prac context essay

[AppleXY]

if its 50% it sounds like a text response lol.

[cathtacular]

i tried to use connections to the text subtly, more the themes, like tradition in jindabyne with the fishing trip, besides the text stuff, is there other criticisms like flow and grammar and things anyone has comments on?? thanks

[dusty_girl1144]

oh STRAIGHT ANSWERS PLEASE LOL >.<

im so confused

section A B C is what i know them as. not text response and stuff. im confused


so whats actually correct?

[Noblesse]

Umm do you mean:

Section A = Text Response
Section B = Context Writing
Section C = Analysis

?

[dusty_girl1144]

yes thankyou

i didnt every refer sections to those names i just thought A, B, C ty


no i need to know which one can incorporate real life things and how much etc... coz yeah i dont wanna walk in and write EVERYTHING on the texts and nothing on real life... and examiners get bored of me

[shinny]

I do pretty much exactly 50% and the examiner I've handed work to was fine with that.

[dusty_girl1144]

so say like you have 6 paragraphs not including intro and conclusion.... and 3 of them are made up of real life things?

[costargh]

Real life things including:

-historical information
-current events
-real life examples

Eg. Today I wrote a context essay that ended up taking about
- legal and political factors associated with euthanasia
- and Melbourne Victory supporter groups in relation to:

"In the modern world, there are obstacles to maintaining personal independence"

[shinny]

so say like you have 6 paragraphs not including intro and conclusion.... and 3 of them are made up of real life things?

I tend to have 3 body paragraphs, one for each idea with one example from my text which demonstrates that idea, followed by one example from supplementary material which demonstrates that idea

[Survivor]

so say like you have 6 paragraphs not including intro and conclusion.... and 3 of them are made up of real life things?

I tend to have 3 body paragraphs, one for each idea with one example from my text which demonstrates that idea, followed by one example from supplementary material which demonstrates that idea

Same here. With each of my 4 paragraphs, I follow my topic sentence with examples from the text then I tie it together with broader ideas/an anecdote.

[cathtacular]

do you specifically refer to the text or just ideas or themes in the texts?

[dusty_girl1144]

so say like you have 6 paragraphs not including intro and conclusion.... and 3 of them are made up of real life things?

I tend to have 3 body paragraphs, one for each idea with one example from my text which demonstrates that idea, followed by one example from supplementary material which demonstrates that idea

Same here. With each of my 4 paragraphs, I follow my topic sentence with examples from the text then I tie it together with broader ideas/an anecdote.

ANECDOTE!!! i was looking for that word for like 3 days now! ty for the memory boost

[chlloe]

The lecture I went to on the weekend, suggested really, no more then 30% text examples. The emphasis is on the 'big picture ideas'.

Im basically, having an intro with no text, just broad ideas, same with 1 other paragraph, then including a general paragraphs with text based examples to support my contention really. I'm trying to work in a personal reflection if it fits the prompt, I',m finding the context the easiest piece to write, and its my highest scoring piece too!

How is everyone else (who is doing Imaginative Landscape) including the 'imaginative' part of their discussion? Id be interested to see.

[sisqo1111]

im doing the imaginative landscape. do u think the prompt will be similar to the one in the sample 2008 exam? cause it was for the vate sample one.
would you by any chance have any other prompts from practice exams?

[Amnesiac]

so say like you have 6 paragraphs not including intro and conclusion.... and 3 of them are made up of real life things?

I tend to have 3 body paragraphs, one for each idea with one example from my text which demonstrates that idea, followed by one example from supplementary material which demonstrates that idea

Same here. With each of my 4 paragraphs, I follow my topic sentence with examples from the text then I tie it together with broader ideas/an anecdote.

I am doing it in a similar manner, and my teacher really loves it.

In the exam i will be writing an expository piece with three body paragraphs. Each paragraph will deal with a seperate idea, and i will use evidence from the text to back it up. In my third paragraph i have now changed my course of direction - i will most likely include a different form of evidence (i.e an external example relating to history or something) just to give the examiners what they want. For 'Whose Reality' i usually talk a lot about a lot of philosophical matters such as morals and beliefs influencing perceptions and individual characteristics forming the basis of these morals. Nevertheless, i have also been told to remove a small smount of the textual evidence i have been including merely to make it not seem like a text response.

I think expository writing is so easy and enjoyable - i don't understand this whole percentage thing like jsimmo argued, but basically, this AOS is so broad that nearly anything goes. My only advice would be to not write a short story that goes on a rampage and deals with none of the ideas from the text/context. If you're writing in a creative manner, and closely relating the ideas to the prompt and to the text, then i think the examiners will treat each student differently.

Additionally, this is new to the study design, so of course everyone has different perspectives on how much evidence you should include and what form you should write it. The examiners are going to be marking a lot of varied pieces of writing - some will be deplorable, and others (like all of ours) will be extraordinarily awesome. Nontheless, everyone is different, just as the Context's argue, haha.

Sorry for my rant.