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the one thing that cant be changed - time!
« on: May 23, 2011, 05:15:07 pm »
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So 3 essays in 3 hours is a bit of a struggle for me.

Any tips and strategies on writting one essay per hour.
How much do we need to write per essay?

We've had practice mini english exams and i have spent way too much time on my language analysis and then had to scribble a short essay for text response!!!
I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THAT SITUATION WHEN THE REAL EXAM COMES ALONG!

And also in a couple of weeks i have another practice english exam, i dont want to stuff it up. How do all of you do it?
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Re: the one thing that cant be changed - time!
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2011, 05:19:42 pm »
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This is going to be shit advice but... keep practicing and practice the three hours. It took me about 4 practices to feel in anyway comfortable with the time slot but I think it's necessary to do this so you habituate to it eventually. And when the exam comes along you'll likely be fuelled by the need to write. I'm a really slow writer, but on exam day I wrote more than I'd ever written before.
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Re: the one thing that cant be changed - time!
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2011, 11:00:49 am »
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Quote from: lexitu on May 23, 2011, 05:19:42 pm
This is going to be shit advice but... keep practicing and practice the three hours. It took me about 4 practices to feel in anyway comfortable with the time slot but I think it's necessary to do this so you habituate to it eventually. And when the exam comes along you'll likely be fuelled by the need to write. I'm a really slow writer, but on exam day I wrote more than I'd ever written before.

This is so true, happens to me in all Lit and English SAC's. I write a fair chunk and take my time to do it outside of the exam situation, but the pressure and anxiety in the exam forces you to write. Practise a few times, all I can recommend.
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Re: the one thing that cant be changed - time!
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2011, 04:17:46 pm »
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Practice makes perfect!
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Re: the one thing that cant be changed - time!
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2011, 04:19:34 pm »
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Don't allocate the same amount of time per essay - try to finish language anaysis in 50 minutes, even...
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Re: the one thing that cant be changed - time!
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2011, 06:29:47 pm »
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Like the others said, I think that if you're writing barely on 60 mins generally at home, that should be okay. Exam time stresses you out like you wouldn't believe and you just don't stop writing.

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Re: the one thing that cant be changed - time!
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2011, 08:30:29 pm »
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I had the same problem last year..took me the second half of the year to really start writing in one hour.

Advise: practice writing under one hour slots..one essay each, then once you get in the habit you can do two, then three..though that will near your exams.

Also how fast you write also depends on how well you know what to write, I am slow writer, but as I got used to sitting under one hour slots I started to get faster, one reason also because I was regurgitating what I was writing before...


And if it's your first time, don't worry too much, you still have plenty of time to work on it
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