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(Original post by emsloe)
how many quotes do you usually include in each essay? i have only been putting about 6/7 but some people say they put about 20!? how on earth do you have time to properly analyse them? if i put more than 6 i end up running out of time. is 6 okay? or am i going to have to speed up? keep in mind I am aiming for 15/25 for each essay

My teacher taught us that you should use about 6 big quotes that you make a point around, then use small quotes like " little parties" (The Great Gatsby) all throughout your essay.
That way you end up impressing the marker cos you've used about 20 quotes and are showing a way deeper understanding of the text

[evawatret]

(Original post by emsloe)
how many quotes do you usually include in each essay? i have only been putting about 6/7 but some people say they put about 20!? how on earth do you have time to properly analyse them? if i put more than 6 i end up running out of time. is 6 okay? or am i going to have to speed up?

keep in mind I am aiming for 15/25 for each essay

I always structure my essay in four paragraphs (a point, quote, analysis HOWEVER, point, quote, analysis) so based on this I do 8 quotes roughly per essay, and my essays are usually 19/21s

But, it shouldn't matter how many quotes you have in your essay because you could put in 20 but they might not be relevant to the question and so you'd waste time for less marks!

[Kaaal]

I think my folio was pretty good, and close reading should be fine... I wonder whats the lowest critical essay marks i can get in order to get an overall B

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(Original post by Kaaal)
I think my folio was pretty good, and close reading should be fine... I wonder whats the lowest critical essay marks i can get in order to get an overall B

If you go on the sqa website for english, they have a grade calculator so you could work it out from there?

[Sami']

I'm aiming for a C. Hoping for 13's on both essays and atleast 25 on close reading.

[UMARTIAN]

I keep forgetting our folios count towards our final grade.
Mines was horrible.

[Sami']

I got 13/15 for both of my folio essays so pretty bad myself

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(Original post by Sami')
I got 13/15 for both of my folio essays so pretty bad myself

You don't know that for definate.....
The marker might like it more than your teacher did - they are completely subjective

[SQA]

(Original post by UMARTIAN)
I keep forgetting our folios count towards our final grade.
Mines was horrible.

Donttt worryy! Maybe for you it could be horrible, but for the examiner would prob liked it! And plus it adds marks for our final grade heehee!

[littleangelinex]

I have:

Prose: The Cone Gatherers by Robin Jenkins

Film: Schindler's List by Steven Speilberg

Poem: My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

Ps. When this day is over? life will be good my friends ..ciao l'inglese

pps goodluck everyone!

[SQA]

(Original post by littleangelinex)
I have:

Prose: The Cone Gatherers by Robin Jenkins

Film: Schindler's List by Steven Speilberg

Poem: My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

Ps. When this day is over? life will be good my friends ..ciao l'inglese

pps goodluck everyone!

Film? Is that good cause my teachers were like not many schools do that. Haha, I'm excited when I finish my English exam!!! Goodluck to you tooo

[hanasarwar]

drama: death of a salesman by arthur miller
prose: the solution - short story by donna baker
poems: afternoons and at grass by philip larkin.

i despise english.

we do 6-8 quotes per essay but i still end up running out of time. we did a mock prelim ad i finished one essay but only managed to do two and a half quotes for the second. this wa last week. i'm going to do so badly!

[beckiirobertson]

(Original post by nerd434)
I'm in fourth year so I recently sat Standard Grade however I'm sitting Higher next year. Am I right in thinking the SQA have drastically changed the exam/course this year? I keep hearing things about the SQA changing the exam questions and something about a 30 minute last question..

They're only making the last question easier. That's all. It was always a lengthy essay-style question, only they are asking for similarities and differences between the two passages, and you can now bulletpoint (doesn't have to be in prose form). We should be grateful for the change, it's so much easier now than it was in the past. You'll understand and learn how to answer this next year though.

[littleangelinex]

(Original post by SQA)
Film? Is that good cause my teachers were like not many schools do that. Haha, I'm excited when I finish my English exam!!! Goodluck to you tooo

yeahh well as the film Im doing is about the Holocaust, and I must say it was a heartbreaking film the emotion you feel from it is much easier to write about i think? I think films are good in a way because its different to the usual same essay of literature,
!

[pastor of muppets]

Really not looking forward to the critical essays! I am studying hotel room 12th floor, Ulysses (poetry), a hanging and shooting an elephant (essays) and ender's game (novel). Realised earlier that this means if I don't get a poetry question then I'm screwed. Just hoping I can relearn Romeo and Juliet tomorrow (and keep skyrim at bay). Wish I could have done a film (blade runner ftw!), other classes in our school did one but we didn't.
Good luck to everybody and remember, you will probably never have to write about Shakespeare again! Think happy thoughts!

[SQA]

(Original post by littleangelinex)
yeahh well as the film Im doing is about the Holocaust, and I must say it was a heartbreaking film the emotion you feel from it is much easier to write about i think? I think films are good in a way because its different to the usual same essay of literature,
!

:O okay i'm jealous!! haha yees, tough time to describe the feelings that the film gave you, although it would be easy for you since you studied about it!

[Oamin1995]

These are the texts im hoping to write about in the exam:
Drama - A view from the bridge (usually a question on it)
Media (film) - Witness (usually a question on this aswell!)

And if i don't have suitable questions I'd probably do either 'At Grass' or 'Church Going'
I'm getting really worried now I hate English so much!

[Quick-use]

Hey guys,

Don't worry about what your teacher has said about your folio - it's very subjective. Last year my teacher said that I would get two 17s for each of my pieces (34/50 overall), and when she checked with another teacher at school (who works with the SQA) he said that I'd get one 15 and a 17 (32/50 overall). I actually ended up getting 46/50... So I either got two 23s or one 25 and a 21. Therefore, your teacher can be wrong.

Also, more quotations = more impressive, true. But, just remember not to go too overboard with quotations. Your quotations are backing you up; they're not you're main point. So just make sure to not overshadow your analysis and points with your evidence/quotes. You guys have loads of quotes, but also remember that TECHNIQUES are equally important or at times even more-so! Techniques = da bomb. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THAT!

[SQA]

(Original post by pastor of muppets)
Really not looking forward to the critical essays! I am studying hotel room 12th floor, Ulysses (poetry), a hanging and shooting an elephant (essays) and ender's game (novel). Realised earlier that this means if I don't get a poetry question then I'm screwed. Just hoping I can relearn Romeo and Juliet tomorrow (and keep skyrim at bay). Wish I could have done a film (blade runner ftw!), other classes in our school did one but we didn't.
Good luck to everybody and remember, you will probably never have to write about Shakespeare again! Think happy thoughts!

Aahh same that feeling when you sit and stare at the critical essay paper 5 minutes before the exam begins and thinking what questions will come. Guys dont worry SQA (thats me, ma username duhh, lol joking) will know each schools literature so we can answer the questions! Im doing two texts and I feel confident, I can/will answer the questions! 1h,30min of nightmare and THATS IT No more literature!! Hehe excited !

[SQA]

(Original post by Oamin1995)
These are the texts im hoping to write about in the exam:
Drama - A view from the bridge (usually a question on it)
Media (film) - Witness (usually a question on this aswell!)

And if i don't have suitable questions I'd probably do either 'At Grass' or 'Church Going'
I'm getting really worried now I hate English so much!

Gahh I hate it tooo! Why do we have to do this compulsory :/