Low averages for english exam (1 Viewer)

[IceBreaker]

does anyone think their school is going to get low averages for english? i dont know about mine yet, but for yr11 went crap

 

[100percent]

does anyone think their school is going to get low averages for english? i dont know about mine yet, but for yr11 went crap

off course, 12 people in advanced, 5 full classes of standard. school rank 497. looking at it statastically. yes for bonnyrigg

 

[wrong_turn]

don't go having a hem. at my school we have 1 advanced class of 22, and the others left in that 140 students do either esl or standard!

and we were ranked at 194 in '04. in our 2nd assessment, they were so harsh?! the highest in advanced was like 15/20, i got 14/20 . now that seriously is harsh marking when we all did relatively well?!

 

[meLoncoLLie]

i counted THREE band 6's in adv eng from my school in 2004. THREE. out of at least 100 people.

my future certainly doesn't look very bright *glances at own ranking*

 

[_muse_]

well in year 11.... 1 person from 70-something standard english students, passed their exit exams.. in adv? 6 people passed out of 22.

so yes.

 

[wrong_turn]

that is so similar to our school!

however, our failed my advanced exam and passed my extension one. but i was testing what works and what doesn't at the time. well since i have failed, i know it does'nt work.

@ melon: i don't think anyone from last year's hsc even got a band 6 in english.

 

[fakingtheday]

Last year for year 12 the highest was 89, she was pretty good at english too. In year 11 i pulled an 87 in year 11 with practically no work. I think its just whether yuo get lucky on the day or not.

 

[Trev]

The highest mark we had at our school in English last year was 89 (adv), out of ~45 people or so? This year we have 56 people in adv, a larger grade.

 

[fakingtheday]

ditto, our teacher said she's quitting if no one gets band 6

 

[JamiL]

lol... we did particuly well 4 our skool considering we r a maths skool... we got 4 band 6 from maby 45 kids. 1 guy got 98... wow, other were 92, 91 and i dunno the last mark.
this year my teacher thinks we can get 7-8, i dont know how serious she is, but i know that i have improved from a 60z english student (mind u i did no wrk) to a band 5 student possible band 6

 

[fakingtheday]

Wow 98 is pretty fucking impressive. That would of been top ten in the state correct? 95 was top 100, i know Gordo was in it.

 

[melsc]

i did reallyu badly last yr...we have about 200 in my year we have abt 6 advanced classes and 4 standard and 1 esl or something like that...

 

[_muse_]

the other day my adv english teacher told our class that 3/4 of our class wont get above band 3-4...

 

[Cab31]

Jeez your teacher is nice! Nah, they are probably just saying that to motivate you. The average mark in Advanced english is around the 80 mark - with most people falling between 70 and 90. So really work hard at it and prove your teacher wrong!

 

[IceBreaker]

i think that i cannot improve my english skills, its a natural ability

 

[melsc]

i think that i cannot improve my english skills, its a natural ability

I'm in the same boat

 

[wrong_turn]

it is not a natural ability!! i was shithouse in year 9, then in year 10 i was one of the top students for english. in year 11, i was shit again. now i'm good again, but it is a question of how long...

 

[melsc]

it is not a natural ability!! i was shithouse in year 9, then in year 10 i was one of the top students for english. in year 11, i was shit again. now i'm good again, but it is a question of how long...

I'm the oposite of u pantz boy...i was topz in yr 9-10 now i am to quote mike moore "Shithouse"

 

[Cab31]

You can improve your english for the HSC because of the post modernistic style of the course. A lot of this course can be superficially learnt - and because we only have 40 minutes to answer the question, you can make your answer appear as though you are knowledgable with superficial ideas of what things like marxism and existentialism are. In actual fact, the board has really screwed themselves up in this regard. But beware of the superficial learning track....if last years Lear question was anything to go by, they are waking up to the disater they have created in this course and requiring you t form your own opinions about texts - the way it used to be!~

 

[IceBreaker]

if you have examine the english syllabus, it does in anyway way state specific knowledge of outcome to be achieved, rather it states the skills outcomes(which I find it complicated to understand) for students to understand how the relationship and opininion of text are represented in different way and how it links with other contexts.,This is what makes it difficult to understand & study english!!. To be honest i put the least effort in english like many other students, hence why students that enjoy english can further independly learn themselves and write great essay as long they clearly express their opinion backed up with evidence.