Guess its better than the CSSA 2015 Trial Paper 12015 wasn't too bad I got 40/45
Still, it's english
The comprehension completely screwed me but the essay was easy as, so was the creative. Hopefully whoever is marking my paper really likes breakfast food bc comprehension was all waffle lmao^^made my day honestly (and since trials just started, its been a p bad day)
The comprehension completely screwed me but the essay was easy as, so was the creative. Hopefully whoever is marking my paper really likes breakfast food bc comprehension was all waffle lmao
^^made my day honestly (and since trials just started, its been a p bad day)It should be fine. You'd be surprised as to how easy it is to get marks in section 1 - standard have a history of performing better in section 1 because advanced tend to overcomplicate it.
The comprehension completely screwed me but the essay was easy as, so was the creative. Hopefully whoever is marking my paper really likes breakfast food bc comprehension was all waffle lmao
Favourite stimulus was probably the first one? The astronaut - flower thing really appealed to my artist side :) All of them were actually not too bad, I'm honestly surprised that they didn't chuck Atwood in there (teachers seem to love Atwood for reading tasks)
I really could've spent my time more wisely: I spent like 50 mins on reading, 40 mins on essay (whilst cutting out all my linking sentences at the end ouch), and 30 mins on my narrative which I had about 100 words to go but didn't finish :(
Hopefully, Paper 2 will be kinder to me...
The comprehension completely screwed me but the essay was easy as, so was the creative. Hopefully whoever is marking my paper really likes breakfast food bc comprehension was all waffle lmao
Welcome to the forums Lauren! Great pun, made my day ;)That went over my head until I saw this post. Thanks Jamon hahaha
I think I managed my time pretty well, I did my creative first and spent 35 minutes basically regurgitating my prepared response as it was really relevant to the question (thank God!!), I then spent 45 minutes doing the same with my essay (I really lucked out with the questions), but the last 40 minutes on the unseen texts were a killer. I found the texts really difficult to comprehend, especially under timed conditions. The last text was particularly strenuous to analyse, hoping I made up the marks in Section II and III.
Creative really threw me because i was expecting a picture. I had trouble connecting my half pre-prepared response to just 1 stimuli as it spanned over multiple. So i hope i didnt stuff that one up :-\
Yeah I agree they were weird, both broad and oddly specific at the same time if that makes sense. Like if your creative was within one of their boundaries then you were sweet, but if not then it was pretty difficult to relate them. I spent most of the time writing it thinking I was going to relate it to c, and then right at the end changed to d.
I actually don't know if I did the same paper as you guys. BUT FUCK MY CREATIVE, I WROTE SOME SOLID 2 PAGES OF BAND 1-NESS.
Lol i think throughout my creative i referred to a, c and d ;D i just wonder which one is strongest? Hopefully theyll only see one link and not three otherwise that could be bad news for me :-\
Ah did you not have to write which stimulus you were using at the top of the page? We did so I couldn't really get away with doing a little bit of all of them :(
Lol i think throughout my creative i referred to a, c and d ;D i just wonder which one is strongest? Hopefully theyll only see one link and not three otherwise that could be bad news for me :-\
Omg i can totally relate to this except i wrote 3 pages of Band 1-ness!!!!
My creative was tragic. I'm actually not going to be surprised if I get below 10/15 with 10/15 being a hopeful expectation. I did kill it in my essay and I would say I was decent at short answers BUT CREATIVEEEEEEEELol, i will be lucky to get 7 on my creative!! So many cliches and it was like i was writing two creatives, the one that constantly linked to the stimulus and my pre-prepared response!
Lol, i will be lucky to get 7 on my creative!! So many cliches and it was like i was writing two creatives, the one that constantly linked to the stimulus and my pre-prepared response!
:( See you at centrelink.. :P
The questions were stupid, that's what they were. Hopefully Paper 2 is a kinder mistressEveryone complained about Sarah Polley last year and I still got a higher number in paper 1 than paper 2. So who knows.
I managed to get my entire creative out in 36 minutes!!! The entire 1300 words!!
My creative was tragic. I'm actually not going to be surprised if I get below 10/15 with 10/15 being a hopeful expectation. I did kill it in my essay and I would say I was decent at short answers BUT CREATIVEEEEEEEE
I think you have a record! Adrenaline does amazing things.
Any last minute paper 2 tips?I personally planned each at a time. So in each 40min block I spent 5min planning at the start.
What module should we tackle first? Should we plan for 15 minutes at the start for all 3 and then use the remainding time writing, or do them one at a time?
Any advice is appreciated :D
Any last minute paper 2 tips?
What module should we tackle first? Should we plan for 15 minutes at the start for all 3 and then use the remainding time writing, or do them one at a time?
Any advice is appreciated :D
I personally wrote for at least 1 hr 55 minutes out of the 2 hours, plan mentally in your reading time and briefly at the start ;D keep linking to the question, remember to have a technique with every quote, and go to the bathroom before you go in, you don't want to lose ANY time in this one ;DHmm.
