CCEA History: How do you write a 12 mark answer?
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CCEA History: How do you write a 12 mark answer?Hi, Im going for top marks in the 7th June CCEA GCSE Paper 1 History exam and I want a clear view of how to write 12 mark answers. My teacher hasn't a clue what hes doing and I don't feel safe taking his advice on 12 mark questions. Once I handed him in an essay, and recieved a C; I told him I'd redo it and that I would hand it in to him a week later. Unfortunately I didnt have time to do so, so I handed him the exact same essay that I got a C in... and I got full marks/A* He's so inconsistent and I really have no faith in any of my school teachers. Can anybody give me any advice whatsoever? Do you have to adhere to the bullet points only, should you write a lot about a little or go into brief detail on a lot of points? How long should It normally be? What should I be doing to differentiate a 12 mark A* essay to a 12 Mark C essay? Any help appreciated, thanks for taking the time to read
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Re: CCEA History: How do you write a 12 mark answer?Hi
I'm doing the same. My teacher just told us to answer all the questions in bullet points. We're quite lucky because all the questions are basically factual recall of knowledge, and the CCEA specification is said to be much easier than AQA, OCR or Edexcel. Just do 12 bullet points of facts and some effects etc, and the question always says include other relevant knowledge, so you don't have to just adhere to the bullet points. You can even do more than 12 bullet points, making more than 12 points if you want and if you feel better, as you have no limit. The only limit is on the "a)" questions as you must only make two points. Anyway, if you finish the exam before the 2hrs are up which you probably will, we were told to just keep adding bullet points to answers with whatever we could think of, because, there's a possibility that you'll get more marks. Even if you don't know what to say, just make something up. Better have a stab in the dark, and gain two marks, than just sit around, because that could be the difference between an A* and an A.
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Re: CCEA History: How do you write a 12 mark answer?That has helped unbelievably! Thanks! This may turn out to be just a stupid rumor, but apparently there was leak in the CCEA History that the 12 mark question on Nazi Germany is going to be about the Social policies (women, children education and the jews). Normally I'd just wave it away but all of my teachers are taking it seriously. They're giving out sample answers and everything. Maybe thats where the last minute revision should go
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Re: CCEA History: How do you write a 12 mark answer?Code:I'm doing the same exam tomorrow, basically, if there's twelve marks try and make twelve points or at least six fully developed ones. And make sure they're relevant to the question if you're using your own knowledge.
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Re: CCEA History: How do you write a 12 mark answer?If there's a specific number next to a question, it generally just means it wants that many points/reasons/sentences. For example, if you had to answer a 12 mark question, you have to go in-depth and make 12 valid and clear points relevant to the question. My old teacher told me to limit my sentences to one per mark and not include anything blatantly obvious to the examiner.
