How much did you write, on average?

vicksterchick

Just out of curiosity.

My handwriting is really small and scrunched up, so I'm kind of worried they'll think I didn't write enough. I wrote two pages for the single text (Wuthering Heights), a little over two pages for the comparative study (Literary Genre), about three quarters of a page for the unseen poetry, and two pages for Yeats.

I know it might not seem like a lot, but if my handwriting was a "normal" size, it would probably double the page amount.

How about you guys?

cedomination

I wrote exactly 9 pages in paper 2.
King Lear = 3 pages
GV and VP = 1 for part (a) and 1+1/2 for (b)
Unseen Poetry = 1 page
Yeats = 2+1/2

Lukker-

4 for Lear, 7 for GV+V, 2 for unseen, 3 for poetry.

fufureida

2 for Lear, 6 for poetry, 6 comparitive.

Aoifey!

4 1/2 for Lear
4 1/2 for Gen. Vis. and Viewpoint
1 for Unseen
4 for Yeats

snooleen

22 pages-my handwriting gets really big and spaced out when I'm writing quickly so I'll explain differently.

6 paras Single text (including intro and conc)
6 paras part (a) g.v.v, part (B) 6, but obviously longer.
5 quite long paras for Yeats
Page and a half unseen poetry-3/4 pg each for part 1 and 2 of Q.1

wonderfulname

Filled two books... yup thats me speedy Gonzales in the corner...

No seriously why oh why does everyone ask this question?? It doesn't mean anything people, think about it theres a lot of stupid people out there with a lot to say for themselves and Stephen Hawkings cant even say his name.

RetroRainbow

I wrote far too much for Lear. Got around five and a half pages in, even with my rather small writing. Got six in for GV+V, but only got a paragraph on Yeats hastily scribbled before time ran out!

It's my own fault.

unknown13

Its not about quantity it is about quality at the end of the day

Seloth

16 pages over all

vicksterchick

wonderfulname wrote: »

No seriously why oh why does everyone ask this question?? It doesn't mean anything people, think about it theres a lot of stupid people out there with a lot to say for themselves and Stephen Hawkings cant even say his name.

I was just worried about the size of my handwriting. I'm almost sure I'm going to lose marks for it.

MariaBabii

4 for Lear
7 for GV+V
6 for Rich
1.5 for unseen poem

zam

7 for the LG, 5 for Yeats, 4.5 for Lear and 2 for unseen poetry! I get real worried when people ask for more paper :P

wonderfulname

vicksterchick wrote: »

I was just worried about the size of my handwriting. I'm almost sure I'm going to lose marks for it.

you won't its this weird little competition people seem to have going on, and an examiner will be able to tell you wrote more than it looks, just like your teacher can tell when you enlarge your writing threefold and stick in inch long spaces to make it look like you know what your talking about!

vicksterchick

wonderfulname wrote: »

you won't its this weird little competition people seem to have going on, and an examiner will be able to tell you wrote more than it looks, just like your teacher can tell when you enlarge your writing threefold and stick in inch long spaces to make it look like you know what your talking about!

Thanks. I'm pretty happy with what I wrote, so here's hoping it all goes well.

Danger781

4 pages for Kavanagh
1.5 for unseen

5 for GVV

1.5 for Lear.. Yeaah I did awfully bad for Lear.. :P

Enid.

Hmm.

5 and 3/4 pages on Yeats.
5 pages on Comparatives.
4 and a half on Lear.
1 for Unseen.

16 and a half pages in total.

CasualLiKE

zam wrote: »

7 for the LG, 5 for Yeats, 4.5 for Lear and 2 for unseen poetry! I get real worried when people ask for more paper :P

LOL

So true! One guy cleared a whole booklet today. It's insane how much people can keep stored up there, he probably BS'd his way through some of it though.

Mwah

4 - lear
gv+vp - 4
unseen - 2
yeats - 4 (so proud of my bullshiiting skills here)

gant0

Lear - 3
Unseen - 1
Poetry - 3 1/2
Comparative - 4
Total - 11 1/2(most I've ver done,had 20 mins to read over my work too)

ldxo15wus6fpgm

I typed out 15 pages, or about 7,000 words, between both papers. Unfortunately I haven't really found an average words per page to go by... not many people know how many words they can fit on a page/line

PARARORY

Lear - 5 and a bit , really happy with it
Unseen - 2 pages , so happy with my personal response...!
Comparative - 4 or 5 but wasnt that happy with it
Eliot - 4 / 5 pages but only 2 poems discussed really

randylonghorn

As someone who has examined Eng HL P II, I can tell you it doesn't matter a damn how much you wrote, or the size of your handwriting ... it's the quality of what you write.

This "how much did you write?" thing baffles me every year!

Seriously, what is it about LC that starts everyone obsessing about length and size?!

iWeeze

I did about eight lines for the Unseen poetry. Seriously, I got bored and went home.
3 and a bit for General Vision and Viewpoint
2 and a half for King Lear
2 and a half for Yeats

May not be as much as you crazy kids, but I think it was good stuff for the most part.

randylonghorn wrote: »

As someone who has examined Eng HL P II, I can tell you it doesn't matter a damn how much you wrote, or the size of your handwriting ... it's the quality of what you write.

This "how much did you write?" thing baffles me every year!

Seriously, what is it about LC that starts everyone obsessing about length and size?!

Thank you sir, for putting minds at ease. Would you say a lot of stuff you got that was in the region of 3 pages was of good quality?

callaway92

fufureida wrote: »

2 for Lear, 6 for poetry, 6 comparitive.

why would you write 4 more pages for Poetry than Lear, when lear is worth more marks?

wonderfulname

callaway92 wrote: »

why would you write 4 more pages for Poetry than Lear, when lear is worth more marks?

actually lear is 60 poetry is 70 overall... just to say

unknown13

callaway92 wrote: »

why would you write 4 more pages for Poetry than Lear, when lear is worth more marks?

