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heids:
--- Quote from: Sardothienn on February 27, 2015, 05:31:00 pm ---Hi,
I'm also doing texts and traditions and am aiming really high 47+ however I got my sac mark back and was kind of concerned as I got a 92%, which is not good enough. What mark should I roughly achieve to get a 47+ throughout all SAC's? Thanks in advance
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Hello :D
From my experience, I got 97% SAC average, rank 1 in cohort, for both T&T and HHD - and I got a 46 in one of them and a 50 in the other, because I did well in the HHD exam and badly in the Texts exam. Remember that your SAC scores will be scaled by the exam/cohort strength. I'd say 95+ but once it gets into the VCAA machine, SAC scores are twisted so much.
Also this one SAC is probably worth 7-8% of your final study score; a perfectly good 92 isn't going to kill your score! Figure out how you lost marks and try to fix it in future SAC and the exam. It's what you do in the future that will determine your score. Don't stress about scores, just do your best in all SACs and prepare thoroughly for the exam.
Keep aiming high (though recall that only about 4-5 people get 47+ in this subject - you could be one of them :) ) and ask any questions you have!
Sardothienn:
Thank you so much for the advice! I'll keep that in mind
Sardothienn:
Hi,
With the t&t exam looming around the corner I was wondering what is the most efficient way of studying? There are really no prac exams for this subject and all I've been doing is memorising as much quotes as I can, going over my exegesis notes for the passage of special study and memorising literary terms etc; (I've really went OCD on trying to memorise content for ALL my set texts , ) should I go all out on practice exegesis'/ essays or just go over the notes till exam time? Also I'm currently Rank 1 with 95% sac averages and was wondering what study score I'm looking at if I were to do fairly well on the exam?
anat0my:
--- Quote from: Sardothienn on November 03, 2015, 06:56:37 pm ---Hi,
With the t&t exam looming around the corner I was wondering what is the most efficient way of studying? There are really no prac exams for this subject and all I've been doing is memorising as much quotes as I can, going over my exegesis notes for the passage of special study and memorising literary terms etc; (I've really went OCD on trying to memorise content for ALL my set texts , ) should I go all out on practice exegesis'/ essays or just go over the notes till exam time? Also I'm currently Rank 1 with 95% sac averages and was wondering what study score I'm looking at if I were to do fairly well on the exam?
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I'll give in my 2cents - I'd recommend going over all the exegesis, as you won't know which passage will come up, so that way you will be prepared for anything that does come up. Also make sure to go over the themes and try make links between the themes into a possible exam question. (I did this and happened to predict an exam question!). Most importantly try and complete a practice exam (you can try to create your own) in the allocated time given. You want to make sure you're able to write the 3 essays to completion and not run out of time. Also make sure to read through the assessor's reports for general insight/advice.
In regard to study score estimates, I can't say for sure, but if you obtain an A+ for the exam (which is actually quite doable) you're definitely in the running for a 40+ SS. Don't worry much about the marks though. Concentrate on delivering 3 killer essays :) Best of luck!
heids:
--- Quote from: Sardothienn on November 03, 2015, 06:56:37 pm ---Hi,
With the t&t exam looming around the corner I was wondering what is the most efficient way of studying? There are really no prac exams for this subject and all I've been doing is memorising as much quotes as I can, going over my exegesis notes for the passage of special study and memorising literary terms etc; (I've really went OCD on trying to memorise content for ALL my set texts , ) should I go all out on practice exegesis'/ essays or just go over the notes till exam time? Also I'm currently Rank 1 with 95% sac averages and was wondering what study score I'm looking at if I were to do fairly well on the exam?
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Try past VCAA exams! There's heaps of past questions there - in fact I've attached them for all four sections. (EDIT: Site too busy, so another day I'll attach.)
I studied mainly through planning extended responses, essays and exegeses, and studying my notes through these. I also definitely did some timed responses because I found timing the hardest thing to master in T&T (as I always had waayyyyy too much to say).
So, planning and related study was my hugest thing. Going through those questions attached, I would brainstorm ideas for each question and plan a skeleton of an answer; if I found I didn't know enough on the topic, then I'd research and study that general area more, and then write some concise study notes on the topic. Same with exegesis - I'd grab a passage and dot-point out the sorts of things I'd probably talk about - if I was shaky, I'd revise there. Then, after doing that, I'd also write my own essay questions/extended responses on all themes and major pieces of historical background or literary techniques, and brainstorm for them.
Basically, I constantly tested all the areas I could think of that I'd be tested on, practised formulating answers using my knowledge, and then brushed up and revised the areas this showed I didn't know. (This would be stuff like memorising nice phrases to use for each theme, learning historical facts, learning the most relevant quotes for each topic, etc.)
By actually applying your knowledge, you get heaps further than just memorising it, I found.
Note: I don't believe you have to be prepared for exegesis for all passages; since they give you one at the start, middle and end of the book, you can probably pick 1-2 chapters you don't like as much and give them only very shallow preparation, because chances are if they get picked you'll still have 1-2 other options. This means you can do more memorising in detail of the passages you DO want to do, so it's more efficient.
You have potential of basically anywhere in the 40s range, depending on your exam performance. Don't rely on your SAC marks as some schools make them far easier than the exam, but then again, you definitely have promise of something awesome if you work all out at it!
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