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So I'm starting my mock exams next Wednesday and have my English lit ones first, but struggle most with timing in the unseen poetry and unseen prose sections - so I was just wondering how long I should be spending on planning for each of these unseen essays? Planning would include reading the extract, annotating, planning my points and paragraph content etc. Would ten minutes be okay? I should be spending 45 minutes on each essay so if I spent 10 on planning, would 35 minutes realistically give me enough time to write the essay? And has anyone actually been able to plan an unseen essay in like 5 minutes? Because I'd like to be able to do that but I'm not sure if it's possible and/or necessary haha. Thanks in advance!
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(Original post by monsoons)
So I'm starting my mock exams next Wednesday and have my English lit ones first, but struggle most with timing in the unseen poetry and unseen prose sections - so I was just wondering how long I should be spending on planning for each of these unseen essays? Planning would include reading the extract, annotating, planning my points and paragraph content etc. Would ten minutes be okay? I should be spending 45 minutes on each essay so if I spent 10 on planning, would 35 minutes realistically give me enough time to write the essay? And has anyone actually been able to plan an unseen essay in like 5 minutes? Because I'd like to be able to do that but I'm not sure if it's possible and/or necessary haha. Thanks in advance!
So I'm starting my mock exams next Wednesday and have my English lit ones first, but struggle most with timing in the unseen poetry and unseen prose sections - so I was just wondering how long I should be spending on planning for each of these unseen essays? Planning would include reading the extract, annotating, planning my points and paragraph content etc. Would ten minutes be okay? I should be spending 45 minutes on each essay so if I spent 10 on planning, would 35 minutes realistically give me enough time to write the essay? And has anyone actually been able to plan an unseen essay in like 5 minutes? Because I'd like to be able to do that but I'm not sure if it's possible and/or necessary haha. Thanks in advance!
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the joy of mocks is you can test these ideas out.
personally i’d give 8 minutes to the unseen and make sure i’m confident on the overall content of it before i write.
humanities will always be quality not quantity so you’ll get away with 35 minutes minimum but try write at a consistent speed.
plan in your head a suitable structure but you’ll pick up things as you’re writing the essay most likely
personally i’d give 8 minutes to the unseen and make sure i’m confident on the overall content of it before i write.
humanities will always be quality not quantity so you’ll get away with 35 minutes minimum but try write at a consistent speed.
plan in your head a suitable structure but you’ll pick up things as you’re writing the essay most likely
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