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Also I remember but the other day one of the Eng teacher’s at my school was like u should write 5 body paragraphs for mod A although some will do 3. Like 5 is insane and idk how I’m gonna do this espec for half yearlys
 

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You'd be quite surprised how many of the things they want are quite similar to what us in 2u math wish to achieve. I mean, you do 4u english is there anything super crazy you want to do after year 12?
I want to join the Australian Federal Police, or become a political staffer
 

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My teachers have always said 4 at the absolute maximum if you have insane writing speed. You are all adv English so it might be difference but for standard the depth of the paragraphs goes down significantly above 3 paragraphs for most.
Well I normally do 3 but for mod A since it’s a comparative text maybe that’s why it’s different but the teacher was like 5 parra in 45mins but still like it’s too much
 

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My teachers have always said 4 at the absolute maximum if you have insane writing speed. You are all adv English so it might be difference but for standard the depth of the paragraphs goes down significantly above 3 paragraphs for most.
I was taught to do 3 body paragraphs at maximum. My teacher does HSC marking for Advanced and Extension 1, and has said kids have been able to reach a Band 6/E4 by having 2 in-depth, conceptually cohesive paragraphs.
 

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I was taught to do 3 body paragraphs at maximum. My teacher does HSC marking for Advanced and Extension 1, and has said kids have been able to reach a Band 6/E4 by having 2 in-depth, conceptually cohesive paragraphs.
Yeah I’m just hoping I was hearing the teacher wrong. But yeah I’ll prob stick to like 3 and 4 max. But idk maybe my teacher will say different things
 

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Exactly I would think most teachers would rather less paragraphs but more depth over 5 considerably weaker paragraphs
However I think having a considerably lengthy essay does demonstrate to the marker that you have invested time and effort into preparing for and answering the question on the day. It could be a psychological trick...?
 

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