smartstudy® English Context guides
The Neap smartstudy® English Context guides provide you with a thorough overview
of each Context and the associated texts, and prepares you for Section B of
the end-of-year VCE English Units 3&4 exam.
Newly updated for the 2012 course, the Neap smartstudy® English Context guide titles include:
- Encountering Conflict
Paradise Road
The Crucible
The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif
The Quiet American
- Exploring Issues of Identity and Belonging
The Member of the Wedding
Growing Up Asian in Australia
Sometimes Gladness
Skin
- Whose Reality
Spies
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Player
The Lot: In Words
Key features:
- general advice on how to approach Context study
- a wide-ranging overview of the specific Context
- four extended discussion chapters that provide an in-depth analysis of how
the key texts relate to the Context
- advice on essay writing and sample answers covering each text and essay
form
- focus questions and exam-style essay questions
- suggestions for supplementary texts to broaden understanding of the Context
- an easy-to-follow layout that includes visual aids to learning
- marginal notes explaining key ideas and terms
- the expertise of practising senior VCE English teachers
The Imaginative Landscape 2010 Edition still available - refers to the following 4 titles:
- The Imaginative Landscape
Island
The Poetry of Robert Frost*
Tirra Lirra
Jindabyne *
* This text has been replaced on the 2012 syllabus
