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Ancient. Aiming for something above 96. Followed by SOR I. So easy :)

Re: Probably a really dumb question =/ Some markers will be pedantic probably, and others couldn't give a damn.

Answer the question using the thesis you've developed in your essay. Avoid using broad generic statements. Be assertive, having a strong conclusion can really make a difference in your final essay mark.

Why on earth would you not turn up? If you want to improve your English marks sitting the paper actually does help.... Paper one is fairly straight forward. Comprehension, Some Imaginative Writing, One Essay It certainly won't hurt.

Its harder to memorize for Extension than Advanced. Word for Word? Hell no. But if you have a general body of evidence and paragraphs in your head that stand on their own two feet, then yes. Its called Synthesis :)

Crime Writing.

You'd think so, but they're asking questions on research/impact, and getting us to demonstrate changing methods etc. Having a name that you can put down and what these historians have done is easier to remember and adds weight to your answer. I think a lot of these people aren't historians in...

Wow, and I thought our Greek Writers one was bad. Another one could be Lycurgus and the Constitution, I remember seeing that somewhere.

I have all three of those, and then economics on that Friday. The week of hell isn't it?

For some of the options in some sections, there probably will have been a past question very similar to the one we will be doing. They will certainly cover the same areas somewhere in the paper.

There are plenty of other role and contribution chaps, Themistocles, Miltiades, Eurybides, Pausanius, Leonidas. <--Could be a question on a couple of these? Themistocles in particular has a lot on him. There's the standard why did the Greeks win? question and all its variations/ sub reasons...

It varies. I feel confident, and I know I'm ready, all the marks I'm getting reflect it, but I still get nervous twinges. To be expected I guess. This has been the longest three weeks of my life. I just want to get in there and do it, but another part kind of wants time to go on indefinitely.

+1 Know the content and all shall be well :) (I hope)

No, but remember, some questions will lends themselves more towards some poems than others.

I have a feeling lots of people will be using wiki leaks, since that is a very obvious one. Whilst something doesn't need to be political, it makes it a lot easier to explain if it is. Most issues end up possessing political connotations anyway. Whatever your related text is, make sure it has...

In translation, how all the various elements that make up the text i.e. form, language, characterisation etc(Techniques basically) create textual integrity. Because you have textual integrity, text holds meaning. Relate impact of context to the meaning that you derive :)

I do still think it pays to go beyond two obviously, because it allows you to generate a much greater level of depth to your argument by demonstrating differences in historiography over time .

My favorite history quote (History) "really happened, and we really can, if we are very scrupulous and careful and self-critical ... reach some tenable though always less than final conclusions about what it all meant." R.J. Evans