2011 English Results Thread:

[Jdog]

there were alot of high scores on this sac, thats why im annoyed. I guess when you have 50 marks, its quite easy to lose a couple here and there.
im just thankful our school does well at english so our sacs scale like a bitch.

[wildareal]

My school used to mark sacs in unit 3 really easy-so much so that there were about 10 people on 100%-now however in unit 4 they have started to mark a lot more realistically.

[IAmImmature000000]

Oral - A+
Text Response (Maestro) - A
Language Analysis - A+
Context - B+, A, A, A+ 

[pi]

^^^Wow, 4 context SACs?!?!?!

That's a lot

[Jdog]

2 50's !! far out, great effort.

[Jdog]

My school used to mark sacs in unit 3 really easy-so much so that there were about 10 people on 100%-now however in unit 4 they have started to mark a lot more realistically.

we're gettting marked realistically for all our sacs, we have around 2 people still on 100.

we generally get 9-11 50's in english in a good year (last year wasn't great, still had quite a few), so i think its reasonable to have lots of people on quite high scores.

[IAmImmature000000]

^^^Wow, 4 context SACs?!?!?!
That's a lot

Yeah. Our teachers are SO harsh on marking though. Getting an A in our class is like getting an A+++++++++.
So for our Unit 3 Context mark they made us do 3 SACs just incase we screwed one up, and had a chance to make up for it.

2 50's !! far out, great effort.

Thanks.

we're gettting marked realistically for all our sacs, we have around 2 people still on 100.

we generally get 9-11 50's in english in a good year (last year wasn't great, still had quite a few), so i think its reasonable to have lots of people on quite high scores.

Two people on 100 doesn't sound realistic at all. There's no such thing as a flawless English piece.

[Jdog]

^^^Wow, 4 context SACs?!?!?!
That's a lot

Yeah. Our teachers are SO harsh on marking though. Getting an A in our class is like getting an A+++++++++.
So for our Unit 3 Context mark they made us do 3 SACs just incase we screwed one up, and had a chance to make up for it.

2 50's !! far out, great effort.

Thanks.

we're gettting marked realistically for all our sacs, we have around 2 people still on 100.

we generally get 9-11 50's in english in a good year (last year wasn't great, still had quite a few), so i think its reasonable to have lots of people on quite high scores.

Two people on 100 doesn't sound realistic at all. There's no such thing as a flawless English piece.

i don't agree with this thought. How then do they award tens? of course there is no flawless english piece, but when it is of such quality  it is awarded 100 percent. and as I said, our schoo ldoes particularly well at english; a 50 doesn't mean you have written a flawless piece but nevertheless you are still awarded perfect scores.

[ProtonStar]

Hey all!

I may as well post my results for the year so far

GA1
Oral - VH
Language Analysis - VH
Text Response (Year of Wonders) - VH
Context (Encountering Conflict) - VH

GA2
Context - VH

I'm hoping these are all high VHs. I keep asking my teacher if there's anything to improve on, but she continually says to just keep doing what I'm doing

[cranberry]

47/50 for text response!!(OTW)

[wildareal]

^^^Wow, 4 context SACs?!?!?!
That's a lot

Yeah. Our teachers are SO harsh on marking though. Getting an A in our class is like getting an A+++++++++.
So for our Unit 3 Context mark they made us do 3 SACs just incase we screwed one up, and had a chance to make up for it.

2 50's !! far out, great effort.

Thanks.

we're gettting marked realistically for all our sacs, we have around 2 people still on 100.

we generally get 9-11 50's in english in a good year (last year wasn't great, still had quite a few), so i think its reasonable to have lots of people on quite high scores.

Two people on 100 doesn't sound realistic at all. There's no such thing as a flawless English piece.

In terms of the rigid constraints of VCE there is.

[mykey]

I don't think there is any such thing as a flawless English piece, but I think if you get full marks on a SAC or an exam it just means it is the piece that is the CLOSEST to being flawless.

[IAmImmature000000]

I don't think there is any such thing as a flawless English piece, but I think if you get full marks on a SAC or an exam it just means it is the piece that is the CLOSEST to being flawless.

The closet thing to flawless is not flawless.
Consequently meaning that a perfect 100/100 is not deserving.

I truly don't understand why some English teachers are so slack with marking. At the end of the day, your students SACs marks will just be bought down.

[IAmImmature000000]

i don't agree with this thought. How then do they award tens? of course there is no flawless english piece, but when it is of such quality  it is awarded 100 percent. and as I said, our schoo ldoes particularly well at english; a 50 doesn't mean you have written a flawless piece but nevertheless you are still awarded perfect scores.

You're not awarded a perfect score. A 50 merely means you were better than everybody else.
Far from perfect.
You're neither awarded 100%.
A+'s on exams are just in comparison to everybody else's mark.
Somebody who only got 30% on an exam could get a 50 in any subject if they rest were atrocious.

You're argument is flawed. Just like every English piece.

[Jdog]

I don't think there is any such thing as a flawless English piece, but I think if you get full marks on a SAC or an exam it just means it is the piece that is the CLOSEST to being flawless.

The closet thing to flawless is not flawless.
Consequently meaning that a perfect 100/100 is not deserving.

I truly don't understand why some English teachers are so slack with marking. At the end of the day, your students SACs marks will just be bought down.

When you have roughly 10 50's in a school for English, I don't think you can say that English teachers are so slack with marking. Obviously a student will not write a perfect piece, so to offer a 10 for an essay does not signify perfection, rather, you are so far ahead of the average that it can be considered relatively perfect. 

But I do acknowledge that in some schools, there are teachers who mark particularly easily for the student's level. This false marking is does not augur well for good exam results.