Strategies for Paper One!

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do the short answer questions first (make sure that you time it well)!

- halve the rest of your time and spend it on the two extended responses!
- if you are having trouble with one part move on to the next section and come back to it later!
- with the extended responses do the one that you feel most confident with first, that way you may
have more time to do the other part!

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Short Answers!
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make sure that you have an amount of quotes and techniques in your writing that is equivalent
to the amount of marks for the question!
- longer response for more important questions!
- read up on visual literacy as well as poetry techniques!
- be prepared for different text types!

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Creative Writing!
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have a creative prepared and incorporate the stimulus!

- try not to be obvious in the creative that you write!

- show a sense of belonging and alienation rather than saying it outright!
- give your teacher a practice creative before the exam in order to determine what they want!

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Essay!
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have quotes ready for different elements of the syllabus!

- look at past papers!

- have a structure in case the question is a general question!

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Important points from the syllabus (in my opinion)!
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emotional, creative, intellectual, physical and spiritual!

- new understandings and renewed perceptions of ourselves and others!

- personal, cultural, historical and social contexts and values!
- potential to affirm or challenge individuals or more widely-held assumptions and beliefs about
aspects of human experience and the world!

- people, relationships, societies, places, events, ideas!

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Use these as the basis for your study notes.!
!do your preparation and after that do a past paper!
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Discovery has the ability to challenge commonly-held assumptions about the human experience
and the world.!

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How is the above idea shown in the focus text and ONE additional text.!
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have a strong thesis and build a strong structure!

in this case use elements from the question!
divide in two -> assumptions about human experience, assumptions about the world!
four body paragraphs !
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HUMAN EXPERIENCE -> first focus text, then additional!
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE WORLD -> first focus text, then additional