advanced english syllabus? (1 Viewer)

[ForbiddenND]

just wondering does advanced english have shakespeare in it? i desperately dont want it in dere but it probably is? and does standard have it in dere?

thx :S

 

[marcquelle]

it is in both syllabuses

but if you do advanced you HAVE to study 1 shakespearen text
in standard its optional

 

[kaz1]

You almost definetly are going to do Shakespeare if you're doing Advanced English. Standard English might do it because the Standard English people in my grade had to do Macbeth.

 

[Aerath]

Yes, Shakespeare is a requirement of the Advanced course methinks. That being said, you shouldn't be changing to Standard just because you don't like Shakespeare.

 

[clintmyster]

well i kno for a fact where doing Shakespeare and studying Julius Caesar in terms of representations of power.

 

[Aerath]

Well, it's compulsory to do one Shakespeare in one of the modules somewhere in the Advanced course.

 

[ratcher0071]

Well, it's compulsory to do one Shakespeare in one of the modules somewhere in the Advanced course.

Yes, for me it was in module A.

For Yr 12, I don't know which module it's gonna be in. Hopefully not Module B (Critical Study of Texts). I do not want to critically study a Shakespeare play.

 

[barbecuedflava]

i didnt know that we have to study shakespeare in advanced english

oh man i was celebrating the end of shakespeare after i did othello this year

 

[clintmyster]

well we can celebrate it soon now xD
I knew it was too good to be true after that was the first module we did LOLL

 

[ratcher0071]

i didnt know that we have to study shakespeare in advanced english

oh man i was celebrating the end of shakespeare after i did othello this year

I did Othello too.

Basically; Standard (possibly), Adv. English, English Ext 1 are the three subjects they can put Shakespeare in. Can't do it for Ext 2 (cause that's only a major work), probably ESL don't do Shakespeare (because of the "old English" language).

 

[clintmyster]

extn one? no wayy how would that work?

 

[barbecuedflava]

i dont understand what the fuss is all about with shakespeare. i mean, whats so great about him? is he really that good, a master of drama? seriously, who here actually likes his plays, and why?

 

[ratcher0071]

extn one? no wayy how would that work?

They don't do it in Ext 1. alright. I thought they would.

i dont understand what the fuss is all about with shakespeare. i mean, whats so great about him? is he really that good, a master of drama? seriously, who here actually likes his plays, and why?

So far, I liked Much Ado About Nothing. I guess it's just the way Shakespeare portrats human behaviour. Through Shakespeare's plays, one can understand how humans act around each other. Possibly, it is included in the syllabus, to teach kids like us, about the lessons of life.

 

[clintmyster]

yeahh like why dont we study Greek plays they've got so many different themes and theyre more interesting. Maybe were studying him because BOS feels we need to know something about past literature and since he has so many plays its quite easy to spread throughout the various years of high school?

 

[barbecuedflava]

yeahh like why dont we study Greek plays they've got so many different themes and theyre more interesting. Maybe were studying him because BOS feels we need to know something about past literature and since he has so many plays its quite easy to spread throughout the various years of high school?

damn thats a pretty good point. didnt realise that

still that doesnt make shakespeare any more interesting

 

[the-derivative]

You almost definetly are going to do Shakespeare if you're doing Advanced English. Standard English might do it because the Standard English people in my grade had to do Macbeth.

That's stupid IMO.
A lot of people drop to standard (well that I know of anyway) because they hate Shakespeare.

 

[kaz1]

extn one? no wayy how would that work?

I'm pretty sure they can put Shakespeare in Extension 1 English because in my school they did Romeo and Juliet.

 

[Aerath]

Extension 1 Romeo and Juliet? We did that in Yr 10. And for Macbeth, we did that in Yr 9.

 

[Sarah182]

I don't think you should drop to standard just because you will be doing it in Advanced. If you have to load yourself with study guides on your shakespeare text and ask your teacher for assistance if you find it too difficult.

 

[Sarah182]

Extension 1 Romeo and Juliet? We did that in Yr 10. And for Macbeth, we did that in Yr 9.

That is the same for us. Except we either did Taming of the Shrew or Romeo and Juliet in year 10. I did taming of the shrew.