IGCSE/GCSE/O & A Level/IB/University Student Forum
Qualification => IGCSE/ GCSE => Queries => Topic started by: pedrojosetrujillo on June 04, 2009, 05:13:33 pm
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how many sides of A4 did u write for you english literature exam. Just want to knw cause i wrote 5 and 1/2 sides, is that enough?
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You are meant to write 4 essays, with 1 and a half to 2 sides per essay
Remember
Quality not quantity
Cambridge has sed that it is possible to get an A* with one and a half side
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Isn't it 3 essays?
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Maybe different papers?
I did Cambridge Paper 4 IGCSE
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Isn't it 3 essays?
yes three essays
how did u find the questions By the way
they were pretty simple for me
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yeah its 3 essays. Dont knw i stress out to easily . Oh i did paper 1, our was open books, i think yours was closed books.
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Crucuible was ok, i did the empathic. Caged bird, was a bit confuising, but i managed to put some credible points. Lotf, it was gd , i would say
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Yeah for me its three papers... hmm
what books u guys do..
We do Crucible and Lord of the Flies. Any of u do them? And if so what question did u choose. I didnt leak anything..just say whether u did star or which?!
Also, i wrote 11 pages..only because I couldnt fit it all in one. Ours was 2 hours and 30 minutes or sometihng. But my hand is now like limp and dead... hahah
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Woah, i had closed book exam - 2 hours 4 minutes... for 4 essays
:S:S
Which paper did u guys do?
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if u write 11 pages, r u sure you were answering the question?
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Sure, 5.5 sides is enough. As long as you've answered the questions properly... I wrote about 6 sides.
What topics did you guys do?
I had Richard, Lord of the Flies and Songs of Ourselves.
(Empathic, empathic and caged bird.)
I'm hoping everyone answered a star based question?
2 hours 30 minutes? Isn't the exam supposed to be 2 hours 15 minutes?
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if u write 11 pages, r u sure you were answering the question?
Im pretty sure i was answering the question...
I just had alot to say! And we've been trained so much.
I guess the grade will only tell, but If i managed my time, and i personally feel like i wrote an acceptable essay and answered the question thorougly.. why is that a problem?
We have never been told that were only allowed to write one and a half pages..I mean how do u fit everything???
And i have big writing -.-
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is it ok if we write around 2 nd a half for 1 question ?
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Yay
The exam was really easy
what are the books at your sckool guys..??
We have...
~Songs Of Ourselves
~As you like it (Shakespeare)
~To kill a mocking bird
How was your exam....??
Hope it went gud
=D
lol
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why are the grade boundaries in english literature so high nearly always? (in previous years)
its so hard to get an A!
what do you think the curve will be like for paper 4 this year?
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it will be a straight line :P:P sloping downwards
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@spog: lol...yes of course it is :D
@evry1 else: i had 2 rite 4 essays in 2hrs 40mins...closed bks....n i wrote 17 pages in total....lol...as goin4dakill said v hv been trained quite well n evn i utilised my tym well wid 10 mins 4 checking...pretty gud i thot.....hope evry1's else went well :)
all da best 4 da final week ppl!! ;)
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Woah, i had closed book exam - 2 hours 4 minutes... for 4 essays
:S:S
Which paper did u guys do?
Wasn't it 2hrs 40 mins for paper 4 -closed books?
I wrote around 5 sides and and 1/4
It was pretty good, we did Pride and Prejudice, To Kill a Mockingbird and Songs of Ourselves (I'm so glad Caged Bird was up, it was the easiest question too :D)
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We have 4 books for us - As You Like It, Lord of the Flies, Far From The Madding Crowd and Poetry
I did one star based and 3 essay questions. Oh, and I chose Caged Bird for Poetry.
Our exam was for 2hrs40min.. darn loooonnngg! Finished 10min before the end, phew! 2hr40min seem so long but once you're taking the exam, time flies! :D
The paper was okay. Long but yea, okay. :)
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it will be a straight line :P:P sloping downwards
lol...letz hope so!
n guyz im not sure but i rely dont thnk v can talk abt ques ryt nw cuz 24 hrs arent over yet.....so letz talk abt it tom :)
n all da best guyz 4 ur xams ;)
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it will be a straight line Tongue:P sloping downwards
why, you thought it was hard?
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well evn if he thot da ppr 2 b easy....itz alwayz b8r 2 hv da grade thresholds low....n y not??? ;)
all da best!! ;)
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if u write 11 pages, r u sure you were answering the question?
Im pretty sure i was answering the question...
I just had alot to say! And we've been trained so much.
I guess the grade will only tell, but If i managed my time, and i personally feel like i wrote an acceptable essay and answered the question thorougly.. why is that a problem?
We have never been told that were only allowed to write one and a half pages..I mean how do u fit everything???
And i have big writing -.-
Shelbum! I wrote 9 pages with my annoying little writing! Haha my hand is aching =]
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How did everyone think they did? ;) :-* 8) :D :)
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yeah its 3 essays. Dont knw i stress out to easily . Oh i did paper 1, our was open books, i think yours was closed books.
no ours was opened book as well
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i think the questions were really bad.. especially the poetry ones.. and the crucible was tough. lotf was good i think
i wrote 10 pages.. thats how much ur supposed to write, so that you include enough depth for a good grade!
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Crucible was annoying, i fluked it, even when i chose the easiest qs, didnt know what to write ???
i liked the TKMB qs! because the one i did, we had already done an extremely similar one to it in class!!
i hate paper 3 though , my worst :-\
any tips on paper 3?
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i wrote about 13-14 sides for paper 4 literature...our teacher told us we needa write at least about 3 sides for each answer...tho it is possible 2 get an A* with 1.5-2..as someone already mentioned..
is any1 here doin Richard III?