Exams are quickly looming around the corner, so we are basically focusing on exam question practice in class. This week, we looked over the exam questions that we were assigned to for the easter holidays. Below are my thoughts towards them:
Language
The language paper was fairly simple. I finished the paper on time with not much difficulty for both the comprehension and creative writing sections. We did go over the paper but I would be more satisfied if we went through the paper with Miss Abena, maybe giving out several tips on how to answer questions quickly and effectively without waffle and gain top marks. Overall, no quarrel with this paper, hopefully I can replicate the results in the real exam.
Literature
This paper proved to be a problem with the challenging poem, Morning Song. Spending too much time with the poem was my downfall and I ended up in the same situation during the mocks, only have 25-30 minutes on my Never Let Me Go section. I seriously need to improve my time management skills within this section. Perhaps following Miss Abena's idea of writing 2 analysis per week would be a good starting point :P Reading over Never Let Me Go to refresh my memory on the events and reading the ZigZag study guide before the exams has proved quite useful and I'll continue doing so.
We also did more analysis, this time with the poem Refugee Mother And Child, which was much easier thankfully, but I should make a habit of giving my analysis to Miss Abena for marking to see what mistakes I've made and improve on them.
It's interesting that you say you had no problems with the Lang paper but still want my feedback. You really should trust yourself and your peers - you all know what to do now as you have proven time and time again so have the confidence to figure out what works best for you. Certainly highlighting key words and ensuring every word of your answer relates to the question is essential in cutting out waffle, but of course if you want me to look at anything, you can always come before 0830 or make an appointment for another time. I can also look at papers while you are doing groupwork or other times so don't feel abandoned!
ReplyDeleteI see, over these 2 years, I have defiantly picked up that sometimes the teacher's is not always rights, and I should be confident in whatever I deliver. Its just an extremely bad idea implanted from 15 years of government school education that the teacher's judgment is always the right one!
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