Belonging Related text (1 Viewer)

[Frostnovae]

I am doing the immigrant chronicles as my prescribed text.... as you all know its a collection of poetry....

I was advised that i should choose a text of a diffrent format to my prescribed text as a related text... ie... something NOT poetry...

I wanted to use poetry as a related text as i find i can write a more in depth and detailed analysis of poetry than other text types...

What are your thoughts on this? Will choosing similar text types for related texts adversely affect my marks?

 

[Absolutezero]

If you feel you can best reprsent your ideas with another poem, then do it. Diversity isn't always better, if you can't analyse it well.

Personally, I'd go for soemthing else, but its totally up to you.

 

[Sadiah]

Absolute zero is right.

Generally, all the band 6 responses I had a look at consisted of diverse texts.

Another interesting related text to beloning is 'The Arrival' by Shuan Tan; it's a picture book, and moreover, it also relates to the immigrant chronicle by peter skrzynecki.

 

[Aerath]

Another interesting related text to beloning is 'The Arrival' by Shuan Tan; it's a picture book, and moreover, it also relates to the immigrant chronicle by peter skrzynecki.

You're absolutely correct. Only thing is, every kid and their dog uses The Arrival as a related text, so if you're looking to stand out from the crowd, your analysis will need to be spot on.

 

[jellybelly59]

Don't use Shaun Tan's arrival if you can't distinguish your response from the hundreds and thousands of other students that will be using it. Diversity of text allows gives you leverage for better marks - it shows sophistication and willingness to explore your area of study rather than grabbing anything at your disposal. In saying that unless you write brilliantly i don't think Shaun Tan's arrival will show that willingness given it's relative popularity in AOS responses.

My advice is to go in with some poems as related texts AND two other text types (e.g. newspaper article, visual stimulus etc.) that relate to belonging - that way when you are in the exam you can actually pick whatever you will feel comfortable with and pick the one that fits the question.