During the Preliminary course, many potential marks were lost in assessment tasks due to two main points.
- Incorrectly interpreting the question based on the verb.
- Not following the marking criteria closely
If it asks you to identify - that is what you do. You don't have to produce a huge amount of information - just what is relevant.
How many words per question - that depends on the verb. A higher order verb requires a more detailed and thoughtful response and so more words would be used than in a lower order verb.
Unsure of what is relevant? - check the marking criteria.
The marking criteria is what I use to mark your assessment task. You should be aiming at the top bands, but it pays to check what is described in the lower bands to see if your work is in that section. If you have evaluated (the marking criteria being the criteria to evaluate success) your response and you believe that it is still not up to a band 5 or 6 - keep working on it. Refer back to your verb definition and add to your response.
Remember - I can't give you marks for information that you present that wasn't asked for.
Be efficient - quality over quantity.
You will give yourself a better chance of better marks across all your subjects if you follow the above hints.
The HSC is a fairly transparent process where you can achieve great results by just doing what is asked in assessment tasks. The more efficiently and effectively you can produce quality work - the less time and stress is needed for each task. With more time and less stress - you might even enjoy your HSC experience.
Here is a link to a blog that has some great information of HSC success:
http://secretsofhscsuccessrevealed.blogspot.com/search/label/Essay%20Writing
I strongly suggest spending some time looking through this blog - it might not all be relevant to your - but I am confident every student could achieve their HSC potential from following some of their advice.
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