Band 4 Standard English (2 Viewers)

[Nikolerak]

Common Module: Waste Land (loved this documentary, still one of my faves)
Mod A: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets
Mod B: Curious Incident
Mod C: Pedestrian (Bradbury), Fringe Benefits of Failure (JK Rowling), Sporting Spirit (Orwell)

 

[Nikolerak]

Do you have any creatives based on Fringe benefits of failure?

 

[quickoats]

Do you have any creatives based on Fringe benefits of failure?

No, I wasn’t in the camp of rote learning/memorising creatives to regurgitate and adapt in the exam, I preferred to do it on the spot in the exam based on my knowledge.
I found that whilst memorising would’ve been okay for AoS in the old syllabus, it really feels like putting a square peg in a round hole in mod C.

 

[Nikolerak]

No, I wasn’t in the camp of rote learning/memorising creatives to regurgitate and adapt in the exam, I preferred to do it on the spot in the exam based on my knowledge.
I found that whilst memorising would’ve been okay for AoS in the old syllabus, it really feels like putting a square peg in a round hole in mod C.

I agree 100%, but thought maybe you had some practice ones.

 

[quickoats]

I agree 100%, but thought maybe you had some practice ones.

In other words, I completely winged mod C and that's my justification for it.

I'm not even entirely sure what I ended up writing about in my HSC - it definitely wasn't a creative, that's for sure.

 

[Anh4life]

You shouldn’t be aiming for a band 4 but rather a band 6 no matter how good/bad you are at that subject. Limiting yourself to a band 4 will restrict your chances of you getting a band 5/6.

 

[Nikolerak]

You shouldn’t be aiming for a band 4 but rather a band 6 no matter how good/bad you are at that subject. Limiting yourself to a band 4 will restrict your chances of you getting a band 5/6.

Not 'aiming', but that is the bare minimum I need to get. I was hoping that people will tell me that the Band 4 is fairly easy to get if decent effort is put in.

 

[_rakelt]

I think band 4 is rather too easy for standard eng. I had a friend who sucked shit in english in general (LOL) but managed to pull a band 4 so..? anything is possible if u put ur mind to it

 

[Nikolerak]

I think band 4 is rather too easy for standard eng. I had a friend who sucked shit in english in general (LOL) but managed to pull a band 4 so..? anything is possible if u put ur mind to it

Did your friend go to a high ranking school?

 

[_rakelt]

Did your friend go to a high ranking school?

no she went to my school and was in my group

school ranked #150 - # 200