Short+Texts

NERD ALERT!! Who wants to do some extra work for English? :o)
I will be posting material on the site for 2.4 Short Texts paper.... available to all Year 12 ENG students.

I have just posted some POEMS and I will also add two SHORT STORIES. At some stage in Term 4 I will organize a few extra lunchtime study sessions for any Year 12 students keen to attempt the standard. Just watch the notices. Here's the first set of poems:

I will probably add more poetry later on, and students can pick & choose what to study in their own time. It's actually quite easy, you just need to identify key poetic language features to discuss & be able to craft a comparative essay which discusses the how two poems deal with a common theme or issue. Same for short stories; identify some key prose/narrative techniques and identify common messages and ideas in the two stories.

I don't recommend attempting 2.4 on the finals unless you get __at least__ an Achieved on both 2.3 (Novel) and 2.5 (Film) papers on the practice exams. Adding another essay to the 3-hour exam is adding an extra challenge and would mean taking the priority off 2.6 (Unseen Texts).