english ext 1... critical, creative or both? (1 Viewer)

[synthesisFR]

FULL CREATIVE FTW

 

[Rattlehead15]

FULL CREATIVE FTW

Tell me youve memorised a narrative without telling me youve memorised a narrative

 

[unhealthyharold]

if u get lucky, itll be a creative and u can just reuse what u prepared for mod c (that is only if you haven't prepared tho...)

but most people good at eng are praying for a 25mark critical since that is what actually differentiates between a pre-prepared response than writing a good one on the spot

in fairness for extension u can usually tell if it’s preprepared bc it never quite fits the question + it’s super detailed and extensive. Idk just based on ones i’ve read

 

[panikinprogress]

FULL CREATIVE FTW

no
do you know how many people in our grade have memorised creatives that are literally immanuel kant rebirthed

 

[neptoons]

CANT WAIT TO REGURGITATE THE BONES OF MY STORY I WROTE LAST YEAR

 

[unhealthyharold]

Tell me youve memorised a narrative without telling me youve memorised a narrative

I have never prepared for a creative in my life . In trials i wrote about fucking eric cartman and his lizard government theory

 

[unhealthyharold]

no
do you know how many people in our grade have memorised creatives that are literally immanuel kant rebirthed

I hope the question is so specific and they all cry i hate the other ext1 classes

 

[band6yesplease]

I hope the question is so specific and they all cry i hate the other ext1 classes

That's actually facts if they're gonna give us a dumb 25 mark creative make it so specific that the fake "smart" ppl get tripped up

 

[Rattlehead15]

in fairness for extension u can usually tell if it’s preprepared bc it never quite fits the question + it’s super detailed and extensive. Idk just based on ones i’ve read

Im worried about that because I haven't memorised my essay but I've settled in to my arguments by using them so many times that it almost feels like a pre prepared essay.

 

[unhealthyharold]

Im worried about that because I haven't memorised my essay but I've settled in to my arguments by using them so many times that it almost feels like a pre prepared essay.

Nah prepared arguments r usually fine because theyre so much more flexible + u can incorporate the question ez

 

[band6yesplease]

Im worried about that because I haven't memorised my essay but I've settled in to my arguments by using them so many times that it almost feels like a pre prepared essay.

Arguments are adaptable though tbf. I have the same thing, I've memorised paragraph arguments but not a full essay so you can use the argument to manipulate the question. It might end up making ur essay more "nuanced"

 

[Rattlehead15]

That's actually facts if they're gonna give us a dumb 25 mark creative make it so specific that the fake "smart" ppl get tripped up

I did a trial paper today where you had to write about being a foreigner in some dark alleyway in Japan. Something like that would be perfect

 

[Rattlehead15]

Nah prepared arguments r usually fine because theyre so much more flexible + u can incorporate the question ez

If the question has nothing to do with my arguments Im kinda done tho

 

[band6yesplease]

I did a trial paper today where you had to write about being a foreigner in some dark alleyway in Japan. Something like that would be perfect

Imagine seeing their faces when they read that question hehe. that brings me joy I lowkey hope they do that now (still definitely manifesting an analytical)

 

[Rattlehead15]

Imagine seeing their faces when they read that question hehe. that brings me joy I lowkey hope they do that now (still definitely manifesting an analytical)

It was based on a stimulus and it was one of those 'continue the story' kinds of ones. It felt kinda satisfying doing that as a 15 mark creative after a 10 mark analytical because you could show off what you said about the extract in the analytical by incorporating it in the creative. That makes me want it to be 10 mark analytical / 15 mark creative but with a very specific extract/question.

 

[band6yesplease]

It was based on a stimulus and it was one of those 'continue the story' kinds of ones. It felt kinda satisfying doing that as a 15 mark creative after a 10 mark analytical because you could show off what you said about the extract in the analytical by incorporating it in the creative. That makes me want it to be 10 mark analytical / 15 mark creative but with a very specific extract/question.

but im scared i still won't be able to come up with something.. like how do you get a storyline for yourself after that????

I agree though i love when they give an analytical like a reflection cause thats quick marks. Also when they put a rando analytical at the start that has nothing to do with anything that's good because, again, easy marks

 

[Rattlehead15]

but im scared i still won't be able to come up with something.. like how do you get a storyline for yourself after that????

I agree though i love when they give an analytical like a reflection cause thats quick marks. Also when they put a rando analytical at the start that has nothing to do with anything that's good because, again, easy marks

Usually they make them end on like cliff hangers or leave something vague or unknown to help you
And yeah the one I did was analytical first about the extracts, then the creative after so the analytical wasn't in response to the creative, just the extracts. So I could write the creative without worrying about needing to reflect on it. Exactly like the 2019 HSC actually.

 

[unhealthyharold]

but im scared i still won't be able to come up with something.. like how do you get a storyline for yourself after that????

I agree though i love when they give an analytical like a reflection cause thats quick marks. Also when they put a rando analytical at the start that has nothing to do with anything that's good because, again, easy marks

my go-to method for imaginatives esp extension eng is just. the simplest possible topic but write it really well. disregard literally everything from pre-extension creative writing teaching - u do not need a complication -> climax -> resolution structure at all !!! just waffle but make it sound fancy

 

[unhealthyharold]

my go-to method for imaginatives esp extension eng is just. the simplest possible topic but write it really well. disregard literally everything from pre-extension creative writing teaching - u do not need a complication -> climax -> resolution structure at all !!! just waffle but make it sound fancy

+ when i say waffle i dont mean start calling things photosynthetically anachronistic just incorporate lit theory e.g. mimetics, reader-response etc. even if u make it rly simple it gets the marks

 

[band6yesplease]

And yeah the one I did was analytical first about the extracts, then the creative after so the analytical wasn't in response to the creative, just the extracts. So I could write the creative without worrying about needing to reflect on it. Exactly like the 2019 HSC actually.

I feel like this is likely too because they haven't done it since the first exam with this syllabus so surelllyyyyy they're not making it another 25 mark of death