ARRGH! It's revision time-exam in 10 days!

[winnybella]

Anyone else? I'm doing A210 Approaching Literature with OU.

Have to revise a couple of novels and plays, pick about 10 poems and figure out what they mean, memorise them etc. And also have a look at theory, critics etc.

I got a decent tma average, but I have been sort of only reading the material that was relevant to them and there is so much of the course material that I skipped.

Need some encouraging stories that I can do it. Anyone else's revising now- for this or other course?

Winnybella - how's it going???????

Well, I haven't been on MN today at all til now, so I must be working hard.

So far I've done 3 poems from L&G today and hope to do 2 more tonight. Then tomorrow I'll do 3 or 4 Romantics and the theory, critics etc.

On Tuesday I'll refresh P&P, Color Purple and possibly F&S, if I have time plus I will read relevant TMAs and have a look at Bakhtin et al for some juicy quotes.

Wednesday I'll skim read The Rover and rewatch that horrible DVD. Might have a quick look at Othello. Plus all the other things that I might have forgotten and rereading of the notes.

Of course, I wish I paid more attention to the course materials during the year and had not left everything for the last few days.

If I get 'good' questions, I might do ok, if not...hmm...I hope at least I'll get a pass.

My eyes are very tired and my hand is killing me- I advise you to start writing some time before the exam if you're not used to it.

And how are you? Those questions you sent me are very helpful, thanks.

Glad to be of help - I'll be the one asking for advice in October !!!

Yes, I think it helps to think of the course now as a long revision, iyswim, so then you don't panic three days before the exam.

I've done most of the poems, have just 3 short ones to do and some Roms theory etc. That's tonight. Tomorrow the novels and Wednesday The Rover.

I'm bloody exhausted. I hope I'll pass.

And yes, I'll be happy to tell you about the exam experience. Hmm, or not, depending how it goes

Good luck winnybella - you'll almost certainly find that you know far more than you think.

I wrote an exam for A207 today (also OU) and the questions were much easier than I was expecting. I was ready to give up on Friday but managed, with DH's help in looking after our two young children this weekend, to pull through.

Let us know how you get on!

Thanks Oumasrusks. I'm just worried about having to figure out which poems to use, which novel, what arguments to use etc on the exam. I did revise a bit etc, but I'm not sure it has all sunk in iyswim and wheter I'll be able to come up with a coherent answer.

I was supposed to study today and my father came into town and because I haven't seen him for years I felt like I had to see him and it took ages and now my evenng is gone...Only one day to try to memorise a few more poems, to read all the critics for the realist novel and to skim read a play and rewatch a dvd of it.

I really can't see how I am going to do it.

What's A207? It's literature as well, isn't it? Are you happy then with the way the exam went for you?

*whether fgs

Winnybella,

Is it e**m day tomorrow? if so...
GOOD LUCK!!!

As Keanu (I love Bill & Ted) once wisely said: be excellent

Thank you.

I left out so much out of my revision, I'm praying for 'good' questions...If I get 15%, I can resit in October...not that this is what I want. Pass 2 would be nice, since that's what I've got for the OCAS.

Oh, well.

Will come back and let you know how horrible it was.

Good luck for today Winnybella!

A207 is 'From Enlightenment to Romanticism' which is a multi-disciplinary course. I am aiming for a Literature degree though and was going to do A210 next but I'm going to wait until the replacement course starts in October 2011 and do it then as both DDs will be in nursery and school.

Well, it didn't go well.

First of all, I didn't get much sleep, because I had to wait up for my visiting family til 1am. Then DD woke up and I bf her, but she refused to go back to sleep.

I was afraid that the questions would be hard, but I didn't think I would panic or get a mental block, as I always did well in previous exams- they weren't on the undergraduate level, though, but language tests etc.

But mental block I did get. And a weird sense of complacency, as well, like I didn't care mixed with panic.I spent way too long on The Rover extract-on which I did a very mediocre job, at best. Then I had an hour and a bit for the other two questions. They were easy, I knew the material, but I could hardky form a sentence, nevermind good intro or conclusion. I didn't go deep into the discussion, didn't explore, just wrote whatever I knew about the poems or the L&G prose question. It's weird, because I always do my TMAs at the last minute, so literally in a few hours and I get reasonably good grades (pass 1 and 2). My handwriting was atrocious. I didn't make any sense, it didn't flow, horrible.

NCOT, I'm sure you've been on FC, people are writing about their exam experience, I didn't look, as I don't even want to stress anymore. Even the poems I chose were a bit of a 'bend', but I'm sure it would have been ok if I had explained properly my decision to use them, but, sadly, I haven't.

Anyway, questions were easy, really easy. I would definitely advise writing answers to questions from previous years during your revision. Against the clock. I didn't.

Frankly, I will be surprised if I'll get a pass.Maybe a resit would be better? I haven't a chance of more than a pass 4 and it would be such a shame after pass 2 for OCAS.

I hope I will get more than 15%-otherwise no resit and money and time wasted. And the shame! I hope to get less than 15% you really have to write almost nothing? I definitely feel like I didn't show them that I can think iyswim (which is supposed to be the purpose of the examination).Arrrgh.

Winnybella,

Yep, been lurking on FC and there's the usual mix of 'oh dear me's' and 'bet-I've-failed's' . I'm so glad the questions were easy (what were they? I'm aiming for Roms poetry, the realist novel and the Henry extract) so once the nerve factor has been accounted for by the examiners you must have got a decent pass (even if it doesn't feel like it right now). During your revision, were you ever given an essay written in exam conditions to look at? I take ages over these damn TMAs and the idea of writing anything legible in a few hours is incomprehensible at the mo.
Anyhoo, revision over, stress levels plummeting... Got any treats in store for surviving the dreaded exam ?

NCOT

Seriously, the questions were easy. Lots from previous years and one or two that I didn't see before,I don't even remember anymore, but really easy.

No, I haven't seen an exam essay...My advice is to see how you feel with writing an essay in an hour- see if you can put all the important points in. I didn't even manage a decent intros, just said 'I wish to explore blah blah' and then straight into the body of the essay.

Oh well, if I don't pass, than I don't pass. Hopefully I'll get enough for a resit. Not sure, though- I'm usually good at estimating my TMA scores, so unfortunately I'm afraid I might be right about the exam.

Hi,

How are you feeling about things now you've had time to let it all sink in (and fade away!)?

NCOT

Not better, I'm afraid.
I did start to think that perhaps I'll get more than 15% and so will be able to resit.
I registered for the 19th Century Novel, though -just got the Critical Reader-looks v.interesting.
Whatever. It was my first exam, I did allright for tmas, just had a mental block, oh well.
How are you doing? When are you exams? September?

Doing fine, plodding on with TCP and Dolls House TMAs, the exam's in October. Did you get your paper put up on your homepage? Any chance I cd get a copy to my home email? Cheers!