Year 11 Advanced English - Area of Study (1 Viewer)

[karnoganguli]

We just did the outsider theme and now we've started on Othello. Anyone else studying one of Shakepspeare's many dramas (i won't say if its a bad thing).

Heffo10: stick to advanced till the end of year 11 and see how you go. If you don't do too well then drop down. BUT: consult a teacher before you do (preferably your teacher (duh) and the head of english).

First post ever (on this forum!!!)

 

[SoulSearcher]

We just did the outsider theme and now we've started on Othello. Anyone else studying one of Shakepspeare's many dramas (i won't say if its a bad thing).

Heffo10: stick to advanced till the end of year 11 and see how you go. If you don't do too well then drop down. BUT: consult a teacher before you do (preferably your teacher (duh) and the head of english).

First post ever (on this forum!!!)

Welcome to BoS, karnoganguli.
I'm starting Othello this week, and should have read the play already, but my usual nature is to start things the day before it needs to be done by

 

[nicoled161]

We did Relationships, but I think that's over now. Good thing too, it was incredibly boring. I don't think I've ever learnt less in a subject in my entire life. To me, the whole thing was making stuff up. Now we're doing Othello but I think that's just because we do a Shakespeare every year (we just finished Taming of the Shrew in Extension 1).
I'm finding Extension 1 much more interesting and relevant than Advanced.

 

[SoulSearcher]

Welcome to BoS, nicoled161.

I'm finding Extension 1 much more interesting and relevant than Advanced

Same here. At least in extension english I understand what my teacher is talking about, even if I don't get the text itself. In advanced, I don't have a clue what is happening, so I just tune out.

 

[FranzFerdinand]

I'm finding Extension 1 much more interesting and relevant than Advanced.

True for me too. Even though we don't learn anything in either subject. *cough* teacher never turns up *cough*

 

[vizman]

True for me too. Even though we don't learn anything in either subject. *cough* teacher never turns up *cough*

lol extension 1 for me has been pretty crap this year - primarily attributed to the knob of a teacher i have :burn:

 

[ahen]

what the hell? at macfields high we've done "power in gender relations"( i never want to hear about sylvia plath ever again in my life) and now we're just finishing off utopia/dystopia ( utopia is the most retarded book and pleansantville is a kickarse movie) and we're going to finish off with othello.

 

[karnoganguli]

Same here, i find ext. much more interesting than ye old advanced. Thanks for the warm welcome soulsearcher (and anybody else who welcomed me). My teacher is annoying but he does teach us and give us very easy essay questions (half yearlies).

 

[filo_romz]

i just finishd doing espionage .. and now im dreading this next area of study .. shakespeare .. *shivers* im never really a fan of his work .. *sigh* now i gotta study othello .. ahhhhh
good thing the assessment for this topic is a group task ! =D yay and its acting out a scene or something .. woo

 

[chocolate_lover]

We've just finished Justice, with the text "The Crucible". Now we're doing celebration poetry.

 

[Jono_2007]

Well I'm doing the AOS - "Change" as well and so far i think it is so ****. But yeah!

 

[tmde1st]

hey is it just me or does everyone else hate brave new world?

 

[SoulSearcher]

hey is it just me or does everyone else hate brave new world?

I'm not even doing the book until next year.

 

[tmde1st]

you dont want to. ive got a speech due on wed on it and i hate it

 

[FranzFerdinand]

i think we're doing brave new world next year.. i've already read it. and i loved it. i like stories of social engineering in the not too distant future.

 

[xoxo]

im doing changing perspectives

 

[go-anna89]

Last term we finished Power and Gender relations, with a heap of Sylvia Plath and now we are doing Utopia/Dystopia but nearly finished. Next is Othello (i've done it indrama previously so should be cinch)
My school seems to be extremely left-field when it comes to selecting its Area of Studies and its really annoying

 

[tmde1st]

Last term we finished Power and Gender relations, with a heap of Sylvia Plath and now we are doing Utopia/Dystopia but nearly finished. Next is Othello (i've done it indrama previously so should be cinch)
My school seems to be extremely left-field when it comes to selecting its Area of Studies and its really annoying

I hate it when teacher choose the AoS's that nobody wants to now about. i hate the choices our teacher makes

 

[phatinc]

We're doing The Human Condition...like wtf, i have no clue what that means, supposedly it's anything to do with humans...but how do you put that into words?

I hate it when teacher choose the AoS's that nobody wants to now about. i hate the choices our teacher makes

same here, but then again what choice do we have but to sit through this? At least some of the texts that we're doing aren't that bad

eg the talented mr ripley....MATT DAMON!
(which is contrasted by our second text, the great gatsby *shudder* sooooo horrible)

 

[airie]

Does the school have a range of choices for the AoS or something? Or could they just decide on a topic? o.0