Hmm.I certainly did not spend 5 mins on each planning. I planned all three at once (is that bad?) and maybe spent up to 10 minutes all together.
Well I didn't spend 5 min planning either per se. I just wrote out my quotes and tried to figure out how I'd argue the question - agree or disagree, to what extent blah blah blah and so on forth. That probably took 1.5-2.5min per essay
Edit: Ohh this is my 888th post :D this is meant to be good luck in Chinese culture for me
Did you go in with a prepared response that didn't fit the stimulus, or did you try to make it up as you went and things didn't go so well?
Sending good Paper Two vibes your way!!
sorry if this sounds stupid but what is the CSSA trial paper?? do all schools use it?Just Google CSSA trials
sorry if this sounds stupid but what is the CSSA trial paper?? do all schools use it?
Its a trial paper that a lot of catholic schools (and maybe independent though I'm not sure) use :) (not smily face actually because they're known for being pretty tricky but oh well)Small opinion on this yeah actually a lot of non-Catholic schools also do CSSA and catholic schools do papers such as independent and etc :o
The trial examination block for the CSSA began on monday so thats why theres quite a few ppl discussing it
Comprehension was sweet, creative I spent way too long on but was also sweet, and then essay was rushed and pretty crap... mostly because I was so underprepared :-\ because the HSC loves us and makes major works due at the same time as trials :-\
Comprehension was sweet, creative I spent way too long on but was also sweet, and then essay was rushed and pretty crap... mostly because I was so underprepared :-\ because the HSC loves us and makes major works due at the same time as trials :-\
OMG this is so true!! Come out of exams next Tuesday and my Design and Tech is due on the friday. (Not due for everyone else until the thursday after, but because our teacher loves to see us work under pressure its earlier)
Have to finish my folio, print all the stuff off, photocopy and include my sketches, bind it all and have it handed in three days after my trials finish. Wow.
Just got paper one back and I did well, but my worst section by far was the comprehension :( The marker said I didn't reference the question enough, but I had tried to interpret it by linking to the rubric statement I thought it was referring to. The 5 marker question I did poorly on as well, as the teacher thought I didn't pick the best two texts (isn't this subjective?!) :(
Good job on the Paper Laura! Don't stress about comprehension, you'll do better next time! ;D
With the "picking the best texts" thing; in comprehension you do need to keep two things in mind when picking texts (this goes for ORT's too actually):
1- How well the two texts fit together conceptually (EG - You wouldn't discuss Finding Nemo and Julius Caesar in the same response, because there is very little joining them together (I challenge someone to give me a Thesis linking those two texts) ;)
2- The depth of the text, referring to the amount and variety of techniques that can be analysed. Analysing an image, for example, usually isn't as effective a choice as analysing a short story or poem, where there is likely to be more to analyse
I can't speak for your teacher, but perhaps these were some things they had in mind when they suggested an issue with text choice? :)
(EG - You wouldn't discuss Finding Nemo and Julius Caesar in the same response, because there is very little joining them together (I challenge someone to give me a Thesis linking those two texts) ;)
My thoughts precisely, but they said the first text (an image) fitted better with "new worlds"... which in hindsight is clearer, but in that short space of time it's so hard to think logically :/
Anyway, lots more practise of discovery comprehension to be done! Wish there was more practise papers is the only problem.
I've heard you can use the old Belonging papers and just change the words to Discovery but I'm sceptical about this so I haven't tried it yet.We've been doing that at school and its been working pretty well actually, tbh a lot of the texts seem to work better for discovery than I think they would have for belonging or journey :)
We've been doing that at school and its been working pretty well actually, tbh a lot of the texts seem to work better for discovery than I think they would have for belonging or journey :)
It's because you can argue how discovery is present through an individual's sense of belonging.
I had a personal hate towards it. It actually works for a lot of people.
BOOM
The intricate nature of relationships and trust is explored in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Andrew Stanton’s Finding Nemo in which both composers demonstrate the far-reaching consequences of betrayal and forgiveness.Spoileryes I had to look up the director of Finding Nemo and yes I definitely have an essay plan to accompany this and yes this was a complete waste of my time
There's a few extra Discovery papers on this website: https://thsconline.github.io/s/yr12/
But if you run out: try and pester your teacher for more papers/practises before you leave school so you're stocked up for the study period. I've heard you can use the old Belonging papers and just change the words to Discovery but I'm sceptical about this so I haven't tried it yet.
That argument sounds gross ;) but yes doing old AoS papers generally works really well to assist with regular study!!I actually couldn't stand interrelating belonging and discovery so I never did that haha
You are an absolute legend! ;)SpoilerA "make a Thesis for these two completely unrelated text" thread is a must for the near future I believe ;)
1- How well the two texts fit together conceptually (EG - You wouldn't discuss Finding Nemo and Julius Caesar in the same response, because there is very little joining them together (I challenge someone to give me a Thesis linking those two texts) ;)
Was quite straightfoward and easy i guess
What was everyones marks for paper 1?
