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obimoshman1234

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i am just wondering how is everyone else preparing for paper two

like are u memorizing whole essays? if so how?
or u just remember tech adn uotes? again if so how?

i am just abit confused on how to do it
 

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I'm memorising each of the 3 essays word for word like I always do anyway.
How? Read and memorise? :uhoh:
 

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my1stpost said:
I'm memorising each of the 3 essays word for word like I always do anyway.
How? Read and memorise? :uhoh:
This is what I was planning on doing but I realized a few days ago that I probably won't have enough time to memorize 3 whole essays word by word. (Hopefully by monday I will be ready though).

But I suggest you just write out important points (the main issues & techniques) and keep reading over your essays and write it out a few times, and it will eventually stick to your head.

Good luck.
 

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yeh she's rite.. 'n we got 1.5 days left >.<"

haha.. ahh well goodluck guys !!

i made it thru trials.. i think i can do this XD
 

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hi ya'll

i prepared for the actual exam by memorising my essays a wk before and timing myself speed writing them. tip: if u memorised essays spend the reading time in the actual exam trying to fit the question into your essays/whatever text type they ask u to write in :)
 

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memorising essays + doing scaffolds to answer past questions as practice
 

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obimoshman1234 said:
ok so u just read them u dont repeatatively rewrite them?
I read like one paragraph, memorise that paragraph then move on to next para and do the same. And yea, I don't write/rewrite, I never have put pen to paper when memorising essays.

After doing that for each paragraph until the end of essay, I give the essay to my mum and say my essay out loud to her while she reads along correcting me if I made a mistake.

@uniqchic : reading works for me, not writing out.

@suchi29: 1.5 days to memorise 3 english essays word for word is more than enough time.

I memorise my essays from 10pm - 2 am the night before. (yep still havn't studied for paper 2)
 

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i just pick out 3 quotes for each theme or whatever per text and then memorise those quotes/examples. screw memorising whole essays!
 

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God i don't know how you guys can memorise 3 freakin essays (3!!!!!). I struggled to just memorise my 750 word creative, which took 3 days, and still didn't end up using for AOS cause I couldn't fit it with the question :(
 

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I try and memorise three essays
today I memorised my first in 1.5 hours
but i still haven't finished one of my essays and have to memorise the other- all tomorrow
think i can do it?
I hope so!!
 

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yeah you can totally do it!
i still need to finish formulating those essays to memorise tomorrow :(
 

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i have my essays i just got to remember them.

however cause i fear thesis differences i am prob going to first do cheat sheets pulling out techs uotes themes and nice module intros then after doing that for all 3 start rewriting or possible doing practice with cheat sheets using 2006 or 2007 uestions
 

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lost1 said:
God i don't know how you guys can memorise 3 freakin essays (3!!!!!). I struggled to just memorise my 750 word creative, which took 3 days, and still didn't end up using for AOS cause I couldn't fit it with the question :(
easy i just recorded myself reading them out and listened to them HEAPS and memorised them that way
 

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god i am just hoping that i get over 40 in this part so in total i get somewhere between 75-80 that would be awsume and i mean with positive marking its pretty possible to do
 

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I hate Harwood!!!

^^^^ the question was so easy I kept thinking that there must be some trick to it!!
 
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