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POLL: What order are you doing the belonging paper in? (1 Viewer)

Which order are you going to do the sections in?

  • Essay first

    Votes: 19 27.9%
  • Short answer first

    Votes: 41 60.3%
  • Story first

    Votes: 8 11.8%

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deswa1

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Depends on the questions. I generally plan to do it in order- S1, S2, S3 but in trials I did S2, S1, S3. I'll always do the essay last though
 

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I'll normally just do S1, S2, S3. I find doing the short answer first is best when I've just read the sources (in the reading time), and I like to leave the essay til last so I know how much time I have to spend on it.
 

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Depending on the questions S2 or S3 first. I will always do S1 last and leave the most time for it.
 

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Agreed, I find short answer the most difficult
My reasoning is just that I read slower and I believe short answer to be a free 15 marks so I spend the most time on it to ensure at least a 13 in it :p
 

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- Essay (40-45 mins)
- Creative (30-35 mins)
- Short Answers (40-50 mins)
 

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Woah majority is doing short answers first? Dang. Heres my order:
1) Essay - 40 mins
2) Creative - 25 mins
3) Short answer - 55 mins
 

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oh.. i thought most people did short answers first to get ideas for creative/get into belonging mood lols XD
 

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1) Essay 40mns
2) Short Story 20 Mns
3) Short answers remaining time :)
5) 5 minutes to read over if im luck :)
 

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1) Essay to take out everything I got so I dont forget anything
2) Creative
3) short answer
4) Extra time (disability) not sure how much extra time though
 

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Short answers (you've just read the texts during reading time)
Essay
Creative (easiest to change if I run out of time)
 

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I guess it depends on the Qs-I'd probably tackle the most WTH question first. But i like to start with the creative or the essay and break it up with the short answers and finish it off with the essay/creative. (breaks up the writing a bit cause you pause as you re read over the extracts in Section 1).
 

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I don't think i'm going to use reading time to read the sources ... I just forget them anyway. More likely planning my essay and creative in my head
 

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Depends on the question really. But usually I do them in sequential order. Hoping I could get my story down in under 20 minutes so I could have a good attempt at the essay or make up time for unseen texts.
 

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Depends on the question really. But usually I do them in sequential order. Hoping I could get my story down in under 20 minutes so I could have a good attempt at the essay or make up time for unseen texts.
your story will be like 650-700 words MAX in that case. wouldn't that be a little short?
 

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your story will be like 650-700 words MAX in that case. wouldn't that be a little short?
Yea its ~800. That's why I said i'm hoping. But really, I think the shortest I can go is maybe 30 minutes cos i gotta mould my story to fit the stimulus. Just hoping for the best.
 

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I'm a moderate paced writer and I can get my 860 word creative out in 28 minutes, you should be able to get yours out in the low 20s, Alkanes.
 

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