Essay Lengths for English paper one...

errlloyd

Ok so what are the rough answer lengths for each part of English paper one (if your aiming for A1)

MrPirate

Judging that it's all a good quality essay, about 3 pages on 10ish words per line.

errlloyd

Oh sorry I meant for each section.

Like section A I normally go 2/3rds for the 15 markers, then a page for the 20.

B I'll smash down close to 3 pages.

And the big essay maybe around 4-5.

Is that enough?

ironclaw

I regularly hit 6 but my writing is very big. Its quality not quantity.

degausserxo

errlloyd wrote: »

(if your aiming for A1)

:rolleyes:

rcaz

errlloyd wrote: »

B I'll smash down close to 3 pages.

:eek:

A single page is enough for a B part, in my opinion. It's functional writing, so keep it terse and to the point.

errlloyd

Can't it be a diary entry, or a speech or something non functional?

tootyflutty

My A parts are usually 2 or 2+1/2 pages, just because it's split into 2/3 questions.
My B part is usually 2ish as well, depending if it's a diary or whatever.
For my Composition 1 page for rough plan, and then at least 3 1/2 to 5 pages. That is usually with fitting 8-10 words per line, so small writing.

Liam O

the incompetent examiner for my mocks slated basically my whole class for doing less than 2 pages for the question B. I was annoyed as I thought my newspaper article was great at 1.5 pages. The examiners will have a marking scheme for this but it is something to think about

-ME-

Tomorrow, i'm going to aim for:

one page for each of the 15 mark Qs
one and a half pages for the 20 mark Q
two pages for the Q B
four- five pages for the essay

I write quite slowly though so it probably won't work out like that at all. I hope I don't get some annoying teacher obsessed with quantity correcting my paper.

haloauto

Try and make it 1000 words. For me that's about 3.5 pages.
For the 15 marker I write 3/4 of a page, 20 marker 1 page and B part 1 1/2 - 2 pages.
So about 8 pages (sides) overall.

Homicidal_jesus

well for section A ill do half to two thirds a page for each question
then for part B of section A ill do 1-1 and half pages possibly more.
And essay between 4 and 6 pages really i mean its 25% of your marks 3 pages is hardly enough

Nihilist21

haloauto wrote: »

Try and make it 1000 words. For me that's about 3.5 pages.
For the 15 marker I write 3/4 of a page, 20 marker 1 page and B part 1 1/2 - 2 pages.
So about 8 pages (sides) overall.

Exactly the same for me.

LivingDeadGirl

My QA usually ends up being about 3 pages. My QB would be 2 1/2-3. My essay would be 4-5. I'm looking for an A in Paper 1.

rcaz

LivingDeadGirl wrote: »

My QA usually ends up being about 3 pages. My QB would be 2 1/2-3. My essay would be 4-5. I'm looking for an A in Paper 1.

Kinda similar to mine. But I'd only get two pages out of QA. I'd love an A.

sock puppet

Is there less room to write on the answer booklets than on a normal a4 page? There's a margin for correctors isn't there but does it make any difference?

internetaddict

Liam O wrote: »

the incompetent examiner for my mocks slated basically my whole class for doing less than 2 pages for the question B. I was annoyed as I thought my newspaper article was great at 1.5 pages. The examiners will have a marking scheme for this but it is something to think about

We must have had the same examiner!

K4t

Liam O wrote: »

the incompetent examiner for my mocks slated basically my whole class for doing less than 2 pages for the question B. I was annoyed as I thought my newspaper article was great at 1.5 pages. The examiners will have a marking scheme for this but it is something to think about

That's bollocks.

Quality > Quantity. Always.

Mockatron

Guys the exam starts at 9:30am right? well if you want to be home by 10am do what i did last year on both papers? About 10 lines should do per answer. Trust me. They like people who have the balls to do things like that. I did my LC last year and gotta a B3 in Hons so i know what im talkin bout

nkay1985

Mockatron wrote: »

Guys the exam starts at 9:30am right? well if you want to be home by 10am do what i did last year on both papers? About 10 lines should do per answer. Trust me. They like people who have the balls to do things like that. I did my LC last year and gotta a B3 in Hons so i know what im talkin bout

Thankfully this idiotic comment was put up late enough that it wouldn't burnt he eyes out of students with its stupidity.

Crystler

Mockatron wrote: »

Guys the exam starts at 9:30am right? well if you want to be home by 10am do what i did last year on both papers? About 10 lines should do per answer. Trust me. They like people who have the balls to do things like that. I did my LC last year and gotta a B3 in Hons so i know what im talkin bout

Clearly, untrue. There is a reason why English teachers ask you to write a certain LENGTH. Regardless of what people say about Quantity over Quality. You have to expand, explain and state (not in that order). So that's why a (minimum length is asked for), you won't get penalised if you get those 3 things in.

Don't play with LC students, if you have done the LC shut your gob with that kinda nonsense, as everyone is already stressed enough. Well... myself not included as English I'm only looking for a high C/low B. Good luck for all of you doing the English paper 1 hope you all do great! I'll be rooting for you all while I'm furiously scribbling down on my exam paper! ^_^

nkay1985 <--- thumbs up, Mockatron is just preying on the stressed.

challengemaster

Rule my teacher went by. Look at the marks, divide it by 2 and add on 3. That's how many sentences you should write.

So for 20 marker, you're writing 13~ sentences.

Idjit

A-I page each for i and ii,and for iii I did a page and a half,for B I did two pages and a half and for the composing I did three pages and a bit.
I think it was a good amount.My hand was cramping so bad at tecause due to the time I took out to write ideas and plan,I had to write like the wind to finish on time.
Hopefully my writing isnt really as messy as it seemed to be...

MrSnuffleupagus

Wrote about two pages for section A, page and a half for section B, 3 and a bit pages for the composing... That ok? The time went faster than I expected...

Extrasupervery

I did like 7 or 8 I THINK

Not sure

Lucet

I was short on time and I wrote 2 1/2 pages in the part III . I'm as nervous as hell, because my essay was so crappy :mad:.

Leeg17

I'm not going for A1 or anything, but this is what I did,
3 1/2 for A
2 1/2 for B
4 1/2 for Composing,
Though my writing is fairly big though it was good quality which I suppose is what counts.

Piste

I did about 3 pages for the Comprehension, 2 for the part B, and 4 for the essay. So 9 pages in all, nothing sensational.

Mockatron

In all seriousness guys GOOD LUCK IN YOUR EXAMS. They'll be over before you know it.