Plan of attack for the English exams! (1 Viewer)

[TheOptimist]

So with the English exams closing in on us in about a week or so, I would like to know how you are going to approach each exam, in terms of the order in which you will do each section and the theoretical time allocation for each section.
Heres mine:
Paper 1 AOS: Belonging
1)Short answer responses - 40mins
2)Essay - 45min
3)Creative - 35mins

Paper 2: Modules:
1)A-42.5mins
2)C-42.5mins
3)B-35mins

P.S. Good luck with all your exams!!!!!!!

 

[nightweaver066]

Same for paper 1.

Paper 2, 40:40:40

 

[Timske]

Paper 1 AOS: Belonging
1)Essay - 55min
2)Short answer responses - 30min
3)Creative - 35 min

Paper 2: Modules:
1)A-40min
2)B-40min
3)C-40min

 

[bertstare]

Paper 1
1. Essay - 45 mins
2. Comprehension - 35 mins
3. Creative - 40 mins

Paper 2
1. Mod A - 35 mins
2. Mod B - 40 mins
3. Mod C - 45 mins

 

[TheOptimist]

Paper 1 AOS: Belonging
1)Essay - 55min
2)Short answer responses - 30min
3)Creative - 35 min

Paper 2: Modules:
1)A-40min
2)B-40min
3)C-40min

Wow!, how long is your essay going to be for belonging

 

[asianese]

P1

1. Comprehension 40
2. Creative 35 (800 words or so)
3. Rest on essay

P2

1. Mod A 40 (longest essay but most confident)
2. Mod B 40 (ew Gwen Harwood)
3. Mod C 40 (Rep and text..this might be reduced)

 

[deswa1]

Depends on the questions. What I did in trials was:
Paper 1-
Creative: 32 mins
Short Answer: 42 mins
Essay: 45 mins

Paper 2:
Mod C- 38 mins
Mod B- 39 mins
Mod A- 41 mins

1 minute left in both lol

My general aim though is to spend just over 30 mins on creative and divert the extra time to essay in paper 1. In paper 2, 40:40:40 but I go from strongest essay to weakest so I do the first in under 40 mins etc

 

[Bored_of_HSC]

Gonna spend more time on essay + short answers. Don't know how you guys are specifying though lol (considering no one knows the q's etc)

 

[deswa1]

Gonna spend more time on essay + short answers. Don't know how you guys are specifying though lol (considering no one knows the q's etc)

Yeah obviously this will change on the day- I just wrote how the times played out for me in trials

 

[TheOptimist]

Gonna spend more time on essay + short answers. Don't know how you guys are specifying though lol (considering no one knows the q's etc)

Thats why I said "theoretical" time

 

[alexobern]

paper 1 - creative first, essay second, rest on short answer
paper 2 - b, c/a

 

[madharris]

Belonging
Unseen: 45
Essay: 40
Creative: 35

Modules:
A: 40
B: 40
C:40

 

[Timske]

Wow!, how long is your essay going to be for belonging

1.1k words

 

[danniomc]

Paper 1:
Short answer: 30
Creative: 40
Critical: 50

Paper 2:
A: 40
B: 40
C: 40

 

[Nooblet94]

For paper 1 I'll be doing the short response first and divide remaining time equally between the essay/creative. Paper 2 is split evenly between the 3 essays.

 

[RishBonjour]

if questions were like 2011 for modules
A:45
C:40
B:the rest

 

[cheepy5]

Paper 1:
Short ans: 35min
Creative: 35min
Essay: 50 min

Paper 2 - equal timing maybe a bit more for mod B but there all worth the same mark out of 20

 

[eat_well]

Paper 1:
Short answers-35 mins
Essay-45 mins
Creative-40 mins

Paper 2:
40:40:40 (hopefully). It really depends on how difficult the questions are.

 

[SpiralFlex]

Paper 1:

Short Answers: 50 minutes

Creative: 35 minutes

Belonging Essay: 35 minutes


Paper 2:

Mod A: 35 minutes

Mod B: 35 minutes

Mod C: 50 minutes

 

[Kimyia]

I try to have 40min for everything in both papers but otherwise it'd be:
Paper 1:
Short answer - 35 min
Creative - 40 min
Essay - 45 min

Paper 2: 40 for everything.