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[powlmao]

`So I am not extremely bad at english, but im not Band 6 yet

I generally get 80's but i really want 90 at least.

I always fail at essays in exams because i see it is my structure. I always find myself rushing in exams and end up doing bad

Can anyone suggest like anything to help with this

 

[slyhunter]

Write lots of practice essays and submit them to your teacher for marking. Get feedback.

Rinse and repeat.

 

[SpiralFlex]

Also, write notes for your text and make sure you analyse the thematic concerns, context, values, techniques. Then memorise the notes and then practise your essay.

 

[powlmao]

Write lots of practice essays and submit them to your teacher for marking. Get feedback.

Rinse and repeat.

I do, but i really fail when i have time limits, but only with English!!

I can write great essays for economics/business/legal in time limited situtaitons but not for english

 

[SpiralFlex]

I do, but i really fail when i have time limits, but only with English!!

I can write great essays for economics/business/legal in time limited situtaitons but not for english

Do you have detailed knowledge of your text?

 

[powlmao]

Do you have detailed knowledge of your text?

I can retell it almost word for word

 

[SpiralFlex]

I can retell it almost word for word

That's the word you should probably avoid. Never EVER retell a story in an essay.

 

[powlmao]

That's the word you should probably avoid. Never EVER retell a story in an essay.

lol i know, i never re-tell stories in essays

I was saying that i could probably rewrite the text from memory because i know it well enough

 

[SpiralFlex]

Word by word?

 

[powlmao]

Word by word?

*word for word


But yes, but given that some paragraphs may phrase differently, i can re-write my text almost perfectly

 

[SpiralFlex]

Go do it now.

 

[jnney]

first of all, i dont believe in english tutoring. that's a waste of money.

ask your teacher for practise questions. do them. give it back to your teacher. have it returned with feedback.

you'll DEFINETELY improve. because i did. =

 

[mirakon]

annotate the text as you go along, like make notes in the margins, underline important qutoes and techniques etc.

 

[Fighting4LastPl]

Depending on your school, an 80 for each essay can possibly become equivalent to a band 6 in the hsc. I personally memorised generic essays and practiced adapting them to questions in order to get a band 6.

 

[powlmao]

Depending on your school, an 80 for each essay can possibly become equivalent to a band 6 in the hsc. I personally memorised generic essays and practiced adapting them to questions in order to get a band 6.

My school is ranked in the 400's

but we do have about 3-5 people each year with ATAR's of high 90's

 

[Fighting4LastPl]

For an ATAR of 96, a high band 5 will do but if you're after that band 6, I would suggest just keep going with your current method till you get really good at it.

 

[powlmao]

For an ATAR of 96, a high band 5 will do but if you're after that band 6, I would suggest just keep going with your current method till you get really good at it.

Seriously??

If Band 5 will do thats really good

 

[Webcamhottie]

I got 92 for standard english and received around the same mark for my trials. So if you do any of the texts: Billy Elliot, Briar Rose, The Shoe-Horn Sonata and Peter Skrzynecki. I would be glad to give you my essays . So yeh just pm me if you need them.
Also, i just wrote out prepared essays to different questions and practiced that way like others have said. I also had a few backup quotes / techniques just incase. To me English took minimal effort it was my least favourite subject and i only did minimal study for it. For me PERSONALLY writing out prepared essays and practicing them on different questions IS YOUR BEST BET at getting a band 6! Well that's what worked for me.

 

[ninetypercent]

a high Band 5 will do provided that you also do consistently well in your other subjects. I know Band 6 students who scored in the low 90s because their other subjects weren't Band 6.

I got a state rank in English. I wrote essays throughout the year. I wrote essays on different questions, handed them into my teacher and got feedback. Every time I got some feedback, I'd rewrite another essay and hand it into the teacher. Eventually I knew my texts really well. I memorised my essays into the exam.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

as long as u can adapt a memorised essay to any essay question you're good to go