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General Thoughts: English Extension 1 (1 Viewer)
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I thought it was not too bad. The creative was cool and interesting (think I adapted well) but I didn't like the essay and didn't write enough for it. I do crime 
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I thought it was a good exam. I really liked the the essay question how it said "at least two or more texts of you own choosing" I think that would have been challenging to a few people
I personally went with 2 prescribed and 2 related, busted out 4 full booklets in about 1hr and 10 mins and spent 50 mins on the creative.
I made up 45% of my creative on the spot, as I thought the question was really good in sorting those out who memorized their story.
Overall I thought it was a really good exam, definitely more challenging than the years gone by
expecting a good 22/25 for Section I
Probably 19-21 for section II
I personally went with 2 prescribed and 2 related, busted out 4 full booklets in about 1hr and 10 mins and spent 50 mins on the creative.
I made up 45% of my creative on the spot, as I thought the question was really good in sorting those out who memorized their story.
Overall I thought it was a really good exam, definitely more challenging than the years gone by
expecting a good 22/25 for Section I
Probably 19-21 for section II
I really liked the creative too, I even predicted it (somewhat), I already had the 'connection but never met' in mind for my story, but I never thought that would be the stimulus! So I answered the question well but I don't think it was written that well :/
I didn't particularly like the essay either. I do crime by the way
I didn't particularly like the essay either. I do crime by the way
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Loved the creative (did Crime Writing btw)...it fit my prepared story like hand in glove all I had to do was pretty much rewrite it the way it was, although I altered it to include a familial bond to make the connection more 'significant'.
The essay was alright, was pretty rigorous but better than the questions in previous years. I know it said "at least two related" and although I knew three I still went for two...maybe should have done more since the question said 'at least'.
The essay was alright, was pretty rigorous but better than the questions in previous years. I know it said "at least two related" and although I knew three I still went for two...maybe should have done more since the question said 'at least'.
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I was also seriously contemplating this during reading time but I knew if I went for three I would sacrifice a detailed analysis, and plus, my handwriting would have been atrocious in trying to keep up with the time.
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Same, I do After the Bomb as well. I felt I answered the question really well tbh. Just not sure whether the markers will judge on for only using two related texts.
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True, but then it took me like 45 mins to do my creative and I started to regret not doing three since my essay took 1 hr to write, giving me and extra 15 mins I could have used to churn out one more paragraph.
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Loved this exam..
It would have sorted out so many people who went in with completely pre prepared essays and creatives, plus I think the 'responsibility' aspect of the crime question had a few interesting interpretations and the focus on character would have really screwed some people over. I think the questions were fairly challenging, hopefully Crime aligns well
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It would have sorted out so many people who went in with completely pre prepared essays and creatives, plus I think the 'responsibility' aspect of the crime question had a few interesting interpretations and the focus on character would have really screwed some people over. I think the questions were fairly challenging, hopefully Crime aligns well
12 pages for each section.
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I thought I did really well. I did 6 booklets for my essay and 4 for my creative. The crime writing questions were quite easy to comprehend and I was able to shape them into the work that I had prepared.
Overall I think I went alright, hopefully I can steal a band 6.
Overall I think I went alright, hopefully I can steal a band 6.
Amaranth_
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In hindsight, I believe my essay is definitely strong enough to receive a mark in the A box tbh... I'm just not sure whether it would've been a high A box had I done three related texts.
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Doubt it, I reckon most of the state would have done two
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Hmm now that I think about it...maybe it was better off writing a solid band 6 essay rather than risking quality for quanitity. Personally, I get a bit superstitious when trying to predict my marks XD
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Inb4 e4 cut off requires three related texts lol
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I agree but I'm definitely confident with mine being at least decent lol
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I did crime...
Creative question fit perfectly with my story so got 11 pages for that done in 50 minutes
At first glance, I totally freaked with the essay but once I started writing I realised it was actually pretty good
What was everyone's take on 'responsibility?'
I discussed it by saying it is the composer's responsibility to construct effective characters that maintain genre integrity whilst resonating with the concerns of a particular era. Hope that was ok haha
Creative question fit perfectly with my story so got 11 pages for that done in 50 minutes
At first glance, I totally freaked with the essay but once I started writing I realised it was actually pretty good
What was everyone's take on 'responsibility?'
I discussed it by saying it is the composer's responsibility to construct effective characters that maintain genre integrity whilst resonating with the concerns of a particular era. Hope that was ok haha
The creative writing was extremely similar what my prepared question was (parallel stories). I just hope the two characters sharing the same disillusionment and being in similar circumstances counts as a significant connection.
I used 9 booklets total.
I used 9 booklets total.
Really liked the essay question (Crime), I'd already been focusing on the detective so that worked out really well.
I didn't like the creative question, it didn't really trigger any good ideas for me and I ended up writing a series of letters. Not sure I got enough quality in there, although I did manage to cover conventions pretty well.
I didn't like the creative question, it didn't really trigger any good ideas for me and I ended up writing a series of letters. Not sure I got enough quality in there, although I did manage to cover conventions pretty well.
both the essay and creative questions were exactly the same as my prepared work, changed a bit in my creative but overall feeling happy. If the cutt off for e4 is 39, I think maybe a 18/25 for the essay, 19/25 for creative. we'll see though haha, very hard to predict english marks... :x