2009 HSC English Texts - What are you studying? (3 Viewers)

[Isiebeau]

Haha I read 'The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-time' for fun at 15, I wish we could study it as a text, I love it.

Wondering though, if anyone else is studying The Namesake as their prose fiction text for belonging in Advanced?

 

[mikballs]

Advanced-
AOS Belonging- Romulus, My father.

Then we're doing frankenstine and hamlet

 

[Isiebeau]

Oh Hamlet! that would be fun, we're doing on of the Richard's.

Romulus, My Father - I've never studied but I bet it's a good Ancient History crossover? I know we did the Odyssey in Extension English in year 11 at that one was handy.

 

[eliseliselise]

for AOS we're doing the SIMPLE GIFT, and dear god.. it's too simple for my liking, i have decided that i am going to dedicate my life to finding some kind of deep, philosophical underlying message subliminally embedded within such a mind bogglingly SIMPLE free verse novel... -shudder-

then for mod A we're doing pride & prejudice and letters to alice, which should be relatively easy to explore connections in..

mod B is HAMLET!! which i did back in the days of yore in year 10...

& module C is 'wag the dog' which is another text that i live in fear will potentially become deathbeatingly simple. :S

i'm kinda sad that the option i originally picked didn't run.. it was awesome- it had the JUSTICE GAME included! ;'(

for ext we're doing CRIME FICTION!!! as for texts, REAR WINDOW, ANIL'S GHOST &THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND!! of which i am VERY happy with!! & i'm doing a mind-revolutionising critical analysis for extension 2 which i can't wait to create.

 

[chadmeleon]

The crucible, letters to alice, poetry of Samuel Taylor Colleridge, Letters to Alice, Pride and Prej, Wutering Heights and Birthday letters (poems but someone)
i dont actually know which ones and ad and Ex...hopefull will be the end of the year though

 

[chadmeleon]

Wuthering Heights i mean
oh and i think Hamlet to as the Shakespeare

 

[ZEROtheHERO]

darnit i want to do hamlet, romulus and pride and prejudice!

i'm doing joy luck club, donne (don't know what this is?), Wit (a play) and Julius caesar.

 

[genericusername]

Romulus, My Father - I've never studied but I bet it's a good Ancient History crossover? I know we did the Odyssey in Extension English in year 11 at that one was handy.

You'd think so, but nope...
Despite sounding epically historic, in actuality it's naught but a biography memoir type piece that some guy wrote about his father. Originated as a eulogy, developed into a book...

 

[osamaelias]

witness as close study of text

 

[Sezenator]

Hey people
i'm doing an english essay atm...and i've jus gone blank
i was just wonderingg can i use 2 of the same quotes in one essay reflecting different aspects?

 

[roar84eighty]

Advanced-
AOS Belonging- Romulus, My father.

Then we're doing frankenstine and hamlet

How can you compare Module A, the Comparative Textual Study with one text.
Epic fail n00b.

 

[loren.boren]

Re: English Level

What about Fundamentals of English?

I did fundemantals as a part of my year 11 course because english has always been my worst subject by far. I ended up winning an award for topping the subject and now all the boys in my grade have been bagging me out. I feel so embarrased.

 

[Cinnamonster]

Advanced.

AOS: Romulus, My Father.
Module A: Frankenstein and Bladerunner (looking forward to this because Frankenstein is one of my favourite books).
Module B: Kenneth Slessor.
Module C: Julius Caesar.

I reckon we got pretty good texts this year.

 

[cathy.babes]

ahh
im doing standared english, dropped down from advanced
area of study: into the world.

+ we're doing billy elliot at a film study. its pretty great.
not sure what books though.

 

[mikballs]

ffs clarky, leave me alone

 

[scorer]

i am studying

Standard English
biology
physics
maths ext 1
chemistry
economics

My assessments are going on now.


I am absolutely hopeless in English. I am doing simple gift for belonging and need help with preparing my speech assignement due next week. if anyone there can help.

 

[gibbo153]

Hey people
i'm doing an english essay atm...and i've jus gone blank
i was just wonderingg can i use 2 of the same quotes in one essay reflecting different aspects?

yeah i spose. it shows you can interpret things in different ways.
do it in a way that doesnt make you look like a douche though, say something like 'another aspect of *whatever* can be seen in the same quote'

 

[manoo]

Standard English

AOS: Belonging

Set Texts:

• a simple gift
• the life and crimes of harry lavender
• cosi

ORMs:

• Looking for alibrandi (novel)
• the rabbits (picture book)
• the arrival (picture book)
• Elizabethtown (film)

 

[BadWolf91]

i am doing immigrant chronicle by peter skrzynecki for standard english and i need an analysis of the poem postcard

 

[electrolysis]

the related materials that im doing:
-The Kite Runner (novel)
-Christinas World (painting)
-Freedom Writers (movie)