what did you have to do for your half yearly? (1 Viewer)

[snakeoils]

what were everyones questions for the half yearlies? anyone get any shockers?

 

[ellebelle]

Our creative writing task involved writing a "funny anecdote" on change which saved a guy's business from going broke. It came as a bit of a shock cos when you're in the middle of an exam, humour's not exactly the frame of mind you're in.

Our comprehension questions were on a source about "woolloomoolloo"... do you know what it's like writing that word 10 times over when you're already tight for time?

 

[Jinglebell]

for our creative question for change, we had to write a letter to a newborn baby from a parent, talking about the changes in our lives. everyone thought it was ridiculous and wrote very little considering it was a 15 mark q.

and the funniest comment i heard about it was also the most strangely true...how are they meant to evaluate whether we've used appropriate language for the audience??? it's not like babies can read, dammit!

and i'm done with the venting now

 

[Huy]

alright,
i just got back from my english half yearly
wasn't too bad

but we had to write a feature article,
you're an online teen magazine writer/author
and you had to write about teenage issues,
they gave you a list such as:

economy
environment
family
relationships
self-image, etc

and you integrated the lot into a huge feature article,
not too bad, all in all
it was fairly straight forward, but i still managed to muck it up

i'll use this change to whine about my AOS half yearly
3 parts, reading 5% (simple enough, comprehension)
writing 5% (the feature article,)
and the prepared essay/response on:
3 skrzynecki poems, 1 from the stimulus booklet and 2 related texts (different mediums),

all this in 2 hrs, approx 40 minutes each.
time management is crucial to your success,
THEN, if that wasn't enough,
we had another 45 mins to write about last year's work,
having to deliver a speech to a group of young adults i think it was, on how the 'truth is never pure and is rarely simple'
or something like that

i fudged my way through it since it was hard enough memorising 3 poems, techniques, then memorising a couple of lines from sky high, techniques for that, along with a film, film techniques, and a newspaper article.

ahh... bring back the good old days when you had to remember 1 text and 1 or 2 themes!

 

[astron]

My half yearly was exactly the same!
What a coincidence!

Our writing task was a feature article on change in adolesence. What a small world it is!

 

[mcteacher]

the good old days as you call them have well and truly gone!

And as a teacher (of Huy) no less, I dont envy your stress... be assures that we stress about it just as much as you do. And just remember you spent 2 hours sitting a paper. Iwill now spend about 4 days of my holidays marking them!

(Ill go and crawl under my rock now

Good luck with the rest!!

 

[mcteacher]

oh no an english teacher with spelling mistakes... tragic!

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by mcteacher
the good old days as you call them have well and truly gone!

And as a teacher (of Huy) no less, I dont envy your stress... be assures that we stress about it just as much as you do. And just remember you spent 2 hours sitting a paper. Iwill now spend about 4 days of my holidays marking them!

(Ill go and crawl under my rock now

Good luck with the rest!!

hi miss

great, there goes my freedom of speech
i'll have to censor everything now,
...only kidding!

it is nice to see my school teachers and classmates on the board.
(i can't believe i said that with a straight face!)

as an aside, i think joseph/andrew should come out of the shadows and speak up on the board
--which, by the way, says a lot about my outspokenness (is that a word?) or lack thereof, in class.

 

[~To...=~]

Originally posted by astron
My half yearly was exactly the same!
What a coincidence!

Our writing task was a feature article on change in adolesence. What a small world it is!

of course u had the same exam as huy man... u go to the same skool......!!!!

ARG!!!!! u get on my nerves sumtimes man....hmpf

how can sumone so smart be so mmmm....not so smart...kekeke



P.S. don't try to find out who my identity is... for now, just call me T.LY

 

[astron]

Obviously the ability of people to comprehend sarcasm is rather low.

Apologies to people who are not from our school, if you dont understand anything here, its ok

 

[snakeoils]

what school do you all got to? theres so many of you!

 

[astron]

That would be Patrician brothers college fairfield

 

[Huy]

and i thought i was special

Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield

apparently news spreads like wild fire,
so ... we have to be careful about what we say

kind of like the role of the media?
elective: 'telling the truth'

(Brian: we, as the media, have a duty to report what we learn. not to sit back and decide what people should and should not know)

Oh boy ...

(I LOVE ENGLISH ... this relates to the topic )

 

[astron]

But on a serious note.

Apart from first person, collective first person and tone, what other techniques could one talk about when discussing a speech.

(We had to do this in our paper one. We had Natasha Stott Despoja's maiden speech and was asked how she communicates her vision of change)

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by astron
But on a serious note.

Apart from first person, collective first person and tone, what other techniques could one talk about when discussing a speech.

(We had to do this in our paper one. We had Natasha Stott Despoja's maiden speech and was asked how she communicates her vision of change)

What techniques represented the vision of change?

I'm sure I remember seeing the word 'represented' in there somewhere, or am I thinking of the visual text?

Paper I, Section I. (Horse/Automobile comparison)
'JUST BECAUSE its new doesn't mean IT'S BETTER!

I think that's how the written text goes

 

[tekster]

Whoops, I meant paper 2 of the half-yearly

 

[Huy]

What was Question 4?

Paper 1
Section I
1. Visual text (Cartoon on horse/automobile)
2. Poem (Reruns)
3. Speech (Natasha Stott Despoja, first address)
4. Feature Article (CES, gizmos, gadgets, whatchamacallits... doobiwhackis??)

Section II
Feature article on change (on-line magazine for teens)

Section III
Area of Study prepared essay/response

Paper 2
Frontline 'Truth is not always pure and rarely simple'

You mean Frontline? 'Section IV' (Paper 2?)
Or Section III - Area of study Skrzynecki essay

I looked at the time and had 10 minutes to write about 3 texts and to conclude, as I spent most of my time on the intro (almost a page!), as well as skrzynecki/sky high for a few pgs.


(I like seeing this smiley)

Edit
Oh yeah, don't worry about that one.
It doesn't go towards your assessment mark.
That was very sneaky in having to collect Paper 1 after 2 hours!
I had to sit there for 10 minutes while they were collected, losing my train of thought on the Frontline essay (I had started before time was up).

 

[barnz]

yea, looks like you pretty much have the exam covered huy.
good job.


haha, i'm just writing this so i have a reason to check out my avatar and sig.

 

[Huy]

haha, no i don't have the exam covered.
i had to cram 3 texts in under 10 minutes, including a conclusion

so the last 2 pages of my essay (of which there were 6 ) were fairly rushed and illegible -- I THINK!

im sure they could read it,
but fingers crossed, we'll know when the results come back

About your signature, HOMOPHOBIC ... hahaha!! "Homer: they have the internet on computers now??"

 

[barnz]

haha, the smpsons.
can never get enough of that show.
ooh crap, this is an english thread.


erm, so, er, english is fun.
i love english.
*shh, between me and you huy, if miss mcdonald joins this forum and reads this reply, hopefully i might get a few extra marks*.

*taps nose*.