kendallkreene
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and by relying on summaries on the Internet and the teacher's notes and explanations during class?
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Has anyone ever gotten a Band 6 in English without reading the entire book... (1 Viewer)
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I know a student in 2016 who did really well and he never read his texts. On the same token I know numerous students who read the texts thoroughly and did well too. I'm planning to read my text and I'd advise most people to do the same
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I came 10th out of around 120 students in a top 20ish selective school this year for advanced.
I'm pretty sure I'll get a band 6. As for not reading texts, I read my AOS texts and Mod B texts a couple of times since they were both really short. I skimmed 1984 in about 2 hours twice, once before trials, once before HSC and read sparknotes + shmoop chapter summaries and a lot on context instead. For Mod C I rushed King Henry IV about a week before the HSC and wasn't bothered looking up summaries so I mostly worked off my teacher's explanations in class.
I definitely wasn't naturally good at English either, I consistently got around 10/20 in my junior english essays. Can't say anything about extensions but I'd guess the same applies.
But, I would advise that you read all your texts unless you're a massive procrastinator or have a few days left for an upcoming task. Since your HSC is ages away, I'd suggest you try read all your texts at least once as a bare minimum if you want to be sure of getting a band 6.
I'm pretty sure I'll get a band 6. As for not reading texts, I read my AOS texts and Mod B texts a couple of times since they were both really short. I skimmed 1984 in about 2 hours twice, once before trials, once before HSC and read sparknotes + shmoop chapter summaries and a lot on context instead. For Mod C I rushed King Henry IV about a week before the HSC and wasn't bothered looking up summaries so I mostly worked off my teacher's explanations in class.
I definitely wasn't naturally good at English either, I consistently got around 10/20 in my junior english essays. Can't say anything about extensions but I'd guess the same applies.
But, I would advise that you read all your texts unless you're a massive procrastinator or have a few days left for an upcoming task. Since your HSC is ages away, I'd suggest you try read all your texts at least once as a bare minimum if you want to be sure of getting a band 6.
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30june2016
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Just read the entire book
or try to
This applies more so for the other modules rather than the Area of Study, but:
What if in the exam, they give you a quote from the text as part of the question (e.g. explain ____ with detailed reference to the quote below) and you have no idea who said it/which part it's from/what it's about????
It's happened before to people
dOn'T rIsK iT
or try to
This applies more so for the other modules rather than the Area of Study, but:
What if in the exam, they give you a quote from the text as part of the question (e.g. explain ____ with detailed reference to the quote below) and you have no idea who said it/which part it's from/what it's about????
It's happened before to people
dOn'T rIsK iT