English Exam Discussion 2009

[Dolche]

Can someone put the paper up?

[haneybee]

he everyone wat did u guys think about section 3 long hard?

I found the visual and the headline very ambiguous... it's all very subjective really...

 and likewise, yeah the length of the piece was really long. But at least it meant we only had to focus on one viewpoint on the issue...

did anyone find the form of the opinion piece a bit random?

[themit]

he everyone wat did u guys think about section 3 long hard?

I found the visual and the headline very ambiguous... it's all very subjective really...

 and likewise, yeah the length of the piece was really long. But at least it meant we only had to focus on one viewpoint on the issue...

did anyone find the form of the opinion piece a bit random?

We were told that it could have been anything like a blog or something.

[derivativex]

i wrote that Voxi or whatever his name is, was critical and dismissive of the conservative views towards digital technology and reassures readers that it is much more beneficial than harmful.

also i said homo supersapien or something, would i lose marks if i didn't write that right?

You shouldn't lose them for that alone.

[xXNovaxX]

Hey :police:<<<random

OFFICIAL 2009 EXAM
Thought this might come in handy, don't think copyright is an issue :police:, since the VCAA writes the analysis?

Sorry for the language analysis with the annotations :buck2:.

[Dark Templar]

I think I might still scrape an A+ in English , but I feel like my Citizen Kane text response (prompt 1) was lacking in completeness as links to the prompt and between ideas were implied rather than explicit. I struggled with it and cut 10 minutes into my language analysis. It still had some good unique ideas and the writing wasn't bad so perhaps I'm being too critical.

I did context first (Encountering Conflict). I was so scared of context because the prompt could be so random, but I was really happy with what we were given (It is the victims of conflict which show us what is really important). I felt like I did really well on context piece so hopefully it will bring my marks up. A lot of people in my school (all in Encountering Conflict) all hated the prompt and thought they screwed that section up.

My language analysis was damn scary to write and I had only 50 minutes left to write it. The article didn't have any emotional effect on me and I didn't have time to do any annotations. Somehow I got well into the 4th page and it felt really easy to write. Even though the thought of having to write about the seemingly pointless image was daunting, when I started writing the paragraph about it I came up with some ideas. It's hard to remember but I think I said that it illustrated those who adopted technology as bright and intelligent, and was a visualisation for the claims that technology was the next step in human evolution because it showed an augmentation of the brain and technology, but because there was a lack of evidence to back up the claim it could be interpreted as lacking substance.

I actually agreed with the article in my head but I found it really easy to pick it to shreds and so I blammed it and concluded that it had relatively little persuasive power.

One thing confused me though, did we have to comment on the form? I didn't because it could have been anything, it was on the web. It might have been a blog, editorial, anything. Because it's on the internet it could be some sort of bizarre hybrid that we don't have a name for yet or doesn't have a form at all. I did mention in passing that it was on the internet but didn't go much further than that.

I went in the order of Context, Text Response, Language Analysis. I knew context would be easy because I would be able to write more freely and play with ideas and concepts which would break any chance of writer's block and leave me feeling in control and pumped for the next section. I did Text Response next and had a good first half of the intro but it started to spiral out of control a bit, and I cut into Language Analysis time. With my morale severely beaten and feeling slightly depressed, I don't know what enabled me to do the language analysis which was probably my strongest section and what I had studied least for and was worried most about, but hey, I'm glad for it.

So what order did you guys do it in and why? How did it affect your exam?

[Dark Templar]

i wrote that Voxi or whatever his name is, was critical and dismissive of the conservative views towards digital technology and reassures readers that it is much more beneficial than harmful.

also i said homo supersapien or something, would i lose marks if i didn't write that right?

You shouldn't lose them for that alone.

The general consensus from VCAA is that even the most brilliant minds can slip just from speed, and as long as it isn't excessive and doesn't affect the meaning they're not going to deduct marks for it. I wouldn't worry

[xXNovaxX]

all in order

NOTE: begins 2 posts above me
OFFICIAL 2009 EXAM
text resp
context
analysis

[xXNovaxX]

last one/page for analysis

[sarahss_]

I agree with lynt, im quite strong at section C and had to read it twice before I could fully grasp the contention. Indeed the techinques were not as obvious and there was alot of text which had no real persuasion at all...
I think i did okay, i was hoping to do alot better for section C as i was aiming for a 9 hopefully ill still get an 8 or something

[kendraaaaa]

Yeah on my first reading of section C I started getting a worried a bit that I got nothing out of the article, but the second reading got everything clear in my head.

I thought the imaged worked well with the opinion piece, I wrote about the rays of light emerging from the CPU in an outward fashion which symbolizes the wealth of knowledge that the digital revolution holds.

I'm worried about the target audience though, I wrote that it was directed towards those not in favour of technology however does it matter that it was published online? Hence those people would not have read the piece in the first place? :/ Or is that too trivial?

I'm most happy with the text response. I got to the last page of the booklet (used double lines, don't panic haha) and I got a good amount of quotes in and I liked my arguement.

Context was a little unstructured for my liking, however I think I rescued it halfway through. Definately not the best piece I've written but I think it's worth a 7-8.

Overall, just the fact of finishing the exam is such a euphoric feeling. I'm proud of myself that all of my studying leading up to this exam has payed off. Congratulations everyone, it's all smooth sailing from here Haha.

[ross huggard]

please tell me voxi was the author/editor of the piece? i just presumed that was right but comments in another link suggest otherwise
now im very scared.

[xXNovaxX]

Yeah on my first reading of section C I started getting a worried a bit that I got nothing out of the article, but the second reading got everything clear in my head.

I thought the imaged worked well with the opinion piece, I wrote about the rays of light emerging from the CPU in an outward fashion which symbolizes the wealth of knowledge that the digital revolution holds.

I'm worried about the target audience though, I wrote that it was directed towards those not in favour of technology however does it matter that it was published online? Hence those people would not have read the piece in the first place? :/ Or is that too trivial?

I'm most happy with the text response. I got to the last page of the booklet (used double lines, don't panic haha) and I got a good amount of quotes in and I liked my arguement.

Context was a little unstructured for my liking, however I think I rescued it halfway through. Definately not the best piece I've written but I think it's worth a 7-8.

Overall, just the fact of finishing the exam is such a euphoric feeling. I'm proud of myself that all of my studying leading up to this exam has payed off. Congratulations everyone, it's all smooth sailing from here Haha.

OH NOW WAS IT A CPU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I rote a computer chip

[xXNovaxX]

please tell me voxi was the author/editor of the piece? i just presumed that was right but comments in another link suggest otherwise
now im very scared.

voxi was clearly the author/writer/editor/person who typed it/posted it
LOL

[xXNovaxX]

Can someone put the paper up?

it's up, posted it b4