HSC English Adv MODULES trial (1 Viewer)

[Someguy]

Ok i find myself sitting here.....pondering how i can study for my modules....
I knwo i can do the obvious of memorising quotes etc but what else cam i do?

 

[anti]

Originally posted by Someguy
Ok i find myself sitting here.....pondering how i can study for my modules....
I knwo i can do the obvious of memorising quotes etc but what else cam i do?

Hmm, I didn't do the obvious then
What modules are you doing?

Make sure you know the themes and HOW they are portrayed in your texts. That is, not just plot and plot development but techniques: for poetry, poetic techniques like alliteration, metaphor, structure; film techniques like camera angles and sound effects and that sort of thing.

Ummm.... read or watch the texts again and make sure they're fresh in your mind when you go in there.

And read past papers, make sure you know the format of questions, what order they'll be in, etc. and good luck

 

[Someguy]

Thanks thats a good start. Im doing Emma/Clueless, king Lear and Frontline.

 

[Mistress Lilith]

Themes
Context
Summary
Purpose
Quotes
Characterisation

If you know about all of those, then you'll be fine
I can only suggest that you write a practice essay for each of the modules and use that-- make it as flexible as you can so that you can apply it to a range of questions. This has worked wonders for me!

 

[dissonance]

yeah do what Mistress says.

make an acronym for it or something maybe:

TCCQSP - then I'd say it like T double C Q S P and just remeber the rhythm...

DA dadada DA da DA

hmmm, or you might even have a better way

 

[Fradam]

Try to get as many past papers in your school for these modules as possible, so you have an idea what has been asked in the past; look out for what depth the questions have come in, and try to frame in you mind a general outline of what you'd do in response to each of those.

 

[Marianna]

English Modules fun fun...

Originally posted by Someguy
Thanks thats a good start. Im doing Emma/Clueless, king Lear and Frontline.

I'm doing the same electives

Emma/Clueless always take into consideration the contexts and mention how the contexts have changed but the story is still the same
look at themes like:
- marriage and sexuality
- gender roles
- transport
- materialism
- religion
then remember that the medium has been transformed... Emma - novel typical of that time period and suitable - long detailed novel- women with lots of spare time -- typical woman's book
clueless- 90 min film, fast, suits time dependent 20th century

King Lear -- Pain in the ass play...
lear's tragic flaws and self realisation
ALWAYS MENTION SUBPLOT
gloucester mirroring lear
role of fool -- voice of truth and often wisdom
TAKE NOT OF THE QUESTION.... often directed at the how and the different productions that have been performed... study a coupleof productions positives and negatives and HOW they represented the text

Frontline...
now a couple of episodes well
study suppl material! that will give you bonus marks....
I did an essay without supp mat for 1/2 yearlies and still got about 11 but with supp material I could have got 13/14

Hope that helps... always match up quotes to themes and remember what module the text comes under cause often people totally forget that and don't mention it when that is the whole purpose of the essay

English is a subject that tactic will get you marks in GOOD LUCK!

 

[Mistress Lilith]

Originally posted by dissonance
yeah do what Mistress says.

make an acronym for it or something maybe:

TCCQSP - then I'd say it like T double C Q S P and just remeber the rhythm...

DA dadada DA da DA

hmmm, or you might even have a better way

Hahaha, yeah I make up tunes to remember things too! LIke in chem-- I memorised the reactivity series using the tune to that kiddy song "there was an old man called michael milligan he had whiskers on his..."
And for physics the UV spectrum to "twinkle twinkle little star"