The exam - advice

[Odette]

Seems like a good plan

hopefully it works!

im so stressed that i wont be able to complete the language analysis, i struggle to write anything decent in such a short time... grr.. i'm hoping my TR's will subsidize the Writing Task!

Don't stress, you'll be fine

I might do something similar but i might spend 7-8 mins planning my text responses and about 45-50 mins writing each one Oh and less time writing my pov and analysis maybe about 25mins ..

[joechan521]

choc, the analysis is likely to take more time than the point of view!
or maybe its just for me, i do it in about 40/20

and remember we have to write our student number
in figures, and then in words
and in all 3 booklets,
and in the part1 booklet we need to write down the name of the text we gonna write in that, and the name of the text we going to write in part2 booklet
and we have to do the same, in part2 booklet
all that, is gonna take a few minutes.

moreover, i'm going to do the texts first because its likely i ran out of time, as leaving a text response unfinished will lose more marks than leaving a POV unfinished

[choc_bananas]

choc, the analysis is likely to take more time than the point of view!
or maybe its just for me, i do it in about 40/20

I know, i'm thinking of changing it to 40/20. I will decide tomorrow once i've done a few POVs.

[enwiabe]

Stickied for posterity.

[Markos]

Are you guys strictly sticking to the times you set? So strict as to stop exactly on the minute, even if you havent finished? My teacher said stop even if you are in the middle of a paragraph, but I'm not too keen on that since I usually need to be on a roll to start writing, not stopping and starting

[Odette]

Are you guys strictly sticking to the times you set? So strict as to stop exactly on the minute, even if you havent finished? My teacher said stop even if you are in the middle of a paragraph, but I'm not too keen on that since I usually need to be on a roll to start writing, not stopping and starting

well it depends really, you dont want to be spending more than an hour on each text response and an hour on the writing task... you need to try to finish the exam

[Collin Li]

Are you guys strictly sticking to the times you set? So strict as to stop exactly on the minute, even if you havent finished? My teacher said stop even if you are in the middle of a paragraph, but I'm not too keen on that since I usually need to be on a roll to start writing, not stopping and starting

well it depends really, you dont want to be spending more than an hour on each text response and an hour on the writing task... you need to try to finish the exam

Well yeah, more or less. The idea is that if you're going to spend 10 minutes to finish your essay, possibly changing your mark from like 7 -> 8, it's much better to spend those 10 minutes on your next essay, where you have less diminishing returns on time: 5 (if you have 10 minutes less) -> 7 (your standard output).

So by using the concept of "diminishing returns" it's much better to get the core of all your essays done, then fine tune at the end. It would be so much easier to manage that if you were doing doing your essays on a computer though...

[Markos]

Yeah, finishing the exam may help    I can tell time will be a factor that'll be hard to deal with during the exam. I can barely get 2 pages for a text response in an hour, but I've gotta admit, I never plan. I guess planning will help..

[Odette]

Yeah, finishing the exam may help    I can tell time will be a factor that'll be hard to deal with during the exam. I can barely get 2 pages for a text response in an hour, but I've gotta admit, I never plan. I guess planning will help..

Planning definitely will help you it helps you structure your essay...

[Markos]

It would be so much easier to manage that if you were doing doing your essays on a computer though...

I remember starting out typing all my essays and then when it came to hand writing them, I was screwed. No backspace, no neat way of adding in sentences.. editing. ARG

[Markos]

Ahhh and another thing, do you use every line to write on? Or every second line to help legibility?

[ninwa]

Ahhh and another thing, do you use every line to write on? Or every second line to help legibility?

I use every line. Aren't the script books only one-sided? So you could write on the lined bit and add in bits from the page with no lines? Does that even make any sense?


PS> OMG Vladimir Horowitz ... Claudio Arrau?? you listen to classical music??

[joechan521]

but is it still ok to write on every2 lines?

[ninwa]

I don't see why not. One reason I wouldn't do it is because it makes it harder to show where a new paragraph begins. I always leave a line in between paragraphs

[Pencil]

and remember we have to write our student number
in figures, and then in words
and in all 3 booklets,
and in the part1 booklet we need to write down the name of the text we gonna write in that, and the name of the text we going to write in part2 booklet
and we have to do the same, in part2 booklet
all that, is gonna take a few minutes.

oh shitt didn't think about that. Is it possible to write these things in after time is up? when the guy checks to see you've written it?