General Thoughts: English Paper 1 (AOS) (3 Viewers)

[Beterban]

Connections, association, inclusion, belonging, solidarity etc. - it's all correlated words.

In fact, teachers prefer that students avoid using the word 'belonging' too much.

so is it fine if i did not have written belonging at least once?

 

[RivalryofTroll]

loved the essay, comprehension was okay... and my creative had was no where near communities so i had to adapt in a reallyyyyy weird way... ughhhhhh... paper 2 tomorrow!!!!!!!

Just looked at the 2014 exam.

My thoughts as a 2013er

Section 1:
- Very weird. No 2 marker. Just a bunch of 3 markers then a 6 marker.
- 6 marker - very surprised. It's just basically another 3 marker (since you only need to choose ONE text, rather than TWO texts), except you need to increase your analysis.
- Actual questions themselves are actually easy.

Section 2:
- No central element BS. Just simply a first sentence needs to be used.
- Individuals finding their place in a community? Well, I can see some kids having creatives that might not fit that.
- Overall, pretty good question if you ask me.

Section 3:
- Identity being shaped by connections? That is such a NICE question.
- Basically, any decent generic essay can be easily adapted to this question.

I think 2014 AoS as a whole = relatively easy AoS paper.

Kinda confirms my thoughts

 

[rumbleroar]

SHORT ANSWERS

S
HORT

A
NSWERS

WHY DO THEY EXIST. THAT WAS CANCER.

I spent way too much time on them and didnt even finish. I had to finish my creative in 25-30 mins (left out ~100 words out of 1100) and then zip into extended, but I couldnt write the last stretch, aka my 2nd related paragraph. so to save my structure i had to write the conclusion

Lol creative was done in 30 minutes as essay took up 50 gg


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[nexusbrah]

Just looked at the 2014 exam.

My thoughts as a 2013er

Section 1:
- Very weird. No 2 marker. Just a bunch of 3 markers then a 6 marker.
- 6 marker - very surprised. It's just basically another 3 marker (since you only need to choose ONE text, rather than TWO texts), except you need to increase your analysis.
- Actual questions themselves are actually easy.

Section 2:
- No central element BS. Just simply a first sentence needs to be used.
- Individuals finding their place in a community? Well, I can see some kids having creatives that might not fit that.
- Overall, pretty good question if you ask me.

Section 3:
- Identity being shaped by connections? That is such a NICE question.
- Basically, any decent generic essay can be easily adapted to this question.

I think 2014 AoS as a whole = relatively easy AoS paper.

Do agree were your analysis of the paper. However, I think a lot of people would of overlooked the question were it mentions it has to be something to do with communities.

Also did any one notice all the quotes for the creative were from the actual texts?

 

[Zoeyyy]

I realised the entire paper was about being able to belong to place!

 

[Chocolatebubble]

Mfw my last paragraph had nothing on communities gg. It was just landscape connection holy shit

 

[rumbleroar]

I realised the entire paper was about being able to belong to place!

Really? I thought it was moreso communities this year, but the two are quite interchangeable depending on how you view it.


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[Etherlee]

That was a hard essay questions. I was prepared for 'how identity shapes an individual's ability to belong'
;-; My essay wasn't sustained... and I had no time for a conclusion. I don't feel too confident. Probably...
Short answer: Quite detailed, took 50 minutes... 3 unseen texts? No 2 marker? Didn't see that coming.
Short Story: Eh, used my memorised one and adapted it to talk about communities.

 

[RivalryofTroll]

so is it fine if i did not have written belonging at least once?

It's fine but maybe you could have mentioned the word once (the marker won't notice, trust me)

Lol creative was done in 30 minutes as essay took up 50 gg

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40/30/50 is the best split (section 2 should always be the sacrifice~)

 

[Sambam429]

Failed the essay definitely, didn't even finish

 

[Verify]

Overall it was a good paper for me I thought. Creative fit well with stimulus luckily. However essay question was a bit iffy.

 

[Simile]

The question about the book cover was a bit of both the text and cover.

 

[screwuhsc]

that comprehension was so fked up 3,3,3,6 wow stil reckon i did alright creative gg lol communities and essay absolelely smashed

 

[Simile]

How much did everyone talk about their related material In the essay?

 

[nexusbrah]

It's fine but maybe you could have mentioned the word once (the marker won't notice, trust me)



40/30/50 is the best split (section 2 should always be the sacrifice~)

I wanted to go for a 50/25/45 split.
Ended up being a 45/35/40 split

 

[nexusbrah]

How much did everyone talk about their related material In the essay?

What do you mean?

In terms of overall word count 310-330.

 

[Smile12345]

Also did any one notice all the quotes for the creative were from the actual texts?

Yeah I did...

 

[screwuhsc]

i wonder how @faisalabdul went surely he must of ripped it

 

[screwuhsc]

had to rewrite creative writing - didn't answer the 6 mark question , and didn't finish my last essay stuffed up

@msruru whaaat no way what happened

 

[Verify]

How much did everyone talk about their related material In the essay?

Wrote one long paragraph between my two prescribed