• Year 7-10
  • 2024 Yr 8's hoping to get in a selective school

MMHS i thought it was persuasive and narrative and I'm fairly good at those so i didn;t know it was an essay until saturday

    heeduo4life there is loads of things to work on, things that can't be accomplished in the matter of 3 days which is why u never leave anything to the last minute. Last week should be mainly for revising, not learning anything new.

    heeduo4life i dont think you have really researched or put any time at all into learning or researching, we will be writing a creative and a persuasive, not an essay

    heeduo4life isnt it persuasive and narrative though?
    and i thought an essay was when u analyse a book and write...

    I think you shouldn't be worried as long as u get this:
    Persuasive- pick 1 side of the topic and write about it. dont switch sides. e.g if the prompt is everyone should learn how to cook, you pick yes or no.
    Discussion- Write arguments for both sides and stay neutral.
    Creative- Write a narrative or story or something were u use ur imagination.

    And, if there is just a prompt that doesn't say what type of piece to write, look for key words that could hint which type of piece to write.

      i dont think the examiners will give you an ambiguous prompt, obviously they will tell you which ones is persuasive

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        MMHS im pretty sure ur right but better safe than sorry

        this may sound weird but do you guys know any type of pen i should use for the writing component of the test. Like what brand??

          This may sound a very weird and out of box question but when you are revising your persuasive and creative texts and see a mistake then how would you correct it because after cutting it you wont have any space to write it again. I normally make a small arrow and write on top of the cutted words but i dont know if the AI would be able to understand it. Maybe it can even mark it as a spelling mistake..
          So, how do you all edit your text while revising?

            :): The writing is marked by humans while the mcq is marked by AI. So you can write anyway for the marker to understand.

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              MauryanBroski
              rlly? I thought it was by an AI, that's why I was improving my handwriting so much !
              Just out of curiousness, how do u know though because i am pretty sure it's not mentioned anywhere..

                :): 1. Ive sat multiple mock exams in preparation to this where markers check the paper same as in a JAC normal class. But also all my tution teachers have said the same thing.

                  wait.. what if u select the wrong multiple choice question? usually, i would cross out the one i think is wrong and draw a bunch of arrows and ticks around/pointing to the one i think is right, tho i dont think an AI will get that