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guys I have my eng prelim, if I have 5 quotes per paragraph (I got 2 paragraphs for body 😞😞😞) is that okay my teacher wants more but its unrealistic for 40 mins to have more.
I mean considering you have 5-6 I think it's good for yr11, I did like around the same. My teacher recommended to do 7-9 in preparation for yr12 but I didn't rlly listen and still did good. 5 quotes will be good assuming each paragraph will be around 500 words, I'm assuming?
 

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I mean considering you have 5-6 I think it's good for yr11, I did like around the same. My teacher recommended to do 7-9 in preparation for yr12 but I didn't rlly listen and still did good. 5 quotes will be good assuming each paragraph will be around 500 words, I'm assuming?
yeah my teacher told us our competition will have 10 but I feel like that has to be exaggeration
 

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Well I feel like if you included any more quotes you wouldn't really have time to have detailed analysis, I find 4 quotes per paragraph a bit much LOL. Like I think generally an essay at abt 1k words is reasonable for 40 mins
do you think 3 quotes per paragraph (its like 400-500 words for a body) is sufficient? I rlly don't wanna memorise too many quotes
 

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from memory, my teacher says that there should be a minimum of 3 quotes per paragraph but I've heard from my friends in year 12 they do fewer quotes but analyze the heck out of them.
 
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yeah my teacher told us our competition will have 10 but I feel like that has to be exaggeration
its probably like small quotes which they embed into their analysis. that being said it depends on the module and structure you're doing, i think something like mod a it's def possible to have 10 quotes if theyre short esp since you're comparing two texts. there's diff ways to approach it tho, id say 3 is just scraping it, probs id recommend 4 minimum per para, i think you can strike a good balance between detail and good quote amnt w that number.
 

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do you think 3 quotes per paragraph (its like 400-500 words for a body) is sufficient? I rlly don't wanna memorise too many quotes
Yeah definitely. I know a lot of people who do 3 quotes per paragraph for their essays
 

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Has anyone else lost all motivation during prelims? I lost motivation in the MIDDLE of my english exam 😭

After 3 hours of continuous writing I literally was not bothered writing anymore. I wrote 3 pages for the poetry section when the minimum should've been 4. I had time to write, as well as some analysis, but i could not be bothered so I just read over my SAC section in the remaining 15 minutes.

I don't know why but I cannot bring myself to do anything but sleep, and I've been bombing everything. I have SoR tmr can and I cannot be assed to study any further. Im worried because it's only the first week and I have 5 more exams. Is anyone else feeling so burnt out?
 

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Has anyone else lost all motivation during prelims? I lost motivation in the MIDDLE of my english exam 😭

After 3 hours of continuous writing I literally was not bothered writing anymore. I wrote 3 pages for the poetry section when the minimum should've been 4. I had time to write, as well as some analysis, but i could not be bothered so I just read over my SAC section in the remaining 15 minutes.

I don't know why but I cannot bring myself to do anything but sleep, and I've been bombing everything. I have SoR tmr can and I cannot be assed to study any further. Is anyone else feeling so burnt out?
I hate that I tried so hard in term 1, now I'm burnt out asf.
 

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Has anyone else lost all motivation during prelims? I lost motivation in the MIDDLE of my english exam 😭

After 3 hours of continuous writing I literally was not bothered writing anymore. I wrote 3 pages for the poetry section when the minimum should've been 4. I had time to write, as well as some analysis, but i could not be bothered so I just read over my SAC section in the remaining 15 minutes.

I don't know why but I cannot bring myself to do anything but sleep, and I've been bombing everything. I have SoR tmr can and I cannot be assed to study any further. Im worried because it's only the first week and I have 5 more exams. Is anyone else feeling so burnt out?
Yes I have
 

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Has anyone else lost all motivation during prelims? I lost motivation in the MIDDLE of my english exam 😭

After 3 hours of continuous writing I literally was not bothered writing anymore. I wrote 3 pages for the poetry section when the minimum should've been 4. I had time to write, as well as some analysis, but i could not be bothered so I just read over my SAC section in the remaining 15 minutes.

I don't know why but I cannot bring myself to do anything but sleep, and I've been bombing everything. I have SoR tmr can and I cannot be assed to study any further. Im worried because it's only the first week and I have 5 more exams. Is anyone else feeling so burnt out?
Reallll
Idk these last two terms I've just felt burnt out - doesn't help that my sleep is completely out of wack too because of exams (nah post exam naps go crazy)
 

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Has anyone else lost all motivation during prelims? I lost motivation in the MIDDLE of my english exam 😭

After 3 hours of continuous writing I literally was not bothered writing anymore. I wrote 3 pages for the poetry section when the minimum should've been 4. I had time to write, as well as some analysis, but i could not be bothered so I just read over my SAC section in the remaining 15 minutes.

I don't know why but I cannot bring myself to do anything but sleep, and I've been bombing everything. I have SoR tmr can and I cannot be assed to study any further. Im worried because it's only the first week and I have 5 more exams. Is anyone else feeling so burnt out?
I'm in the exact same boat, I put my all into my previous assessments for every subject but for prelims I completely gave up TT Thankfully the grade-drop won't be significant (Aside from maybe English, I'm probably dropping to a B) but it's still a disappointing way of ending yr11

But to be fair, yr12 is what really counts, yr11 is the last year we're allowed to burn out at the end so don't beat yourself up too much!
 

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Okay, so I have my bio prelim tomorrow and I'm cooked af. How do I spend the next 24 hours cooking so I can maximise the amount of content I can memorise? Help a girl out or otherwise I'm finna have to find a man in finance, trust fund, 6'5"

😭😭😭😭😭
 

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Okay, so I have my bio prelim tomorrow and I'm cooked af. How do I spend the next 24 hours cooking so I can maximise the amount of content I can memorise? Help a girl out or otherwise I'm finna have to find a man in finance, trust fund, 6'5"

😭😭😭😭😭
Personally I just sit down with the textbook and start taking notes, or I start watching a lot of videos on the topic if I can't digest it through text at that moment
 

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Hey Class of 2025'

This is a message mainly for students taking Eco, but I am running a free online webinar for 1 hour on the 24th September from 5:30 - 6:30pm. We'll be going through a potential HSC essay question on international organisations - i'll provide a framework and share things that worked well for me when writing this essay. Happy to stay back a bit and answer any qs you had going into HSC Econ next year - i know its tough but getting advice from people who've experienced the same struggles always helps!

Here's the link to the mandatory form: https://forms.gle/wH7rakxk7sauhHGt9

Good luck for prelims!
 

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