Question regarding related texts... :/ (1 Viewer)

[acousticbeats7]

You know in the guidelines how it says we can not do texts that we have learnt in class during year 11.
I really want to do a poem for Belonging, because it's my strong point and it's shorter then novels, movies, etc.

I've been thinking of doing 'My Country' by Dorothea Mackellar but I think I had studied and analysized it before in either year 9 or 10 when learning Australian Poetry, but of course I don't hav the notes about it or anything now. Would I still be able to do it or should I be looking for something else?

 

[khorne]

theres no guidelines which say you can't use yer 11 texts. You can't use any hsc (year 12) prescribed text.

 

[determine]

theres no guidelines which say you can't use yer 11 texts. You can't use any hsc (year 12) prescribed text.

agreed!

 

[cunliffe]

Your school may have guidelines about not using Year 11 texts, but that is not a BOS guideline. There is no rule about using other Year 12 texts either, it's simply that the markers don't like it-they think you are 'double dipping' and therefore haven't worked to find your related texts.

You could use 'My Country' without a problem, but you want to consider how effectively it works in terms of your main text and the arguments you want to make about belonging.