Thoughts: CSSA English Paper 1 (2 Viewers)

[Spiritual Being]

-everyone awaiting anxiously for nerdasdasd's invaluable HSC advice-

 

[mac1996]

-everyone awaiting anxiously for nerdasdasd's invaluable HSC advice-

LOL

 

[deviouswatch]

Can I just remind everyone that we should avoid mentioning specific texts/questions as contained in the papers and keep the discussion general as people can still resit the exams if they were away!

 

[Siddy123]

-everyone awaiting anxiously for nerdasdasd's invaluable HSC advice-

aka a reiteration of whatever the guy above him says

 

[evee_888]

What's the likelihood they'll ask for two related for history and memory

 

[NFmusic1995]

very little, my teacher hinted at me that its one

 

[jennaa27]

anyone got any tips for hamlet cause im freaking out right now... its the most unpredictable module can I just drop English

 

[jennaa27]

very little, my teacher hinted at me that its one

is this the catholic paper?

 

[mac1996]

-everyone awaiting anxiously for nerdasdasd's invaluable HSC advice-

omed62, the english prodigy's invaluable hsc advice*

 

[Ballinnn]

does every school effectively do the same CSSA trial? I heard the girl school next door to mine were given quotes instead of stimulus pictures.

 

[YuMaNuMa]

I think creative writing screwed me over. I made many links to journey, which was presumably the "element" in image 1, but never once did I make specific references to the map, boots or compass.

 

[Rafy]

does every school effectively do the same CSSA trial? I heard the girl school next door to mine were given quotes instead of stimulus pictures.

Schools aren't allowed to modify the CSSA trial except to replace questions that cover content that hasn't been taught yet. Either the school next door was breaching their agreement with CSSA or they weren't doing the CSSA paper at all.

 

[Ballinnn]

is this for all CSSA exams ?

 

[RealiseNothing]

I really liked the paper. Did it chronologically, 6/6/6 pages.
The first and fourth texts in S1 were a gift!

Pretty fucked for modules though.

You write the exact same amount as me lol (I do 6/6/6 pages).

Also don't lie, you are gonna ace modules.

 

[YuMaNuMa]

does it matter with creative if you didn't link directly to the image itself? my creative was about how this little boy feels isolated as at family events he has to always sit alone at the dreaded kids table... cute story... related it to the fish i.e. all the adults on one table and the single one by itself.... i wrote three pages.. hope thats okay!

If so, this year's creative was beyond restrictive. People who had prepared a response may as well throw out 70% of the content. I doubt that this is the case though as who on earth could possibly base an entire response on a fish jumping out of a bowl. I think it's just the concept that counts (journey, family, identity/conformity). I might just be fooling myself though.

 

[Amaranth_]

The creative stimulus too restrictive IMO

 

[acallus]

anyone else scared? tomorrows the only exam im worried about.

Same here... English is my only worry, but Belonging is alright. The modules is what's going to screw a whole bunch of people. If they ask for two texts for Module C I'm really done - don't even have time to finish my first ORT properly.

 

[kourto]

does it matter with creative if you didn't link directly to the image itself? my creative was about how this little boy feels isolated as at family events he has to always sit alone at the dreaded kids table... cute story... related it to the fish i.e. all the adults on one table and the single one by itself.... i wrote three pages.. hope thats okay!

did anyone else find section one (comprehension) really annoying! the memoir extract i found difficult to comprehend at least it was only two marks.... i wrote 3 pages for that..

the essay ahh dont get me started! i did Skrzyneckis St Patrick College and 10 mary street and the film The blind Side...nah it actually went alright, i had saved about 15-20 mins through finishing creative and short answers quite efficiently so i could have more time to plan and think out my essay... even though i had this extra time i still ran out!!! my teacher was like 'two minutes to go' so i had to quickly do a conclusion and dot point the last technique i wanted to make in my final paragraph!

tomorrow will be the killer! any tips on time management?!!! anyone else scared? tomorrows the only exam im worried about.

 

[kourto]

she could have done the public school paper that differs from the CSSA catholic one

 

[the_one_1]

Didnt know so many schools had trials today.
Section I) wrote too much for a 5 mark question. Spent 40 mins instead of 20m.
section II) WTF. Somehow i wrote full 2 pages which took 40 mins... full of descriptions tho. gonna fail for quantity
sectin III) 2.5 pages used- had 10min left for related. at least i had a conclusion. Other students didnt finish by writing 4 pages.
bye uni, hello tafe

you still have the final HSC exams. Trials isn't everything. The HSC is everything in yr 12.