2017 VCE English - Comparative Essay

[lilyrosee]

Hi,

I just wanted to create a forum for year 12's in 2017 and beyond as the English Study Design has changed and I cannot find many resources for writing comparative essays (a new implementation in the curriculum). Here we can post bits and pieces about VCE English Units 3 & 4 in 2017, as I find it quite worrying that we are the first year of a new Study Design. 

[clarke54321]

Hi,

I just wanted to create a forum for year 12's in 2017 and beyond as the English Study Design has changed and I cannot find many resources for writing comparative essays (a new implementation in the curriculum). Here we can post bits and pieces about VCE English Units 3 & 4 in 2017, as I find it quite worrying that we are the first year of a new Study Design. 

Hi Lilyrosee,

I'm also doing English 3/4 in 2017 and am experiencing the exact same difficulty that you are. At the moment, I'm relying mostly on my Year 11 English Insight book which explains the new study design changes in greater detail than my teachers can offer.

Which texts has your school chosen for the comparative essay?

[ayesha2011t]

Hi Lilyrosee,

I'm also doing English 3/4 in 2017 and am experiencing the exact same difficulty that you are. At the moment, I'm relying mostly on my Year 11 English Insight book which explains the new study design changes in greater detail than my teachers can offer.

Which texts has your school chosen for the comparative essay?

We will be doing Montana 1948 and Twelve Angry Men

[clarke54321]

We will be doing Montana 1948 and Twelve Angry Men

That sounds good. Our school is doing Twelve Angry Men and the Crucible.

[Syndicate]

For all this time... I thought comparative text analysis is basically a text response...  (or am I right? )

[lilyrosee]

Hi Lilyrosee,

I'm also doing English 3/4 in 2017 and am experiencing the exact same difficulty that you are. At the moment, I'm relying mostly on my Year 11 English Insight book which explains the new study design changes in greater detail than my teachers can offer.

Which texts has your school chosen for the comparative essay?

We are doing "Year of Wonders" and "The Crucible".

[lilyrosee]

For all this time... I thought comparative text analysis is basically a text response...  (or am I right? )

To an extent...you do write similarly to a text response. Generally you will have a primary text and a secondary text so your essay consists first and foremost of the primary text and then you mention similarities and differences in the primary and secondary texts. It becomes quite difficult when layering in the other text and I hope people can post some examples so we can all see what works and what does not. At my school we began writing comparative essays in year 9 and since then we have only done 2 assessments on them. I have a comparative essay SAC coming up in just under 2 months and the teacher has dedicated a week to learning how to correctly write a comparative essay. It just scares me that I will have only done 4 comparative assessments going into Units 3 & 4 English next year...

[Adequace]

To an extent...you do write similarly to a text response. Generally you will have a primary text and a secondary text so your essay consists first and foremost of the primary text and then you mention similarities and differences in the primary and secondary texts. It becomes quite difficult when layering in the other text and I hope people can post some examples so we can all see what works and what does not. At my school we began writing comparative essays in year 9 and since then we have only done 2 assessments on them. I have a comparative essay SAC coming up in just under 2 months and the teacher has dedicated a week to learning how to correctly write a comparative essay. It just scares me that I will have only done 4 comparative assessments going into Units 3 & 4 English next year...

That's like more than 95% of state heading in to English 3/4 next year lol.

[seglansa]

We will be doing Montana 1948 and Twelve Angry Men

Thats what my school did this year

[coolaths]

Hi all,

I'm doing English in 2017 as well, but I did English Language in Yr 11.
 and clarke54321, where did you get the yr 11 English Insights Book?

Thanks,
Coolaths

[clarke54321]

Hi all,

I'm doing English in 2017 as well, but I did English Language in Yr 11.
 and clarke54321, where did you get the yr 11 English Insights Book?

Thanks,
Coolaths

Hi Coolaths,

I got my year 11 English Insight book from Campion. I'm sure that any other school book company will also have it in stock. 

[coolaths]

Hi Coolaths,

I got my year 11 English Insight book from Campion. I'm sure that any other school book company will also have it in stock. 

Thanks! Will go through it during my break...

[catedunn]

That sounds good. Our school is doing Twelve Angry Men and the Crucible.

Hello, I'm also doing comparative analysis between Twelve Angry Men and the Crucible and am wondering if you had any luck finding resources in regards to comparative analysis structure and/or anything relevant to those two texts.

Thanks!

[jsofianos]

Wondering if anyone is doing Invictus and Ransom? Cannot find anything in regards to sample essays, other than the one average one on Edrolo.