dnt know if this info will be any help really as i have no raw marks with it, but.
my brother did his hsc in 2008, for standard english he said this is around what he did
paper one
section 1 - wrote very few sentences
section 2 - wrote a 2 page story
section 3 - wrote a small paragraph
paper two
section 1 - small paragraph
section 2 - small paragraph
section 3 - small paragraph
all through the year he got many 0's 1's and 2's for his assessments, came second last at a school ranked 453, and that got him an aligned mark of 60
any who is terible at emglish, u should atleast get over this... doesnt seem hard