Words in 40 minutes? (1 Viewer)

[school4nerds]

How many words on average do people write in 40 minutes for an extended response? (bear in mind its with a prepared/memorised essay not made up on the spot )

 

[iSplicer]

I did about 1100. My memorised essay was about 950, the rest was answering the question.

 

[someth1ng]

Depends on the person but it's almost always 750-1250 words.

 

[uniquee]

9231 words

 

[LoveHateSchool]

For a pre memorised, 1000 ish.

 

[iSplicer]

9231 words

jelly

 

[eat_well]

800-900ish
My writing is horrible and the teachers are always telling me to make it more legible. I seem to be able to make the words out perfectly though. Oh well..

 

[OzKo]

800-900ish
My writing is horrible and the teachers are always telling me to make it more legible. I seem to be able to make the words out perfectly though. Oh well..

Are you trying to?

 

[enoilgam]

I used to aim for 1000-1100. I could push it to 1300 - but I didnt like to because it was cutting things extremely close.

 

[fusionillusion]

I used to aim for 1000-1100. I could push it to 1300 - but I didnt like to because it was cutting things extremely close.

What do you mean when you say 'cutting things extremely close'. Also, how did your think and write that quickly from scratch whilst ensuring your answer made sense in 40 minutes? My school gives assessment tasks where they basically give us the question so I usually just memorise responses. However it takes me round about 45-50 minutes to write 1000 words - for memorised responses that is.

 

[qwerty44]

What do you mean when you say 'cutting things extremely close'. Also, how did your think and write that quickly from scratch whilst ensuring your answer made sense in 40 minutes? My school gives assessment tasks where they basically give us the question so I usually just memorise responses. However it takes me round about 45-50 minutes to write 1000 words - for memorised responses that is.

He never said it was from scratch.

 

[madharris]

900-1100 depending how much my hand is aching

 

[Illest]

1000-1100 takes 35 minutes for me + 5-10 minutes to mould my essay to fit the question

 

[fusionillusion]

1000-1100 takes 35 minutes for me + 5-10 minutes to mould my essay to fit the question

How do you manage to write that quickly? It takes me about 45-50 minutes to write the same amount.

 

[asianese]

Crazy people!!

 

[SpiralFlex]

<800?

 

[enoilgam]

What do you mean when you say 'cutting things extremely close'. Also, how did your think and write that quickly from scratch whilst ensuring your answer made sense in 40 minutes? My school gives assessment tasks where they basically give us the question so I usually just memorise responses. However it takes me round about 45-50 minutes to write 1000 words - for memorised responses that is.

Thats for a memorised response. For a non-planned answer I can get no more then 1100. When I said "cutting it close" I mean that on most occasions I can get 1300, but sometimes I cant.

 

[eat_well]

Are you trying to?

I actually have practiced. I hand write my business/physics notes and take my time to make it neat. It seems perfectly fine to me but the teachers still say it appears messy although they can read it.
I don't know what they define as illegible because everything I write seems perfectly fine. If that makes any sense..

 

[loaves]

1000 is a good benchmark - it is definitely possible to get full marks in a 1000 word essay, and it's an achievable length (with practice).
I'd say that anything <800 words would start to lose marks because it just wouldn't be covering enough content.

 

[OzKo]

I actually have practiced. I hand write my business/physics notes and take my time to make it neat. It seems perfectly fine to me but the teachers still say it appears messy although they can read it.
I don't know what they define as illegible because everything I write seems perfectly fine. If that makes any sense..

Make a thread and we'll have a look.