Okay, So I'm pretty much doomed.

[choc_bananas]

uhh what about all your other subjects lol?

i find myself neglecting all my other subjects due to this damn English exam. Not to mention i have 2 exams in one day

im comfortable with my other subjects. plus my timetable is perfectly spread out:

2nd English
9th Australian History
15th National Politics
21st International Studies.



i have plenty of time before each exam to focus on one subject.

[melanie.dee]

gar i felt to need to post in the "im doomed" thread considering the fact that im sitting here trying to write a stupid text essay and i dont know what to say hmph this is horrible

[joechan521]

last year they had specialist the same day with english, that would be doom.
........and everybody, 1 and half more days left!!!!

[Odette]

last year they had specialist the same day with english, that would be doom.
........and everybody, 1 and half more days left!!!!

Lol thanks for reminding us...
I just want to get it over and done with, I'm sick of english lol

[Ahmad]

I agree with Odette, finished finished finished.. imagine how it'll feel =D

[Odette]

I agree with Odette, finished finished finished.. imagine how it'll feel =D

It'll feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders lol ...

[Markos]

I'm finding it IMPOSSIBLE to complete a well written essay at the moment. Today I've been writing on Hard Times and after an hour of writing (which is how much time I'm setting for a text response in the exam) I havent come close to the second paragraph in the body of my essay. I cannot believe how hard I'm finding it

[Ahmad]

Well, don't do that in the exam. Finishing it is more important than whether the language is very good or excellent, for example. Maybe you should just let yourself write, without judging yourself too harshly.

[ninwa]

Yeah, just write write write, you'll find yourself improving as time goes on. Also sometimes I find it extremely hard to get started but once I get into the essay it just starts flowing by itself.

[Markos]

Basically that's what I've done for each english SAC, just written without worrying too much about what words I use etc. Reading over what I wrote in the SACs this is pretty obvious. I didnt get to sit a trial exam for english this year because I had my Indo oral at the same time so I'm not entirely sure how it feels to write for 3 hours under exam conditions, even though I tried best to replicate that today (didnt exactly go too well).

[Odette]

I'm finding it IMPOSSIBLE to complete a well written essay at the moment. Today I've been writing on Hard Times and after an hour of writing (which is how much time I'm setting for a text response in the exam) I havent come close to the second paragraph in the body of my essay. I cannot believe how hard I'm finding it

I have that problem as well... what i do is i write a little plan and brainstorm some ideas before writing the essay [look at what the topic is asking, find the main contention, look at which characters/themes you need to discuss,construct and argument according to whether you agree or disagree with the contention, clarify your argument using evidence], and i write the body of the essay first, then the introduction and conclusion, it works for me lol..

Hope that helps

[Timtasticle]

Speaking of planning... The only method I've ever been taught is the 'interrogation method'... Anyone use anything different/better??

[melanie.dee]

interrogation method? what on earth is that

iv decided what works best for me seems to be planning my ideas, wrting my intro, writing my topic sentences and then trying to fill it in.

i used to be one of those people who didnt plan and jsut wrote and wrote and wrote and that used to work incredibly well for me, but seeing as i seem to have lost all natural knack for english, im having to change methods. hmm

so wait you've never done a 3 hour exam before? did you do one in year 11? oh and what about the gat although its not really the same thing

iv done 2 eng prac exams at school, but i didnt really do anything in them cos i couldnt motivate myself to work eek

[Markos]

I think Odette's planning is what I'd be looking at for getting the clear points I'd be writing about.. But just like Melanie, I barely ever plan my essays. I realise thats probably why I can't write.

Intro's always take a really long time for me, I try to well as possible because that's usually the first thing the assessors would read.

But then would adding in a plan actually help your intro? I guess it'd clearly say what your intentions are, probably more clearly than how my intro sounds

[dxb]

Im also struggling to write an essay. I have been reading over all my notes and what not n studying fairly well but I just cant bring myself to writing one atm. I had a practice 3 hour exam on monday and a couple of weeks ago and I wrote a couple of essays 2 weeks ago. Anyone recon this is enough? lol