i may be wrong, but 1200 in 40 minutes seems quite unlikely
nah, definetely not 'most kids'. I could probably do 1200 for something like module b, but it's not needed, but those 'kids' you talk about are most likely waffling. you want your argument to be concise and to the point.
lol same I would have to agree here
thats solid - my base piece is around 800ish words... but I believe from all that adapting it should be a bit closer to 1000 words. How many quotes do you generally aim to use for mod A and B if you do not mind answering?
Apparently our school is weird about how quote numbers. For mod A I have 22 quotes total (5, 6, 5, 6 across my paragraphs as paragraphs 2 and 4 are about my second text and have a quote from the first text within their paragraph).
for mod a I've got 2 paragraphs 1 with 5 the other with 6
Same - pretty much 10 quotes minimum, goes to around 15, 16. For Mod B, I would personally go with two ( and have in trials scoring pretty well). Markers from NESA advice not going beyond 3, which may be implicit that 3 itself is more than enough. Just to sustain detail I feel two is better. But some may prefer three.
It all depends on Vall's length of quotes. If he's using full 17th length quotes, then his analysis will be weak. You want quality>quantity at the end of the day (I did pretty okay in trials, 93)
My quotes aren't that long (like 10ish words on average) and I'm sorta banking on quantity making up for my lack of quality (I'm not an english loving person). I did decent in trials getting 83 (average was 77) but also feel like I have no idea how to compare the difficulty / marking of english trials to the actual HSC. Our school gives us a scaffold for each module's essay (telling us to do 3 paragraphs each with 5 quotes) and then if anyone doesn't follow that for our internals they get given terrible marks by our teachers. But then the rumour in our grade is that everyone (as in previous cohort's) completely rewrites all their essays in-between trials and HSC because apparently the scaffold "doesn't work" in the HSC. Someone said this to our english teacher and she got pretty mad at them (like they got banished from the english corridor for the last two weeks of school). I haven't rewritten mine (cause I have spent like a single hour on english study since trials) and just hoping I don't get absolute trash HSC marks.
fair - I would say stick with what works best. if you see a benefit in changing your structure and can change between now and before next week ish, then sure, but its a gamble. Most schools when they advice are usually speaking on experience so they are prolly right
Seems like an incredibly unreasonable standard given by your teachers... That's unfortunate. Atleast in externals you won't have an expected standard.
