General Thoughts: English Paper 1 (AOS) (2 Viewers)

[Rafy]

Share your thoughts and opinions of the 2009 English AOS exam.

What aspects of the paper did you like and dislike? Did you consider it a fair test of your abilities?
Overall, how did you go and how did you find the exam as a whole?

 

[possessionless]

im pretty happy with it

 

[hipolytia]

i was very happy with it.
i think i went damn well.
i loved my creative writing piece.
its definatly diffrent.

<3

 

[Dimplez]

I loved the creative! But I waffled in that 3rd section and I didn't feel like I did well at all, despite writing quite a bit. Section 1 was pretty simple but I probably lost a few marks in that last question due to time constraints. I really need to time myself better in Modules.
5 for S1, 9 for S2, 9 for S3

 

[Blonx]

hearted it

 

[bmn]

Was a good paper...

I wrote 3 5 5 for pages, about 180+ words a page.

 

[kaz1]

7 5 6

But I thought I did a decent job.

 

[shady145]

waaa part 1 aiight
part 2 poo
part 3 good
5 5 11

 

[TaraBella]

Thought I did well on the essay.

I left the creative writing for the last one, and half ran out of time so I had to end it crappy, not that happy with it.

But I'm really pleased with my essay.

 

[untouchablecuz]

5 / 5.5 / 8

it was alright, short answers wernt as good as i wanted

hopeing for 11/15, 13/15, 12/15

 

[harry4]

Goodbye band 6

wtf was that section 1. my dreams are dashed

 

[naisAtoN]

So disappointing overall. I handled the pressure so much worse than I thought I would. I kept freezing up at the worst of times and ended up working really slowly through section 1. Got my story down in about half an hour to make up for the time, but my essay was a shambles and cut out mid-sentence in the conclusion. My hand was shaking so badly. Hopefully I can do better in paper 2.

 

[Zinger91]

Wasn't a bad test, ran out of time at the end though

 

[Smile_Time351]

Overall, pretty good. Much easier than the Catholic Trial, I thought.

5/7/8 Pages. Hoping for 14-15-13.

The creative stimulus was a little bit too broad though, and, unlike visual stimuli, left nothing to the imagination. (Which is kind of pointless in a creative writing piece )

 

[lynton]

Section one, 5 marker- was bad
Creative writing was alright
AOS was really good
7,6,9
overall pretty happy

 

[Scinery]

how many pages in a booklet?

I thought it was a pretty hard paper for the "first year will be easy" myth, but i think i did fairly well

 

[Laurrie]

Re: Goodbye band 6

Yep. The last part of that question was horrible. ='[

 

[Aplus]

Pretty simple paper, I think I should be fine in all sections. The questions for section II and III were pleasing I wrote Wrote 8/11/11 pages for each section respectively. I think I can manage 13+/15 for each section. So happy with this exam.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

other than the 2 related texts (fuck me dead) and the story being only 2 pages i think it wasnt too bad. the questions weren't a prob

 

[Stratocaster21]

Stimulus: 3.5 pages. Hopefully at least 10/15
Creative Writing: 4 pages - hopefully a 12/15
Essay: 5 pages - Hopefully a 13/15

I'd be stoked with anything above 35/45