Exam Essays......? (1 Viewer)

[DebuOfCourse]

Hi...

I am in year 11 and considering doing extension English next year (continuing of course).....

I was wondering how much of the course's assessments rely on time restricted, in exam conditions essays?

We had one major assessment this year which was worth 40% of our year 11 and it was all a take-home-and-do-it thing.

Is there much of that sort next year?

Thanks.

pEACe

Dev

 

[Milly]

Well it probably is different for each school, but our only assessment which was in total exam conditions was the trial (worth 30%). (We did the crime fiction module.) Our other two assessments were our half-yearly (also worth 30%), which was a creative writing task where the topic was given to us a week beforehand but we had to write it under exam conditions; and also a group oral worth 40% where we had to do an in depth presentation on one related text and two to three additional texts in relation to crime fiction.

 

[Lazarus]

We had 5 tasks each worth 20%.

Three-part Assignment
Midyear Exam
Seamus Heaney Speech
Trial HSC Exam
"The Castle" Essay

The midyear exam was a 'seen test' - we were given the question a week early.

There's actually a syllabus requirement that says a maximum of (I think) 30% of the assessment tasks can be sat under exam conditions (in english).

 

[DebuOfCourse]

Very helpful everyone, especially that maximum point Lazarus.
Thanks.

pEACe

Dev