Reading time (2 Viewers)

[Roy216]

Hey guys,

With paper 1 starting tomorrow for many of us, I'd just like to know what do you do in your 5 mins reading time for English?

Personally I'll just take a look at the creative and essay question and do a quick plan.

 

[madharris]

Just wondering, are you aloud to highlight in reading time? Some people say you can and some people say you can't

 

[deswa1]

Just wondering, are you aloud to highlight in reading time? Some people say you can and some people say you can't

No. You can't annotate your paper in any way. And I think for belonging OP, the reading time is 10 minutes from memory

 

[aphorae]

Take a look at the essay question/creative - if expected or simple, then super, if not, think about it while you're doing S1 (and do a quick written 1-2 minute plan later), it will probably give you some ideas. - Preferable that you do this during the 'check you have page 1, page 2, page 3 etc.' stage if your school has one of those.

Spend the next 8 or so minutes reading the comprehension texts and pick out key ideas. Skim the questions before you read the texts so you know generally what concepts of belonging you're looking for. Do a second reading of all texts if possible, whilst thinking directly this time about how to answer the questions.

 

[Roy216]

Yeah I think a friend of mine told me that earlier I just wasn't sure

 

[Alkanes]

Personally for me, I flick through the paper quickly and first thing look at the essay question - do a quick plan in my mind. Then look at the creative, think about how I could adapt my creative to the question. Finally for the remaining time, I read the questions for the comprehension so I know what to look for when reading the texts.