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You know how in english advanced its a course requirement to have studied 5 prescribed texts from:
  • Shakespearean drama
  • Prose fiction
  • Drama or film
  • Poetry
  • Nonfiction/media
Has anyone actually done this??
 

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Seppuku said:
You know how in english advanced its a course requirement to have studied 5 prescribed texts from:
  • Shakespearean drama
  • Prose fiction
  • Drama or film
  • Poetry
  • Nonfiction/media
Has anyone actually done this??
I don't quite follow. Do you mean it's a course requirement to study at least one out of each category, or what? Because we have studied approximately... 16 prescribed texts, discounting the Journeys stimulus booklet and counting 5 Wordsworth poems as one text.

If so:
Antony and Cleopatra
An Imaginary Life
Not sure for drama: unless Cosi counts
Wordsworth poetry
nonfiction = speeches.
 
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Yeah you have to do one from each category...

Skrzynecki poetry
Brave New world - prose
Blade Runner: Director's Cut - film
Fiftieth Gate - non fiction
King Lear - Shakespeare
 
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morganforrest said:
Yeah you have to do one from each category...

Skrzynecki poetry
Brave New world - prose
Blade Runner: Director's Cut - film
Fiftieth Gate - non fiction
King Lear - Shakespeare
what exactly *is* prose fiction anyway?

uhm i've done

poems of s.t. coleridge
brave new world- prose
blade runner - film
antony and cleoparta- shakespeare
speeches- non fiction
 

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morganforrest said:
Yeah you have to do one from each category...

Skrzynecki poetry
Brave New world - prose
Blade Runner: Director's Cut - film
Fiftieth Gate - non fiction
King Lear - Shakespeare
Wow I never knew that.

hey, does it ever bother you that you have to write 'skrzynecki' repeatecly in your essays?
 

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I've only studied 4!! I havent done any non-fiction prescribed texts :S :S Anyhow, even if you have studied 5 how are you supposed to show it?? As in, in the exam?

AOS - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (PROSE)
Mod A - Malouf/Wordsworth (PROSE/POETRY)
Mod B - Citizen Kane (FILM)
Mod C - Antony and Cleo (SHAKESPEARE)

Am I screwed??
 

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DownInFlames said:
I don't quite follow. Do you mean it's a course requirement to study at least one out of each category, or what? Because we have studied approximately... 16 prescribed texts, discounting the Journeys stimulus booklet and counting 5 Wordsworth poems as one text.

If so:
Antony and Cleopatra
An Imaginary Life
Not sure for drama: unless Cosi counts
Wordsworth poetry
nonfiction = speeches.
WOW. How the hell have you studied 16 prescribed texts?? By prescribed texts i mean the HSC texts given in that list, like focus texts. Man i think our teachers may have funked something up.
 
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Seppuku said:
I've only studied 4!! I havent done any non-fiction prescribed texts :S :S Anyhow, even if you have studied 5 how are you supposed to show it?? As in, in the exam?

AOS - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (PROSE)
Mod A - Malouf/Wordsworth (PROSE/POETRY)
Mod B - Citizen Kane (FILM)
Mod C - Antony and Cleo (SHAKESPEARE)

Am I screwed??
ive never heard of that AOS prescribed text before...it seems as though maybe your school has fucked up somewhere, but it doesn't matter. how are they going to find out? ( apart from reading this thread i guess)
 

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morganforrest said:
Yeah you have to do one from each category...

Skrzynecki poetry
Brave New world - prose
Blade Runner: Director's Cut - film
Fiftieth Gate - non fiction
King Lear - Shakespeare
What module is fiftieth gate studied in ??
 
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Seppuku said:
WOW. How the hell have you studied 16 prescribed texts?? By prescribed texts i mean the HSC texts given in that list, like focus texts. Man i think our teachers may have funked something up.
she's counting the stimulus texts for AoS. which for your purposes doesnt count.
 

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watatank said:
ive never heard of that AOS prescribed text before...it seems as though maybe your school has fucked up somewhere, but it doesn't matter. how are they going to find out? ( apart from reading this thread i guess)
I have a little suspicion they can find out, because our school has been using that same text combination for a while, and we havent got a single band six mark in about 3 years, and we are a top 15 school. WTF.

Maybe there are only certain combinations that are possible or something...DAMN. It's too late to do anything. ARGH!
 

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Seppuku said:
I have a little suspicion they can find out, because our school has been using that same text combination for a while, and we havent got a single band six mark in about 3 years, and we are a top 15 school. WTF.

Maybe there are only certain combinations that are possible or something...DAMN. It's too late to do anything. ARGH!
You make me lol. Our year 12 english class is pretty 'talented' this year. Stop worrying. ;)
 

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Shakespeare - Antony & Cleopatra
Prose - Emma
Film - Clueless
Poetry - Gwen Harwood
Nonfiction - My Place (AoS Prescribed Text)

Boo hiss. It's a very feminine combination. *twitches*
 

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