Why do you honestly even care.

A19B1C12

3 1/2 in all of the questions except the Unseen - 3/4 of a page.

Kersmash

I write on average 7 or 8 words a line.

Lear - 3 1/2 pages
GVVP - 4 1/2 pages
Unseen - 2 pages
Rich - 3 1/2 pages

So 13 1/2 in total.

Mr Cawley

randylonghorn wrote: »

As someone who has examined Eng HL P II, I can tell you it doesn't matter a damn how much you wrote, or the size of your handwriting ... it's the quality of what you write.

This "how much did you write?" thing baffles me every year!

Seriously, what is it about LC that starts everyone obsessing about length and size?!

One and a half pages, large hadwriting. Focused points, no BS, can't possibly get an A?

callaway92

unknown13 wrote: »

Why do you honestly even care.

why do you honestly care to quote my post

zoom!

4 for everything and about 1/2 page for unseen which i barely finished

randylonghorn

iWeeze wrote: »

Thank you sir, for putting minds at ease. Would you say a lot of stuff you got that was in the region of 3 pages was of good quality?

There genuinely isn't a "norm".

I've seen lots of excellent answers in the 2.5 / 3 page category ... clear, focused, a point in every paragraph, a relevant quote to drive each point home.

And I've seen 3 page answers where it was obvious that the student was trying desperately to make one or two ideas stretch to make an answer.

To quote the old tag: it's not the size, it's what you do with it!

vicksterchick

Kersmash wrote: »

I write on average 7 or 8 words a line.

I average at about fourteen to sixteen a line. :pac:

randylonghorn

unknown13 wrote: »

Why do you honestly even care.

callaway92 wrote: »

why do you honestly care to quote my post

Take it outside!

seanaor

vicksterchick wrote: »

Just out of curiosity.

My handwriting is really small and scrunched up, so I'm kind of worried they'll think I didn't write enough. I wrote two pages for the single text (Wuthering Heights), a little over two pages for the comparative study (Literary Genre), about three quarters of a page for the unseen poetry, and two pages for Yeats.

I know it might not seem like a lot, but if my handwriting was a "normal" size, it would probably double the page amount.

How about you guys?

I love you. I wrote about the same, and ive been getting 'oh my god, youre gonna fail' from all my classmates. I thought i was the only one!

Cormac2791

Paper 2, about 14!! Paper 1, possibly 10

vicksterchick

seanaor wrote: »

I love you. I wrote about the same, and ive been getting 'oh my god, youre gonna fail' from all my classmates. I thought i was the only one!

I was getting it from my teacher, too! He kept saying, "You really need to pull up your socks and start writing more." And I was thinking, "I'm writing loads, I just have really small handwriting!"

Oy. :rolleyes:

Finical

5 pages Yeats.
5 pages Comparative, would have been more but needed to rush to King Lear.
2 pages King Lear, BALLS! I wrote a little plan about how it would end would this give me a few marks?
3/4's of a page for unseen.

NufcNavan

4 1/2 for Lear.

5 1/2 for Comparative

1 1/2 for Unseen

4 1/2 for Yeats.

Mr Cawley

randylonghorn wrote: »

There genuinely isn't a "norm".

I've seen lots of excellent answers in the 2.5 / 3 page category ... clear, focused, a point in every paragraph, a relevant quote to drive each point home.

And I've seen 3 page answers where it was obvious that the student was trying desperately to make one or two ideas stretch to make an answer.

To quote the old tag: it's not the size, it's what you do with it!

1 page essay- 'A' standard? To short to get an A??

FordieMUFC

4 for lear
5 and a half for comparitive.
3 for poetry and 1 for unseen.

Conor108

• 4.5 for Lear
• 3 for comparative (I really suck at comparative)
• 3.5 for poetry
• 0.75 for Unseen

Did grand on Paper 1. Hoping to maintain my C1 from the mocks

frser32

english is my favorite subject, so i filled a booklet, and another 4, all relevant and focused! hoping for that a1!!

Compton

Lear - 4
Compar - 4
Unseen - 1.5
Yeats - 1.5 :-(

Hopefully my P1 will save meeee!

randylonghorn

Mr Cawley wrote: »

1 page essay- 'A' standard? To short to get an A??

I honestly can't answer that, lad, you know I can't ... I haven't read it and I won't be examining it.

All I can say really is that it would have to be exceptionally good.

But one answer or essay isn't going to dictate your final grade anyway, it will be the overall mark from 2 full papers.

Finical

Finical wrote: »

5 pages Yeats.
5 pages Comparative, would have been more but needed to rush to King Lear.
2 pages King Lear, BALLS! I wrote a little plan about how it would end would this give me a few marks?
3/4's of a page for unseen.

2 pages King Lear, BALLS! I wrote a little plan about how it would end would this give me a few marks?

Anyone? Like I done bullet points 'cause I knew I had to move on timewise.

frser32

Finical wrote: »

2 pages King Lear, BALLS! I wrote a little plan about how it would end would this give me a few marks?

Anyone? Like I done bullet points 'cause I knew I had to move on timewise.

yah i am sure they will...they will mark everything on your paper, bullet points were good idea..better than writing nothing

stainluss

I wrote 1pg good quality personal response for Unseen, Im not sure if thats enough for 20 marks though?

frser32

for the unseen i decided to compare her philosophical tone to boland....just to give her a shout

Finical

stainluss wrote: »

I wrote 1pg good quality personal response for Unseen, Im not sure if thats enough for 20 marks though?

Pretty sure it is, aslong as your writing isn't gigantic. :pac: