Essay length in the exam?

[Damoz.G]

Steer clear of them. As Kesh said, they disappear when there is contact with heart.

Use a normal pen.

[Mr Keshy]

These pens erase from friction, and friction produces heat, so I think that's where it come's from.

[charmanderp]

That's fine, Em . My text response had an intro, three paras, a tiny conc and was five pages.

What do you think about 150-200 words for the intro, 200-300 per body paragraph (in a three paragraph essay) and then 50-100 for a conclusion?

Obviously not an exact science, but this totals to between 850-1200 words, which I think is a solid range for essay length. I'm a fan of short, succinct conclusions too - no more than 4 sentences, just to finalise your argument (though more than 100 words isn't 'bad').

[Damoz.G]

Here's another stupid fact that I found about Frixion pens just now:

The friction-generated heat caused when rubbing the paper with the special tip turns the ink invisible (put the document in the freezer and the ink re-appears).

Link: http://www.pilotpen.com.au/writing-instruments/frixion-range/frixion-ball-erasable-pen

If you use a Frixion pen, lets just hope that your Examiner(s) doesn't get bored when marking your paper and do this. :p

[vashappenin]

What do you think about 150-200 words for the intro, 200-300 per body paragraph (in a three paragraph essay) and then 50-100 for a conclusion?

Obviously not an exact science, but this totals to between 850-1200 words, which I think is a solid range for essay length. I'm a fan of short, succinct conclusions too - no more than 4 sentences, just to finalise your argument (though more than 100 words isn't 'bad').

Yeah this is generally what my essays are like, except I don't think my intros would ever exceed 150 words.. My bodies are usually 250 to 300ish and conclusions are always only 2-3 sentences. Maximum 3 because it flows better when the conclusion is nice and succinct! All up, usually around 950-1200 words so hopefully I can mirror that in the exam! Language analysis is usually much, much longer for me (probably 1200+), then text response (~1000-1100) and then context (950-1000ish)

[brenden]

What do you think about 150-200 words for the intro, 200-300 per body paragraph (in a three paragraph essay) and then 50-100 for a conclusion?

Obviously not an exact science, but this totals to between 850-1200 words, which I think is a solid range for essay length. I'm a fan of short, succinct conclusions too - no more than 4 sentences, just to finalise your argument (though more than 100 words isn't 'bad').

Yeah I think this is really appropriate and how I did mine (unintentionally I suppose; it both "feels" correct and I think it's what is - generally - best suited to the criteria). Yeah, conclusions for do much for me, probably better to have shire conclusion and a better written essay body

[Alwin]

My teacher advise AT THE VERY MINIMUM 4 pages, and best students write 6+. This is because the examination script book has different line spacing and is very different to a normal lined sheet. You could probably write 100-200 words per page in the examination script book, which is different to the 200-300 words on a normal lined A4 sheet of paper.

I was scared of this too, so I did an entire practise exam in a script book. Got it back today and the rough draft (I just against memorising ) for my context was about 3 and half pages. My handwriting is smallish and piece around the vicinity of 850-950 words

May as well add - my longest piece was I /think/ around 970 words or something, with my shortest being 780 or so I think.
I saw somewhere else he said this was around 5 pages for him?? Correct me if I'm wrong Brendie

It's different for everyone because of their handwriting, I urge you to give it a shot before the exam on Wednesday so you don't panic on the day / waste time counting words. Even writing a page and tonight and counting the number of words will be useful for the exam
(eg I know I write 230-250 per page in the script book so a full 4 pages per essay is a decent amount for me where some people might need 6 or something to fit in the same number of words. I stress that quality is pretty important too though!)

Give it a shot! =)

[brenden]

My LA (980 words) was I think slightly over 4 pages, with my TR (950) 5 pages (rushing handwriting) with my context (780) a little over 5.5 pages I think - but this is due to the use of haiku and shifting narrators (used an asterisk or a vertical space to indicate change making the piece longer)

[xenial]

Lol I just counted the amount of lines in the book per page and used it to calculate how many pages I would've needed to write an essay I just did in the script book - 5 and a half. I feel a bit better now. Love you VCAA.

[xenial]

Okay, just did one in the actual VCAA script book. 7 pages. Wth. The pages are so narrow as well - I reckon I fit in an average of 8 words per line. I understand how people write like 7 pages per essay now. Hahaha.

[Damoz.G]

Okay, just did one in the actual VCAA script book. 7 pages. Wth. The pages are so narrow as well - I reckon I fit in an average of 8 words per line. I understand how people write like 7 pages per essay now. Hahaha.

Exactly! LOL! Its easy to write heaps of pages in the VCAA Answer Books.

They made the spacing of it bigger, so that its clear and easy to read when they scan it and send it to the assessors. If the lines are closer together, then it makes it harder to read and slower to mark for the assessor..