**2013 English Paper 1 official thread**

Copper_pipe

I'm scared

Parawhore.xD

I don't like this thread one bit.

Eurovisionmad

Be grand! Sure amn't I fluent in English?!

0mega

Eurovisionmad wrote: »

Be grand! Sure amn't I fluent in English?!

Clearly.

Scuid Mhór

The first official 2013 paper thread, how exciting!

Prodigious

To come:

Omg plath didn't come up wtf!!?!?!?!?111 Rawr.

007driver

Prodigious wrote: »

To come:

Omg plath didn't come up wtf!!?!?!?!?111 Rawr.

well she definitely will not come up in paper one

Prodigious

007driver wrote: »

well she definitely will not come up in paper one

Good point :pac: I should really sleep. :P

decisions

randylonghorn

:pac:

HugsiePie

007driver wrote: »

well she definitely will not come up in paper one

You never know what the comprehensions could be about.

decisions

randylonghorn wrote: »

:pac:

Touché

007driver

good luck

Dropping No Eaves

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randylonghorn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e9Y023-mnc

a0ifee

so, anyone finished yet? :P joke joke, hope the paper has a nice theme!

Jade.

English was grand!

ScummyMan

Simples!

kevin12345

Theme of storytelling, comprehension about cliffhangers and mentioned some my favourite programmes?! Loved it!

stephenjmcd

Really good exam , nice essay titles aswell , really happy

andrew369

Question A was fine got a page out of each part. My part B was a bit waffly but ok. Unfortunately my story ends very abruptly on the 4th page due to time running out (that 20 minute extra jargon on the list of subjects is very misleading) but hopefully won't be penalized too much, especially with a whole text on the paper dedicated to cliffhangers. :P

RML

Well story telling was a newbie :P

mixery

I didn't like those essay titles. Generally I thought I did well, but seeing that everyone is so happy, they'll probably adjust the marking scheme and I'll end up doing really badly .

woopah92

Straight forward exam. Essay titles extremely vague, the way I like it A talk about the role of TV and radio. Easy enough. Comprehensions seemed simpler than normal.
I had it hyped up to be something bigger than it was. Twas grand.

Clandestine

I spent too long on text a and B questions, only managed a little over 3 pages on the essay. At least it was a pretty solid essay, imo. I'm a little worried about my handwriting too, I think I made it too small and I had to cross out so many words.

I'm sure i did alright in the end though

11Charlie11

I had a page done in the essay when I realised I didn't like the title so I was completely waffling .. I did the personal essay on the everyday treadmill I only wrote 3 pages

Dropping No Eaves

My part B was quite unfocused and I kind of drifted about, reiterating the same points. Is the introduction to a book quite an informal affair? I modelled it after the casual notes authors put at the beginning of their books, I hope that was what they were after!

Monsieur Folie

My comprehension answers were actually quite good and they are usually where I fall down in the exam so over all I'm very happy. My personal essay and talk on TV/Radio both had elements of informal language (as is expected in those) but I just hope I managed to get the balance right and had enough flair to get me through. We'll see. Roll on paper 2!

andrew369

mixery wrote: »

I didn't like those essay titles. Generally I thought I did well, but seeing that everyone is so happy, they'll probably adjust the marking scheme and I'll end up doing really badly .

I wouldn't say the marks for paper 1 will be so heavily looked at that anyone will do badly on it, unless they wrote feck all and of very bad quality. Paper 2 will be the one they start changing any marking scheme for. If you think you did well then the marks will probably reflect that, don't sweat too much over it now that it is finished.

The Pheasant

Okay you guys are making me nervous now - I didn't like it!

stephenjmcd

woopah92 wrote: »

Straight forward exam. Essay titles extremely vague, the way I like it A talk about the role of TV and radio. Easy enough. Comprehensions seemed simpler than normal.
I had it hyped up to be something bigger than it was. Twas grand.

Did that talk aswell and did essay 7 on reunion could base it around the gathering

Vito Corleone

Thought the comprehensions were quite difficult myself, must have spent at least an hour on them. Got over a page on them all I think. B question was okay and I flew though it. Short story titles weren't the best but thought I had a good beginning and middle to my story, ended quite weak due to the time constraints. Didn't get to read over my paper at the end either.

suitcasepink

I dont think I ever wrote an article before..
But I did one today.





