the creative approach rather than expository is because in Literature I got 60/60 for my creative piece, and I feel extremely confident when writing creative pieces

What should I do??

You should preferably do the form of writing that you are the most comfortable with. So if you don't like expository, then do something else. You have said that you wanted to do the creative. This is quite fine however, you do need to keep in mind that the creative is usually the essays that get either the high range responses or the low range responses, but there's not much in the middle. Consider getting a tutor to talk to you about whether imaginative is the best thing for you or not. If you don't want to get the tutor, then post you respective essays in the English Work Submission and Marking sub-forum. Bear in mind that I does take a while to mark essays, so don't expect this forum to be a fast paced one. It is peer marking, but it should give you a good idea of where you are at.

Secondly, unless you are some genius, it is really difficult to make up some really good quality story in an hour; the time you have in an English Examination. So I suggest that you make up some story that you can twist into any prompt on your respective context. Once you made up that story, practise twisting it into the prompts in the link (previous sentence on the word prompt). In addition to that, get a backup style, perhaps as a feature article or some opinion piece (any backup style would do).

So Good Luck.

[Alter]

I agree with FallingStar. You can definitely still change your text type, even if your school doesn't recommend it. However, I'd still go through it with an English teacher (or tutor, or someone on atarnotes, if your teachers aren't helpful for whatever reason), because it will count for a pretty huge mark on your exam. Creative pieces are really tricky to do for context, and I ended up going from imaginative --> expository by the time the exam came just because it was more difficult to consistently do well.

There are lots of resources and posts about imaginative responses in the English Q&A thread. Best of luck.

[ronidee]

You should preferably do the form of writing that you are the most comfortable with. So if you don't like expository, then do something else. You have said that you wanted to do the creative. This is quite fine however, you do need to keep in mind that the creative is usually the essays that get either the high range responses or the low range responses, but there's not much in the middle. Consider getting a tutor to talk to you about whether imaginative is the best thing for you or not. If you don't want to get the tutor, then post you respective essays in the English Work Submission and Marking sub-forum. Bear in mind that I does take a while to mark essays, so don't expect this forum to be a fast paced one. It is peer marking, but it should give you a good idea of where you are at.

Secondly, unless you are some genius, it is really difficult to make up some really good quality story in an hour; the time you have in an English Examination. So I suggest that you make up some story that you can twist into any prompt on your respective context. Once you made up that story, practise twisting it into the prompts in the link (previous sentence on the word prompt). In addition to that, get a backup style, perhaps as a feature article or some opinion piece (any backup style would do).

So Good Luck.

I'm a little stick with how I will go about making a general storyline that I can twist, for I can't seem to get past creating ideas that are too similar to the text I'm studying. I don't want to just rewrite the text, or what could be featured in the text.
I was wondering if you may be able to help me.
The text I'm studying is 'The Lieutenant' by Kate Greenville and the context is Encountering Conflict

[Alter]

I'm a little stick with how I will go about making a general storyline that I can twist, for I can't seem to get past creating ideas that are too similar to the text I'm studying. I don't want to just rewrite the text, or what could be featured in the text.
I was wondering if you may be able to help me.
The text I'm studying is 'The Lieutenant' by Kate Greenville and the context is Encountering Conflict

Hi, typing this from my phone so apologies for the brevity.

While I did expository in the exam last year, I did do an imaginative piece for The Lieutenant in my practice and actual SAC.

My loose story was about rewriting the text that Lieutenant Silk was writing while in Australia. I had a character in the future read through Silk's work and have an internal commentary in order to explore and challenge multiple ideas at once.

This was really successful as I had the opportunity to bend the reaction of the person reading Silk's text to address the specific prompt. Maybe you could try something similar.

It has been well over a year since I actually did this, so my memory is a bit hazy. I also did one about what happens to Rooke when he is sent home after returning from the beheading incident and took on his perspective of reflection when he was on the boat sailing back to face trial.

In a similar way, you could try to fill in a missing or skipped part of the text. I might be able to expand on this if you'd like when I have computer access.

Have a nice day.