So, my results are in and I'm actually surprised! Overall score of 80! Thats way higher than I excpected. 37 for the Cleopatra part which I had no idea what to do with, so I BS'd the whole thing! 43 for the Cezanne part (One of my hobbies is ophotography, so I'm used to looking fairly closely at some pictures, though not comparting them).
I have a lot of good guidance too, but obvously getting a really high mark leaves less room for maneuver in TMA 2 when I rework one of them.
It's looking like i'll rework the cleopatra part, Thats the part I was overall most unhappy with.
On a side note, I have to say that If i hadnyt done the access course (y032) I would never have learned how to structure an essay and this would have all turned out differently!
As I have a week off work I think I should do TMA 2 this week!
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TMA 01 result.
Friday, 13 Nov 2015, 05:43
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TMA 01 submitted, referencing is stupid
Sunday, 1 Nov 2015, 12:32
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So finally, i have finished TMA 01!! what a flaming pain in the backside!!
I added my citations and references before I spellchecked and grammarised the essay and submitted.
Referencing is the biggest faff on I have ever come accross... surely someone could have thought of a much easier way than what we use!
Still seems okay.
Sunday, 25 Oct 2015, 13:30
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Sop, this AA100 thing still seems to be progressing okay.
I feel like I have learned a fair bit already in relation to study skills, looking at and interpreting things and its only been a couple of weeks since the start.
I'm already three weeks ahead, where I planned to be at the beginning of the module! But i've taken a break from working from the book now for a little while to concentrate a little more closely on TMA 01
Cleopatra - I had initially looked at the passages that I wanted to use in this little essay as well as the one thst is with the essay question, but I had sort of got very confused and marked up bits that I now see as irrelevant (watch as they turn ut to be important bits). I had started a draft copy too... but i knew it was pretty poor from the outset, So i have abandoned that one and taken myself about three hours this morning to run back through the three passsages I wish to use, pick out and for the most part paraphrase parts of it as I noted them for my essay. Then after a brief essay plan I used my notes quite closely to write the essay minus the conclusion, That'll come to me eventually and i will have about 80 words to use on it. I plan to type that up in a few minutes.
Cezanne - Okay, so as a photographer, I thought I knew what I was doing with this... after all i'm used to comparing photographs arent I! Turns out I havent got a bloody clue doesn't it. I reviewed inside art again and made a pretty slapdash effort at the Cezanne essay a week ago. I've now picked out some different points and think I will recompare the two paintings. It doesn't help however that I think Cezanne is a pretty poor artist.
My new house should finally be bought in a couple of weeks, so that three week start I had on the module will soon fade into nonexistence during the month I have allotted myself to decorate and move into my house. I hope I still find enough time for studying too, even if it is just while I'm sat on the floor waiting for a new settee or a new desk!
I feel like I have learned a fair bit already in relation to study skills, looking at and interpreting things and its only been a couple of weeks since the start.
I'm already three weeks ahead, where I planned to be at the beginning of the module! But i've taken a break from working from the book now for a little while to concentrate a little more closely on TMA 01
Cleopatra - I had initially looked at the passages that I wanted to use in this little essay as well as the one thst is with the essay question, but I had sort of got very confused and marked up bits that I now see as irrelevant (watch as they turn ut to be important bits). I had started a draft copy too... but i knew it was pretty poor from the outset, So i have abandoned that one and taken myself about three hours this morning to run back through the three passsages I wish to use, pick out and for the most part paraphrase parts of it as I noted them for my essay. Then after a brief essay plan I used my notes quite closely to write the essay minus the conclusion, That'll come to me eventually and i will have about 80 words to use on it. I plan to type that up in a few minutes.
Cezanne - Okay, so as a photographer, I thought I knew what I was doing with this... after all i'm used to comparing photographs arent I! Turns out I havent got a bloody clue doesn't it. I reviewed inside art again and made a pretty slapdash effort at the Cezanne essay a week ago. I've now picked out some different points and think I will recompare the two paintings. It doesn't help however that I think Cezanne is a pretty poor artist.
My new house should finally be bought in a couple of weeks, so that three week start I had on the module will soon fade into nonexistence during the month I have allotted myself to decorate and move into my house. I hope I still find enough time for studying too, even if it is just while I'm sat on the floor waiting for a new settee or a new desk!
Seems to be going well.
Friday, 2 Oct 2015, 07:28
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I've had a pretty productive week since finishing up with the cezanne stuff.
I decided to leave out Faustus for a few days and concentrate on the Faraday section. I know it's not a chapter thats being included in AA100 this year, but since it's in the book and I wanted to make the most of it I decided to work it through.
The activities in there gave me some more insight into what I should be looking at, how I should be analyzing and interpreting both text and pictures. Looking at the discussion's from the activities however I am way off the mark for either descriptiveness or pulling out the correct parts of the text. So more work needed.
After a couple of fun days with that, because science is fun ^_~ I finally made my way back to Faustus.
Once again I tried to read the play but got bogged down in the poetry at the start far too fast. I did however take a suggestion from a comment on a previous entry and reaad it alongside the audio CD. This made it easier to read and the words flowed of their own account rather than having to be torn from the page by my eyes!
So, now thats done, I can take a shower and grab breakfast before I get back to working through the chapter!
I decided to leave out Faustus for a few days and concentrate on the Faraday section. I know it's not a chapter thats being included in AA100 this year, but since it's in the book and I wanted to make the most of it I decided to work it through.
The activities in there gave me some more insight into what I should be looking at, how I should be analyzing and interpreting both text and pictures. Looking at the discussion's from the activities however I am way off the mark for either descriptiveness or pulling out the correct parts of the text. So more work needed.
After a couple of fun days with that, because science is fun ^_~ I finally made my way back to Faustus.
Once again I tried to read the play but got bogged down in the poetry at the start far too fast. I did however take a suggestion from a comment on a previous entry and reaad it alongside the audio CD. This made it easier to read and the words flowed of their own account rather than having to be torn from the page by my eyes!
So, now thats done, I can take a shower and grab breakfast before I get back to working through the chapter!
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