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katie,rinos:

--- Quote from: marleely on July 29, 2017, 03:21:40 pm ---How do you know you schedule your time during the exam?

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I would spend at least 10 minutes planning for each essay. As you need to integrate the sources well, I would spend time highlighting the main points of the source, and choosing historians to fit those points. I would also spend time, trying to get your arguments together and knowing what you want to write. I would try to spend the same amount of time for each essay but maybe a little bit more for section 1, but only if I know that I would be able to get both essays done.
I actually asked Susie this question a couple of weeks ago, so this was her reply:

--- Quote from: sudodds on July 13, 2017, 09:38:32 pm ---I spent roughly 10 minutes planning (not including reading time), and 50 minutes writing! According to my teacher that is about what the markers are expecting, so they'll mark the essay as if it was meant to be done in 50 minutes rather than an hour! The lengths of my essays ranged, but were typically around 1300-1400 word mark :) So usually intro (which were always a bit longer than a modern/ancient intro), 2-3 paragraphs based around historiographical ideas and then my conclusion :)

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Hope this helps :D

sudodds:
Both of the above responses are fantastic :) Not much more for me to add, other than, yes definitely give yourself at least 10-15 minutes to analyse and digest the source. I also recommend doing the exam in the order of most comfortable to least comfortable :)

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