English Standard Question Thread

[_QueenEm]

Hello there! I'm struggling to find a good related texts for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! Wondering if you guys can give me some suggestions Thank You!

[yharb]

Would I be able to get my creative writing marked/checked here? Thanks 

[jamonwindeyer]

Would I be able to get my creative writing marked/checked here? Thanks 

Hey yharb! Welcome!

You certainly can, but you need 15 posts on ATAR Notes to access the feedback! This is just to make sure the markers can keep up and spend the 30 minutes-1 hour we like to spend to give quality feedback

In case you aren't noticing, I'm removing all of your posts in the marking thread - Posting your creative 15 times definitely doesn't count. If you could stop that would be great

[jamonwindeyer]

Hello there! I'm struggling to find a good related texts for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! Wondering if you guys can give me some suggestions Thank You!

Welcome to the forums Em! we have a whole list of suggested ORT's you can read right here, I hope it is helpful to you!!

Keen to see you around the forums more throughout the year

[12070]

Is paper one marked the same? My friends in advanced keep saying that advanced is a lot harder but we literally did the same exam except our prescribed text was 'Life of Pi' and theirs was 'The Tempest'. I got 27/30 and they got 15 and 22 and claimed that they were marked completely different in both sections (there was no creative writing). Does the HSC mark differently according to level?

[elysepopplewell]

Is paper one marked the same? My friends in advanced keep saying that advanced is a lot harder but we literally did the same exam except our prescribed text was 'Life of Pi' and theirs was 'The Tempest'. I got 27/30 and they got 15 and 22 and claimed that they were marked completely different in both sections (there was no creative writing). Does the HSC mark differently according to level?

Internally, your school may have decided to mark paper one separately for Standard and Advanced for whatever reason. But in the HSC, all of Paper One is marked together! I'd ask your teachers if Standard and Advanced were marked by different markers/to different standards. In the HSC, it is all the same

[DalvinT]

Hey Guys! I'm really confused about Mod A - Distinctive Images

So the rubric states :
"In their responding and composing, student's explore the ways we see the images and/or visualise in texts are created... consider how the forms, features and language ... create these images, affect interpretation and shape meaning"

So basically it saying that this module is looking into how we as an audience/responder percieve images or imagine them through written, spoken or visual text.

 If I were correct, then to answer this question, "How are distinctive images used to convey ideas in the related text of your choosing?"
I would discuss how certain visuals tehcniques convey ideas (doing an artwork)?
Would I need to state what I visualise from seeing certain visual features of the image?
For example, melting clock ... one could visualise the absecence of time/clock in their home??? haha I'm so clueless

[elysepopplewell]

Hey Guys! I'm really confused about Mod A - Distinctive Images

So the rubric states :
"In their responding and composing, student's explore the ways we see the images and/or visualise in texts are created... consider how the forms, features and language ... create these images, affect interpretation and shape meaning"

So basically it saying that this module is looking into how we as an audience/responder percieve images or imagine them through written, spoken or visual text.

 If I were correct, then to answer this question, "How are distinctive images used to convey ideas in the related text of your choosing?"
I would discuss how certain visuals tehcniques convey ideas (doing an artwork)?
Would I need to state what I visualise from seeing certain visual features of the image?
For example, melting clock ... one could visualise the absecence of time/clock in their home??? haha I'm so clueless

Hey Dalvin! I'm not 100% sure of the answer to this but I've scrolled the internet to get a bit of an idea...

The module wants you to analyse the way texts are constructed, how this affects the way people interpret the texts, and how this all helps to create meaning in a text. You need to explain how the features of the visual text (colour, text, size, mise-en-scene, etc) come together to shape a meaning, and evoke a response. So with your example of the clock, if there is a melting clock, I'd interpret the melting (potentially added to by colour, shape, texture, etc), to be shaping the meaning of something becoming destroyed, withering away before our eyes, etc. And mix that with the symbol of the clock representing time (the structure of society) we might be able to view it all as a shaped meaning of life decaying before us.

This is hard to explain without having the actual text to look at, so I'm just hoping we are visualising the same thing! But it appears the module is simple: Texts are created through very strategic techniques ----- this shapes different meanings ----- and we interpret these meanings differently because art is open to interpretation, afterall.

Hopefully this gives you an idea, please ping back if it's still a bit lost on you and then we can look at being more specific

[janemurray]

Any ideas on how to study for AOS section 1???

What is the recommended number of words for an AOS creative writing piece during an exam (40 mins for the section)?? Thankyou

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[elysepopplewell]

What is the recommended number of words for an AOS creative writing piece during an exam (40 mins for the section)?? Thankyou

Hey Jane There's no recommended amount of words for an AOS piece, but I will say that 700-800 words is where most people sit! Any more than 1000 would likely be chewing into the other sections of the paper one exam, and any fewer than 600 would be too few words. So, I think the 700-800 word range seems suitable, but you need to play to your strengths and now just how much you can write in an exam!

[DalvinT]

Hello again! So basically my English half-yearly is goning be an interview held on week 11, but my problem is that I can't speak in a succint manner and if talk at a slower pace,  I won't be able to fit everything I want to say in time...

What are some solutions?

[Fahim486]

Hey everyone,

For Module A, my prescribed text is Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and so I was wondering is it okay to use poetic techniques when analysing a quote in your body paragraph or do you need to use dramatic techniques?

Thanks!

[jamonwindeyer]

Hello again! So basically my English half-yearly is goning be an interview held on week 11, but my problem is that I can't speak in a succint manner and if talk at a slower pace,  I won't be able to fit everything I want to say in time...

What are some solutions?

You should practice LOTS Dalvin - You'll have a better job being clear without slowing down if you have a good idea of what is about to come out of your mouth practice with friends and peers who will be doing the task with you and so will have a feel for what is expected. Ultimately, confidence will be key to getting your ideas across in the most efficient way!

[jamonwindeyer]

Hey everyone,

For Module A, my prescribed text is Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and so I was wondering is it okay to use poetic techniques when analysing a quote in your body paragraph or do you need to use dramatic techniques?

Thanks!

You can definitely identify/analyse poetic techniques in your text even if it isn't a poem!

[arunasva]

Rain Drop Drop Top Stressin Bout Paper 1 Non-Stop

I have never satisfactorily completed Paper 1. Like in my Mid YEarlies I had 30 mins left for the story. Same happened in Year 11 but this time it was a little better than year 11. The thing is I don't know If I've been writing too much or whats happening at all. I never have time constraints in anything other than english, in fact im able to finish in 1:45:00 when the exams outta 2 hours in almost everything else. I don't even know what to do.