Hello
OMG thank you for your quick reply, my question was directed to everyone but reading again it looks like it wasnt XD. My assessment task is letting us go in with one poem from Robert Gray, and I've chosen Meatworks. On the day we'll be given an unseen text and our task is to synthesise on the spot. I'm really scared that the question they'll give wont match with Meatworks. I will be really sad, if the question asks about curiosity because my poem is more about discoveries about being sudden and unexpected. Do i just disagree with the question? Or just go text 1 shows curiosity but text 2 shows that curiosity is not always needed in the process?
Thank youuuu
Hmm if my English teacher were here, he would say to memorise all the poems since we're doing Yeats for Module B xD I find that inefficient, especially looking at how ridiculously long Robert Gray's poetry is just from skim reading his poems. Personally, I would get to know all of the poems so it can align with at least one rubric point- you can set out your notes in a table (e.g. columns on technique; quote; analysis; rubric).
Another thing you can do is to twist the rubric point and suit it to the question. Using your example on how Meatworks is more on being sudden and unexpected, you can talk about how discovery in the poem displays this idea that discovery, being provoked by curiosity, can result in unexpected discoveries.
Alternatively, you can sit on the fence. By this, you analyse the unseen text along with the given question but contrast this with Meatworks. To use your example again, you can talk about how the unseen text displaying discoveries emerging from unexpected circumstances and in your next point, talk about how Meatworks show a different aspect of discovery as the poem shows that discoveries can also emerge from curiosity. With this, you're showing a more sophisticated understanding of discovery and that discovery won't always be the same since the process is supposed to be unique!
However, you shouldn't be fully disagreeing with the question. To the marker, it shows that you want to regurgitate a prepared essay rather than engaging with the question. So yeah, sitting on the fence can also work.
Hope this helps!