Paper 2 Exam Discussion (Standard)

[jamonwindeyer]

You are finished! That is English, done and dusted; most of us will never write a single essay again. Hooray!

How was the exam? Was it what you expected? Share your thoughts below!

[kawther]

So amazing to know i never have to write three essays in 2 hours again *cries tears of joy*
That paper was soooo much better than yesterday!! My essays were quite close to the questions, so that was great

RIP to my hand/arm/shoulder
 May you rest in peace until Monday's exam

[jamonwindeyer]

So amazing to know i never have to write three essays in 2 hours again *cries tears of joy*
That paper was soooo much better than yesterday!! My essays were quite close to the questions, so that was great

RIP to my hand/arm/shoulder
 May you rest in peace until Monday's exam

Great work kawther!! Go put your hand in some ice

[Phillorsm]

That was one of the easiest exams ever! I couldn't have asked for better questions! So happy I'll never have to touch English again.


...Except they stuffed us over by cutting our time short by five minutes. The supervisor said that reading time was counted in the working time, so only 1:55 actual writing time. What a load of crap.

[Daliaradosevic]

Yeah so stoked with all three questions!! easy to manipulate it to the essay questions! i struggled finding my modules through all the booklets however lol! OVERALL STOKED MUCH BETTER THAN PAPER 1!
I was just wondering if a copy of the paper will be out yet??

[karyn.mcdonald]

That was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than Paper One!  cept i still had a major problem with time....
Section I and III i think went alright but by the time i got to Section II i had only 25 mins left 2 scribble out two paras that i'm sure didn't focus on the q properly... but yeah aprt from that the questions were really good and easily manipulated! >>.
awwwwwwwww.... i'm just SOOOOO incredibly excited 2 b able 2 tick the word 'Enlgish' of my exam timetable for the lat time EVERRRRR

TRA LI LA LA LA DA DEE DUMMMMMMMM

[karyn.mcdonald]

And btw.... a hearty thanks 2 all the moderators who helped us out so much over the last week!! ... especially Jamon who answered a multitude of my probs... Thanks Jamon!

[jamonwindeyer]

That was one of the easiest exams ever! I couldn't have asked for better questions! So happy I'll never have to touch English again.


...Except they stuffed us over by cutting our time short by five minutes. The supervisor said that reading time was counted in the working time, so only 1:55 actual writing time. What a load of crap.

That's worth of taking to your principal Phillorsm! That's flat disadvantage and I believe they can take that into account!

And btw.... a hearty thanks 2 all the moderators who helped us out so much over the last week!! ... especially Jamon who answered a multitude of my probs... Thanks Jamon!

You are welcome!


Well done everyone!!

[Phillorsm]

That's worth of taking to your principal Phillorsm! That's flat disadvantage and I believe they can take that into account!

Yeah, apparently the principal has to fill out an illness/misadventure form, according to BOSTES.

[joey9911]

Loved that exam!! I did really well in my opinion. I played this one a little different than my trials (I hated English trials btw [CSSA]). At the first 5 mins of the exam writing time, I did a mini plan on the first page of the all exam booklets so I wouldn't forget my quotes. Then idk what happened after that.. I literally wrote non-stop till the end for each module. Absolutely slaughtered all three essay questions. Super proud.

I just wanted to say thanks to the WHOLE ATARNotes team, specifically Elyse, Jamon & Jake! I wouldn't have been able to do this without all of your help. Thanks <3

[jamonwindeyer]

Loved that exam!! I did really well in my opinion. I played this one a little different than my trials (I hated English trials btw [CSSA]). At the first 5 mins of the exam writing time, I did a mini plan on the first page of the all exam booklets so I wouldn't forget my quotes. Then idk what happened after that.. I literally wrote non-stop till the end for each module. Absolutely slaughtered all three essay questions. Super proud.

I just wanted to say thanks to the WHOLE ATARNotes team, specifically Elyse, Jamon & Jake! I wouldn't have been able to do this without all of your help. Thanks <3

Great job Joey! You are very welcome! 

[pughg16]

So amazing to know i never have to write three essays in 2 hours again *cries tears of joy*
That paper was soooo much better than yesterday!! My essays were quite close to the questions, so that was great

RIP to my hand/arm/shoulder
 May you rest in peace until Monday's exam

I know the feeling!!!! BUT....SO GLAD ITS OVER FINALLY!!!!
Go Karyn!!!!
And yes, thanks heaps to all the moderators, and all those who post notes and helpful hints up here!

[mitch7698]

The Wilfred Owen question used the pronoun of 'us'. Was it wise to use this in my essay? I used 'the audience' mainly but also said 'us' a few times. Thaaaaanks

[adshgu]

For me Mod A was the hardest as I had to integrate a new section just for the passage that was given and it had nothing to do with my plan so I had to scrap most of my essay just to include the passage.

[pughg16]

For me Mod A was the hardest as I had to integrate a new section just for the passage that was given and it had nothing to do with my plan so I had to scrap most of my essay just to include the passage.

Same here....I had definitely not prepared for In a Dry Season!
I just put it into one of my paragraphs...with another quote i managed to remember....But that was probably the worst extract to put in!