What is the worse combination of texts for eng adv? (1 Viewer)

[Big Willy]

Originally posted by MinAi
I reckon the workload for mine is kinda heaps..

AOS: My Place - changing self
ModA: Hamlet/R+G are dead
ModB: John Donne poetry
ModC: 1984 powerplay

URS SUCK!!! Ours rock - even though we are from same school:

AOS: Alibrandi, Looking For - changing perspecitves
ModA: Hamlet/R+G are dead
ModB: John Donne poetry
ModC: Frontline - telling the truth

 

[Lifewasahouse]

Mines kinda average in comparison to some;

Representation and Text: Frontline
Comparative Study of Text and context: William Worsworth and David Malouf.
Critical Study: King Lear.



but man....
Wordworth & Malouf and King Lear suck!!!!!!
Frontline's OK though.

 

[wogboy]

Here's my combo:

Gwen Harwood poems = Pointless & stupid;
King Lear = Interesting story, but hard to analyse & break down;
Brave New World/Blade Runner = This is my favourite module in English because I love Sci-fi;
Frontline = Excellent TV series, but too much to remember

 

[babydoll_]

Eat this!

Area of Study : "Changing Perspectives" - Peter Skrzynecki poetry
Text 1: "Transformations" - 'Emma' vs. 'Clueless'
Text 2: "Representation and Texts" - 'Wild Swans'
Text 3: "Powerplay" - 'Julius Caesar'

I reckon that's fair terrible... :gridnod:

 

[Ozz^E]

I did:

Representation and Text: Powerplay: Julius Caesar + 1984 and Hitler
Comparative Study of Text and context: William Worsworth and David Malouf.
Critical Study: Citizen Kane.

All were pretty Ok. I actaully started to appreciate the texts towards the end and i think once you do that it makes it easier to write better responses.

 

[Cath]

I'm sorry...but I think my english one is the worst!

AOS: Changing Worlds - On Giants' Shoulders (it's like a collection of radio transcripts on scientists discoveries - i.e. not english related!)
Mod A: Emma & Clueless
Mod B: John Donne
Mod C: Powerplay - Julius Caesar

Anyone else got off lucky I reckon!

 

[Lethargist]

This is ridiculus. Nobody has written anything worthwhile in here. Everyone is just whinging about the texts that they have been given. No-one has any basis for comparison.

Get over yourselves.

 

[Minai]

Originally posted by Lethargist
This is ridiculus. Nobody has written anything worthwhile in here. Everyone is just whinging about the texts that they have been given. No-one has any basis for comparison.

Get over yourselves.

If u don't have anything worthwhile to contribute to this old thread, then leave it alone

 

[user]

Originally posted by MinAi


If u don't have anything worthwhile to contribute to this old thread, then leave it alone

he does have a point though; how can you say that you have the worst combination of texts when you have not actually studied the other texts in the detail prescibed by the Board of Studies?

They do try and make it so that everyone has to go through the same amount of work/same difficulty, and therefore the restrictions that you must study a non fiction, poem, play/film, shakespeare, fiction and they must not double up.

The modules and the similar questions and syllabus outcomes also make the effort required for each text similar.

to contribute to the thread, I did
stolen children
hamlet/RAGAD
John Donne
1984

IMHO pretty average

 

[Minai]

user: I didnt like the attitude, that's all

and lol, I did exactly the same texts as u, except swap Stolen Children with My Place

 

[DC10]

does anyone do 50th gate for module C ? :mad1:

 

[user]

Originally posted by MinAi
user: I didnt like the attitude, that's all

and lol, I did exactly the same texts as u, except swap Stolen Children with My Place

fair enough.


they weren't that bad texts come to think of it. Might have hated them back in the days when these things did matter, but i can't imagine doing the HSC with different texts.

 

[Minai]

yeah
Hamlet/R+G was probably the best/most interesting
John Donne...u either hated it or loved it in my opinion

 

[CHUDYMASTER]

Gwen Harwood poems are very depressing...

And when you say you study Hamlet and R + G Are Dead under "transformation" - is that in the sense of change transformation or appropriation transformation?

Basically, explain to me what transformation is...

And ANOTHER THING, Min Ai, you have posted over 1000 times and you are a "new member" again - well done!

 

[user]

re hamlet and rg

how stoppard has appropiated the themes of hamlet for a modern audience er responder.

 

[CHUDYMASTER]

Excellent, that's basically what we did for extension english last year. HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW...

 

[user]

might mention that you don't need supplementary materials for transformations.

 

[pri]

aaaaargh

we have
stolen children (no notes what so ever on this, cept supp materials are plentiful)
Brave new world/Bladerunner (sweeeeet coz I cant stand the others)
Sylvia plath (meh she went psycho, so her poems may b interesting, then again mayb not)
Julius Caesar ( my sister did this in yr 7, that makes me feel sooo smart)

Im doing changing perspectives, which is not good but not tooo bad I guesssss

 

[Orange Juice]

did you guys get choices in what books you did?

 

[kate]

we definately did not get a choice