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General Thoughts: English Paper 1 (AOS) (2 Viewers)
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First English exam that I actually managed to finish on time! S1 was alright; just kinda skim-read the texts to save time. S2 was fairly adaptable for mine - I used the image with the guy holding his forehead, and the book thing just happened to be in my creative as part of the story (would it matter if I used two stimuli?). S3 didn't work very well with my essay so I really had to bullshit hard and extend on the ideas in my memorised essay until it fit... not expecting to do that well for that part. Managed to use up the whole booklet + 1 more page, but oh god my writing was so illegible at the end. RIP hand
astroman
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Hope it doesn't, I hate her.
Squar3root
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I reckon I got around 42+/45
think I lost marks in the essay only wrote 11 pages
think I lost marks in the essay only wrote 11 pages
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Unlucky man! Good effort though.
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ahahahahahhaha u fukwit
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A bit more detail on the paper itself for those interested:
S1:
Text1 - extract of a story, something about a couple discovering items they liked in a pile of junk. The question was how was dialogue used to capture their reaction to their discoveries. /2 marks (Quite easy, could be done by just reading the actual dialogue and skipping the rest of the story)
Text2 - visual, old guy sitting in front of a cupboard of bottles, holding one (that contained a preserved snake) and pointing to a table with shells and a book on it. Question was how the value of the physical discovery of those items was shown. /2 marks (Again, analysed quite quickly)
Text3 - poem, narrator's father exploring nature, something about walking to school. Question was how the personal nature of his discoveries was shown. /3 marks (Straightforward if you identified the imagery & structure)
Text4 - Narrator rambling on about their grandmother's stories and how they were exaggerated. Question was how the nature of these discoveries (being true/false) is explored. (/3 marks)
5 marker - how curiosity is important in the discovery process, comparing 2 of the above texts
S2:
Imaginative writing that explores unexpected discovery. Stimulus included someone looking upwards with their hand on their forehead, a compass placed over a map, a book and a balloon.
S3:
Discovering what is hidden, and reconsidering what is known as part of the discovery process. (One related text)
Overall, I'd say 42-43/45 is quite possible.
S1:
Text1 - extract of a story, something about a couple discovering items they liked in a pile of junk. The question was how was dialogue used to capture their reaction to their discoveries. /2 marks (Quite easy, could be done by just reading the actual dialogue and skipping the rest of the story)
Text2 - visual, old guy sitting in front of a cupboard of bottles, holding one (that contained a preserved snake) and pointing to a table with shells and a book on it. Question was how the value of the physical discovery of those items was shown. /2 marks (Again, analysed quite quickly)
Text3 - poem, narrator's father exploring nature, something about walking to school. Question was how the personal nature of his discoveries was shown. /3 marks (Straightforward if you identified the imagery & structure)
Text4 - Narrator rambling on about their grandmother's stories and how they were exaggerated. Question was how the nature of these discoveries (being true/false) is explored. (/3 marks)
5 marker - how curiosity is important in the discovery process, comparing 2 of the above texts
S2:
Imaginative writing that explores unexpected discovery. Stimulus included someone looking upwards with their hand on their forehead, a compass placed over a map, a book and a balloon.
S3:
Discovering what is hidden, and reconsidering what is known as part of the discovery process. (One related text)
Overall, I'd say 42-43/45 is quite possible.