*This is not a good thing

RML

deise_girl wrote: »

I dont think I ever wrote an article before..
But I did one today.





*This is not a good thing

Ditto!
Did you do informal?

Vito Corleone

RML wrote: »

Ditto!
Did you do informal?

Do you mean the tourist one? I did that and mine is very informal and light hearted.

ScummyMan

Am I the only one to do an article on urban and rural living?

I thought twas grand!

Slow Show

I didn't like the paper tbh. That's not to say I did badly, I think I did grand but I too hope I got the balance between formal/informal right for my QB (introduction). Comprehension was alright, wrote loooads for them but the 20-marker I did felt a bit shaky, was a bit messy, and I haaaated all of the essay titles but I think I did alright in the end with what I settled for.

No idea how I did! Not too badly I hope.:p

hitchcock

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

Am I the only one to do an article on urban and rural living?

I thought twas grand!

Yes I did that too! Did you take a light hearted or serious approach to it?

suitcasepink

RML wrote: »

Ditto!
Did you do informal?

Omg I didnt even think of that.
I did 2 articles today.. My first and 2nd, oh god >.< :pac:
Both my B (and Q6) were pretty formal tbh, tho my B less so, with a few sarcastic and silly comments along the way.

Im on a bit of a downtrod after this tbh.. However Ill remain hopeful for tomorrow

RML

I did the article on the rural and urban lifestyles. Mine was informal and light hearted too
I basically pointed out the reasons of the advantages of rural and urban lifestyles... Was I going on the wrong path?

YoursSincerely

Am I the only one who did a descriptive essay on glimpsed moments? I had done an essay that fit that title so perfectly i practically wrote it word for word, I'd say half the country did the talk on Tv/Radio, But still I'm quite happy

peekachoo

Simples! Got to recycle the only A1 essay I ever did.
I got carried away though I literally wrote the last word on my paper when she said time up

Glee_GG

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Do you mean the tourist one? I did that and mine is very informal and light hearted.

i did the same, mine was pretty casual, didn't use any formal language tbh

was pretty happy, did first comp wasn't thrilled with my style answer but sure what can ya do. Did the first essay on the unheroic world and disagreed

Scuid Mhór

An alright paper. Composing was, so was section B. Thought the comprehensions were tricky enough though!

Copper_pipe

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

Am I the only one to do an article on urban and rural living?

I thought twas grand!

I did that too

RML

deise_girl wrote: »

Omg I didnt even think of that.
I did 2 articles today.. My first and 2nd, oh god >.< :pac:
Both my B (and Q6) were pretty formal tbh, tho my B less so, with a few sarcastic and silly comments along the way.

Im on a bit of a downtrod after this tbh.. However Ill remain hopeful for tomorrow

I asked my teacher whether it was formal or informal and she said either of them would be correct for a popular magazine. How long was your Q6?? I only managed to do 3 and a quarter pages, ran out of ideas

hitchcock

RML wrote: »

I did the article on the rural and urban lifestyles. Mine was informal and light hearted too
I basically pointed out the reasons of the advantages of rural and urban lifestyles... Was I going on the wrong path?

No yours sounds right! I said I was writing for a fashion magazine so my target audience was twenty something fashionistas, haha, what have the exams done to me? :P

suitcasepink

RML wrote: »

I asked my teacher whether it was formal or informal and she said either of them would be correct for a popular magazine. How long was your Q6?? I only managed to do 3 and a quarter pages, ran out of ideas

Mine was four and a half but Id have slightly larger than average handwriting! My friend did it too and she wrote just under 4 pages so Id say a lot of people struggled to get much length out of it

Copper_pipe

I think my essay was too short, 3 pages 10 words a line?

A Funky Unicorn

Did the article loved it

RML

hitchcock wrote: »

No yours sounds right! I said I was writing for a fashion magazine so my target audience was twenty something fashionistas, haha, what have the exams done to me? :P

Hmm my target audience was for newly married couples to old aged people :rolleyes: