SC 2007 - English-literacy (2 Viewers)

[ajdlinux]

My story was about hallucinating and seeing a circus just outside the window while looking for inspiration for question 57, which leads to a lot of ridicule from classmates (the laughter part) and a shattered reputation.

My interview was on someone who ran a computer class for seniors, which was how I managed to insert a Linux reference in.

 

[chadmeleon]

yeah i found it alright...think my story was crap and i was abit confused with the interview bit originally...didnt realise i should have more questions...but yeah overall alright

 

[d3vilz]

it was ok.
i reckon i will somehow fuck up the mc. that radio interview was good, my story about the humour/laughter is bloody lame, i think i may have stuffed up the short response.
hope it get like a band 5 or 70% +

 

[Lothy]

I was sort of confused on the Yowie question - one referenced colour, but the page wouldn't indicate whether it was colour and merely printed black and white, or whether it was actually black and white. I went for another one which referenced a toolbar, which I was unsure about as it was merely the address bar, although I suppose that is a toolbar.

It was just an ambiguous question.

Ah same problem here. I didn't think to ask one of the supervisors though. I ended up going with the colour one, even with the lack of colour. I couldnt really find an obvious 'toolbar' per se, but they mightve classed something as a toolbar :S. O well hope its ok.

I liked the english one, and was glad to see the 20 marker was imaginative writing

I sat there for a while not knowing what to write. Ended up using Laughter as a central theme - Basically was about a little boy at a carnival that ran ahead and went into a dark tent. There he found only darkness and a shrill emotionless laugh (from a clown of course). Basically a descriptive and emotive story - Differs from my trial where the teacher marking it took off 5 points because it was 'unrealistic' :mad1:, funny though.

 

[ajdlinux]

Ah same problem here. I didn't think to ask one of the supervisors though. I ended up going with the colour one, even with the lack of colour. I couldnt really find an obvious 'toolbar' per se, but they mightve classed something as a toolbar :S. O well hope its ok.

Well, most browsers consider the address bar to be a toolbar.

 

[toby12]

So did the imaginative writing have to a weird and wacky story?

i wrote how people in the world should all bring laughter into their lives and there will be peace and serenity blah blah blah.. stuffed up?

 

[toby12]

So did the imaginative writing have to be a weird and wacky story?

i wrote how people in the world should all bring laughter into their lives and there will be peace and serenity blah blah blah.. stuffed up?

 

[stoj19]

yeah that yowie question about the webstie was screwed....I thought it was just me who thought it was a gay question/.

I endded up putting......the toolbar one by elimination.

and my "laughter" story was also about a circus lol/

 

[bored of sc]

the multiple choice was insane - insanely hard that it (will probably automatically push me into band4-5 territory)

the short answer was okay, but the text was kinda crap i thought, the extended metaphor wasn't clear i thought

the extended response ones were okay: for radio interview did an aid worker, and for imaginative writing a kid who gets bullied as the bullies laugh sinisterly (is this a word) at him

oh!!! what was the answer to the short answer: the difference between the word 'degree'- i said one is like an educational qualification and one is the level or amount of something...???

and what was the meaning of the word "unsurpassed" or something - i said unbeliveable but on second thought i think it's unbeaten (which was subconsciously my gut instinct!!! grrrr...)

 

[yvettemaree47]

I endded up putting......the toolbar one by elimination.

Same here.

I am also really we got an imaginative writing piece, I would have died if it was a feature article!

 

[ajdlinux]

the multiple choice was insane - insanely hard that it (will probably automatically push me into band4-5 territory)

I didn't think it too hard, but they were certainly awkward. Anyway...

the short answer was okay, but the text was kinda crap i thought, the extended metaphor wasn't clear i thought

What did you get? I wrote the comparison with treading water, which to me was obvious.

the extended response ones were okay: for radio interview did an aid worker, and for imaginative writing a kid who gets bullied as the bullies laugh sinisterly (is this a word) at him

oh!!! what was the answer to the short answer: the difference between the word 'degree'- i said one is like an educational qualification and one is the level or amount of something...???

and what was the meaning of the word "unsurpassed" or something - i said unbeliveable but on second thought i think it's unbeaten (which was subconsciously my gut instinct!!! grrrr...)

It's unbeaten, yes.

 

[flaminwaffle]

lol, i feel sorry for my multiple choice marker. When the answers went across, i did the first 20 questions down the page, then noticed my mistake >.> Lol, so now like, my answer sheet is full of crosses everywhere and arrows xD Yeah, it wasted quite a bit of time but i finished with about 5 minutes to spare and i triple checked that the answers in my multiple choice were correct Hopefully i was accurate O,O

Short answer was easier than i expected.

 

[toby12]

is band 6 90% plus?

 

[ajdlinux]

I think so, but do we even get formal bands for the SC? (Can't be bothered to look it up.) I only got an A grade for my last SC exam in 2005, and a mark.

edit: yes, we do, and it seems to appear on the certificate but not on Students Online.

 

[Fortify]

The radio one was....ok i guess i talked about helping senior citizens..

The laughter one was annoying. I couldnt think of anything so i wrote a descriptive story with some guy laughing xD

Wonder if any1 jsut wrote "Lol."

 

[ahhliss]

Does the laughter thing have to be a story? It just said it can't be a poem or song.

 

[Iguana]

Aw
did fairly well
semi enjoyed it
its amazing what you can do when your under pressure ay

 

[ajdlinux]

Does the laughter thing have to be a story? It just said it can't be a poem or song.

No. If anyone did something other than a story I'd like to know though.

 

[Aplus]

For the laughter question, I wrote an opinionated essay on why laughter is such a universal theme to human beings all over the world.

 

[ahhliss]

No. If anyone did something other than a story I'd like to know though.

I did a lame o article about laughter to try and get children and a younger audience to be more happy. I had no clue what I could write in a story. I'm not a good writer xD