I got 13/15 in both the Creative and the essay (thanks elyse and jamon :P) but only 9/15 in short answers (dont ask)
Overall, happy with the 2 A's in the harder section, just fell flat on my face for the short answers.
What do you think happened in the short answers? Did you do them first or last or?
Ps. Is it true you get 1 mark in a creative short story just for having a title?
Well i followed the advice of many and ran the paper back to front, you know the constant themes.. The only text I got full marks for was Text 2 (2/2) Got 0/2 for Text 1 (oops) and 2/3 for Text 3 and 4. 3/5 using Texts 2 and 4 (should i have done these texts??)Ahh! I always read the texts in the reading time and moved straight through to them for the first part of the exam. Would you consider that next time?
I failed to address the question apparently, but I am not sure how because I thought I did? Maybe a run down of this would be beneficial :)
Ps. Is it true you get 1 mark in a creative short story just for having a title?
Ahh! I always read the texts in the reading time and moved straight through to them for the first part of the exam. Would you consider that next time?Thats what I did during my Paper 1, read them in reading time and then moved straight onto them.
Nope! It would be an unequal way of gaining marks if you choose not to do a short story, and rather a speech. There is no requirement for a title.
What was everyones marks for paper 1?
I got 13/15 in both the Creative and the essay (thanks elyse and jamon :P) but only 9/15 in short answers (dont ask)
Overall, happy with the 2 A's in the harder section, just fell flat on my face for the short answers.
don't worry, I did crap at short answers too... got 15/15 for essay and creative, but 10/15 for short answers :(
Absolutely cheering with my mark
Short answers 14/15 :D ........i loved the first text! (picture)
Creative 14/15 <----< now that was a miracle
Essay 15/15
Overall 43/45 :D :D
Absolutely cheering with my mark
Short answers 14/15 :D ........i loved the first text! (picture)
Creative 14/15 <----< now that was a miracle
Essay 15/15
Overall 43/45 :D :D
Absolutely cheering with my mark
Short answers 14/15 :D ........i loved the first text! (picture)
Creative 14/15 <----< now that was a miracle
Essay 15/15
Overall 43/45 :D :D
Please share your unseen text wisdom!Second this!! Sharing is caring!!
Thanks for the compliments!!
I dont have any magic trick to the unseen texts, but my teacher (who has like 25 years experience) has just drilled into my head its all about the HOW......so techniques, techniques, techniques!!!! During the reading time i quickly read over the unseen texts just to get a feel for them.
I always look at the question before looking at a new unseen text just so i know what i am looking for. During the actual exam, i just circle every technique i come across as i skim through the short story/poem/song/whatever. From there its quite simple, each sentence (2 markers) or second sentence (3 markers) should have a new technique in it, and somehow link it back to the question!!! :D :D ........well thats roughly what i do anyway
Oh, i also do the paper in order for the record.
Thanks for the compliments!!
I dont have any magic trick to the unseen texts, but my teacher (who has like 25 years experience) has just drilled into my head its all about the HOW......so techniques, techniques, techniques!!!! During the reading time i quickly read over the unseen texts just to get a feel for them.
I always look at the question before looking at a new unseen text just so i know what i am looking for. During the actual exam, i just circle every technique i come across as i skim through the short story/poem/song/whatever. From there its quite simple, each sentence (2 markers) or second sentence (3 markers) should have a new technique in it, and somehow link it back to the question!!! :D :D ........well thats roughly what i do anyway
Oh, i also do the paper in order for the record.
That's awesome! Also, in order ftw!
This is such a comprehensive yet succinct guide for short answers!! I always am great at picking up techniques but can never link it back to the question well enough.. Do I just use the terminology of the question as my last sentence saying something like "this effectively explores the notion of unexpected discoveries" (if the question was "explain how text 1 emphasises that discoveries can be unexpected")
Or something different entirely? Im also one for doing this paper from cover to cover (only exam i do so :P) simply because there is a theme for every paper and this is best picked up in the "warm up" short answers.
As an example, here was my answer for question 1 which is scored 2/2 for:
Text one suggests that discoveries can lead to sudden and unexpected new worlds. The colour of the pink rose acts as a salient image which attracts viewer attention and represents the natural beauty of discovering space. The positioning of the flowers in the centre of the picture emphasizes the significance of discovering unexpected new worlds. The juxtaposition of the vibrant pink flowers against the dark space further represents the life giving nature and passion that surrounds discovery.
Hope that helps
As an example, here was my answer for question 1 which is scored 2/2 for:
Text one suggests that discoveries can lead to sudden and unexpected new worlds. The colour of the pink rose acts as a salient image which attracts viewer attention and represents the natural beauty of discovering space. The positioning of the flowers in the centre of the picture emphasizes the significance of discovering unexpected new worlds. The juxtaposition of the vibrant pink flowers against the dark space further represents the life giving nature and passion that surrounds discovery.
Hope that helps