how many texts do we use for the essay? (1 Viewer)

[dilos]

hey everyone!!

i'm just unsure about how many texts we should be using for the AoS essay?

should it be eg. 2 coleridge poems, 1 stimbklt, and 2 related
or 3 coleridge poems, 1 stimbklt 2 related??

any more? any less? any ideas? cos i'm really confused how many we should be learning to get a band 6- given the short amount we have to write it all and still write something of decent quality.

 

[ujuphleg]

i think its the last one, but i don't do the coleridge poems so i wouldn't know. how many are there to start with? i mean if theres 6 then i'd imagine 3 but if theres 4 or 5 then it depends. in addition, i would imagine it depends on the question and what it asks you to do. certain poems may fit better than others and you may have to draw information from several poems for one question but another question may only require you to talk in detail about 2.

but the other texts you are right, 1 stimulus booklet and 2 supps. and the essay should be minimum of 8 pages or one writing booklet.

good luck.

 

[Sarah168]

for the colerdige poems, u should do two and preferably a conversational one and a supernatural one. then add on the BoS text and our two related texts

 

[iambored]

1stimbklt, 2 related

as for poems, see how many you can fit, definitely 2 or 3

 

[Ziff]

Two Coleridge poems, one from the stimulus booklet and one of your own.

Generally it's 50% on the Coleridge poems, 50% on the other two.

The Coleridge poems should be one conversational (Lime-Tree, Frost at Midnight) and one visionary poem (Kubla, Ancient Mariner).

So aim for 25% on all four. It's generally a good idea to link the two other texts to the Coleridge ones and not to link the Coleridge ones to each other all that much. This makes it easier to write an integrated essay.

 

[dilos]

aw thanks guys!! 8 pages min?? in 40 mins....almost physically impossible (unless you want to read scribble)...

i wasn't too sure which way to go- learn 2 coleridge poems inside out...

or do 3 poems, but a little more concise

hmm i think i'll go with the first one.

 

[Ziff]

8 pages in HSC writing booklet terms is not much.

8 pages in normal A4 is heaps. I generally get about 5-6 normal A4 pages in an hour.

 

[Sarah168]

the HSC writing booklet has huuuuge gaps between the lines...its not hard to fill them up within minutes.

 

[redslert]

depends on the question

if the question is just:
text - then you can live with one, but 2 would be better
texts - then you have to have more than one! 2+++

not including required text and stimlus text!

i've gotten burnt before thinking 1 text would be enough, but then realised it is a pural!

 

[Ziff]

Text:

The Coleridge poems are all ONE text.

The four poems are not separate/individual, they are ONE text. That's how you have to think about it.

 

[Aramat]

Hey carefull guys in my half yearly they asked for 2 stimulus booklet thingys....so many if us got burned so prepare a couple

 

[Sarah168]

Originally posted by Tam
Hey carefull guys in my half yearly they asked for 2 stimulus booklet thingys....so many if us got burned so prepare a couple

yes, but in the HSC, you definately need only one...preaparing for a few is a good idea nevertheless, but changing your plans on HSC day will make it difficult to incorporate a new BOS text into the essay on the spot...

 

[Ziff]

You don't even need to know the Stimulus booklet ones in that much detail. Having a good memory which can remember pictures well is a big plus because then you can analyse the photo that's in your head on the go if the going gets tough and you end up winning

 

[Sarah168]

doesnt help if you're not doing the ivory trail or journeys over land and sea

 

[Ziff]

I found that if there's visual or sensory imagery involved in a text I'm more likely to remember the visual imagery conjured up by the text very vividly - I exploit that