2016ers Chit-Chat Thread (31 Viewers)

[pikachu975]

Either an independent trial or HSC, but I think it was HSC.

It was for the creative right? Not the essay

 

[Green Yoda]

I back memorising word to word lol
but it gets really though when I had to memorise 3 essays all 1.2k and a creative 800 words in 3 days for my prelims.

 

[KingOfActing]

It was for the creative right? Not the essay

I'm not sure. Either way, you should always be prepared for the essay to ask for a specific format, because they can ask that.

 

[pikachu975]

I'm not sure. Either way, you should always be prepared for the essay to ask for a specific format, because they can ask that.

Well I think the one they can ask for different formats is the creative but for the essay you can really only have an essay lol

 

[DatAtarLyfe]

Are you going to SR 3U?

Pfft, no.
My 3u is decent, but im not SR material

 

[leehuan]

Well I think the one they can ask for different formats is the creative but for the essay you can really only have an essay lol

Think there was a year where they asked you for a letter format or something in a module. Best check and not just quote what I said though.

Pfft, no.
My 3u is decent, but im not SR material

But what if you are

 

[eyeseeyou]

lol I doubt they would ask that in the HSC or the whole state would be outraged but I'd be screwed for that even if I memorised quotes only. Yeah word for word.

NAh I've seen it happening before. Usually these types of questions test those who know how to manipulate a variety of texts, not just essays.

They totally did that a few years ago, my teacher told me how her class was ready to just cease to exist

Exactly, it something you should be prepared for

I back memorising word to word lol
but it gets really though when I had to memorise 3 essays all 1.2k and a creative 800 words in 3 days for my prelims.

This is exactly why I don't memorise essays, there's too much to remember and, not always can the original essay fit in with a new one that easily. Only thing you should remember is a creative

Pfft, no.
My 3u is decent, but im not SR material

Nah but you're ranked first. Also you had the chance to prepare past papers earlier than everyone else

 

[WrittenLoveLetters]

English Extension 1 is a shit ton of work for 1 unit but it's also my favourite subject.

EE1 is so much better than advanced in terms of what you learn.

I agree, if the workload was reasonable, I would've probably stuck with it.

 

[meDAawesome]

lol the only reason I took extension english was for the 12 unit requirement then dropped it as soon as I could

 

[DatAtarLyfe]

But what if you are

Nah

 

[eyeseeyou]

lol I doubt they would ask that in the HSC or the whole state would be outraged but I'd be screwed for that even if I memorised quotes only. Yeah word for word.

HEre you go

This was for the old AOS though

http://aghsbelonging.weebly.com/essay-questions.html
https://savemyhsc.com.au/belonging-practice-questions/

I cbbs stating what specifically but you can look in there and see which are non essay questions

 

[Green Yoda]

HEre you go

This was for the old AOS though

http://aghsbelonging.weebly.com/essay-questions.html
https://savemyhsc.com.au/belonging-practice-questions/

I cbbs stating what specifically but you can look in there and see which are non essay questions

They are only from school's tho not the actual HSC. School's can do what ever the fuck they want.

 

[pikachu975]

They are only from school's tho not the actual HSC. School's can do what ever the fuck they want.

Yeah and I don't think my school would even be that troll to do that. Even if they did I'd still write the memorised essay if it was a speech

 

[eyeseeyou]

They are only from school's tho not the actual HSC. School's can do what ever the fuck they want.

HEre's one

2001 HSC

"Two readers are arguing about the ending of the prescribed text you have studied

Compose their discussion. The discussion should demonstrate your critical understanding of
the prescribed text."

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2001exams/pdf_doc/english_adv_p2_01.pdf

 

[Green Yoda]

Yeah and I don't think my school would even be that troll to do that. Even if they did I'd still write the memorised essay if it was a speech

Same..
if it was a srcipt I would adapt my memorised essay to a script
of it was a fkin blog..i would change my memorised essay to first person view

 

[pikachu975]

HEre's one

2001 HSC

"Two readers are arguing about the ending of the prescribed text you have studied

Compose their discussion. The discussion should demonstrate your critical understanding of
the prescribed text."

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/hsc2001exams/pdf_doc/english_adv_p2_01.pdf

Well if that was the 2015 HSC paper, my school does poetry for mod B so I would've written an essay anyway.

 

[eyeseeyou]

Well if that was the 2015 HSC paper, my school does poetry for mod B so I would've written an essay anyway.

YEah I checked the 2015 paper and it was purely all essays

Do you do yeats or TS elliot?

 

[pikachu975]

YEah I checked the 2015 paper and it was purely all essays

Do you do yeats or TS elliot?

Yeats

 

[eyeseeyou]

Yeats

lol me too (pretty sure I do yeats)

Anyways I checked the most recent HSC papers and there doesn't seem to be any non-essay questions though

They've asked curveballs (e.g. the 2011 Hamlet question about the closing scene)

https://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu..../pdf_doc/2011-hsc-exam-english-advance-p2.pdf

And I get this feeling though, since we're the second last year to do AOS discovery, the BOSTES is probably already planning to mess us up in the HSC

 

[eyeseeyou]

BTW do any of you find the modules harder than the AOS?