How did paper 2 go?

BJC

plawless wrote: »

did any else do real bad? only wrote half a page for the comparative, unseen 7 lines and i had only studied boland!!!!!!!:mad: on the flipside scored the bird hu brings us 2 the toilet . bring on maths

I know I've got a binman recruitment form around here somewhere....

BJC

Sir Baralot wrote: »

I was absolutely delighted with the Othello Question. I simply decided to argue that the tragedy of Othello was a combination of both Othello and Iago.

Did you have anopinion though, they like you to weigh up both sides of the argument but in the end side with one or the other.

tabouli

Soby wrote: »

What was the unseen poem about..Was there conflict with the father and son but also love??

Yeah, that's what I wrote too...:pac:

The Walsho

Disgusting paper!

Othello question wasn't too nice, but come to think of it I should have just disagreed and talked about Iago. What was the fúcking story with Literary Genre? Nightmare! Had some serious twisting to do. Poetry was alright, I was surprised Boland wasn't on there, and also surprised that none of the questions were writing a letter to the poet.

breadmond

i'm pretty happy overall. othello question was lovely. we did the unseen poem in class last year so hopefuly 20/20 for that!

BJC

Cokehead Mother wrote: »

I wrote 6 pages altogether and don't have impending sex with a TY student to cheer me up.

Did you take higher or ordinary?

6 pages, yikes, don't worry though, it's pretty easy to pass and there are many more exams ahead of us! Plus we never have to learn about William "the wanker" Shakespeare, ever again!

Mars Bar

That's f-l-u-e-n-t love...

MikeHunt08

I wrote that the Father and Son had alot of love and acceptance for one another yet the line about the anger forced me to interprit that into a love hate relationship.

clairemcbear

Really nice paper!! except feel sorry for the people counting on Boland to come up

Soby

plawless wrote: »

higher obviously im not that stupid
im basicaly fluint

Fluent in english you dont say??god i wish i was you:pac:

JamieK

OMG i absolutly RAPED dat paper!!! :D:D:D

I studied Mahon....small bit on Boland....got to write like 5 pages on old Derek!! haha

Studied about how Iagos a prik....turned the answer around by disagreeing with the statement!!!

Literary genre with the charachters made it sooo much easier cos it gave like something to work to as opposed to like..."discuss literary genre in relation to 3 texts you have studied"!!!


BEST EXAM EVER!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:cool:

Dr. Baltar

BJC wrote: »

Did you have anopinion though, they like you to weigh up both sides of the argument but in the end side with one or the other.

Yeah, in the end I actually ended up siding more with a disagreement of the statement.

BJC

mars bar wrote: »

That's f-l-u-e-n-t love...

It's OK.....as long as you can spell T-H-O-R-N-T-O-N-S

HELLO132

titan18 wrote: »

How,as long as you back up the points you made.You'll get the marks

I had so much info about how Iago destroyed Othello but i wasn't sure you could disagree with the question and i only got 1 page of crap done instead of the 4 i would have got done had i disagreed :mad: I'm so stupid

MikeHunt08

JamieK wrote: »

OMG i absolutly RAPED dat paper!!! :D:D:D

I studied Mahon....small bit on Boland....got to write like 5 pages on old Derek!! haha

Studied about how Iagos a prik....turned the answer around by disagreeing with the statement!!!

Literary genre with the charachters made it sooo much easier cos it gave like something to work to as opposed to like..."discuss literary genre in relation to 3 texts you have studied"!!!


BEST EXAM EVER!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:cool:

Jesus, if an imbred from Carrick could write off that paper with ease then it must be easy.

BJC

Sir Baralot wrote: »

Yeah, in the end I actually ended up siding more with a disagreement of the statement.

Score for you then, you probably did really well!

alan4cult

It's clear that not much thought went into creating English Paper 2. The comparative questions were so badly phrased and the poetry questions were just not original. I had studied the unseen poem before. The question on the unseen poem mentions a father-son realtionship. There is no son mentioned in this poem. It could be a daughter.

Overall I was happy but kept comparing my Mahon essay to my mock essay in which i got 50 so I'm praying I got it right again.

Soby

alan4cult wrote: »

It's clear that not much thought went into creating English Paper 2. The comparative questions were so badly phrased and the poetry questions were just not original. I had studied the unseen poem before. The question on the unseen poem mentions a father-son realtionship. There is no son mentioned in this poem. It could be a daughter.

Overall I was happy but kept comparing my Mahon essay to my mock essay in which i got 50 so I'm praying I got it right again.

The question said discuss the father son relationship....

tabouli

Also it's written by a man.

BJC

plawless wrote: »

oh your so smart who needs points ive got a prenti- ship lined up 4 da summer anyway

I didn't know you needed to do a whole apprenticeship to be a binman. Is that with FAS?

Dr. Baltar

alan4cult wrote: »

It could be a daughter.

"Robert Hayden"

JamieK

MikeHunt08 wrote: »

Jesus, if an imbred from Carrick could write off that paper with ease then it must be easy.

eh if you would kindly look to the hometown....5 miles AWAY from carrick....not my choice to live there.....you queer!!!

titan18

I did the personal response part of the unseen poetry and I decided that the father was dead as the poem was in the past tense.

Anyone else say that or am I completely off the wall?

Dr. Baltar

titan18 wrote: »

I did the personal response part of the unseen poetry and I decided that the father was dead as the poem was in the past tense.

Anyone else say that or am I completely off the wall?

It never said anything about death. I just thought it was written in the past because he was talking about his childhood.

alan4cult

Sir Baralot wrote: »

"Robert Hayden"

Apologies.

Dr. Baltar

plawless wrote: »

ye well do all binmans drive a merc slk 500:p losers

You will still fail at life and develop cancer.

turgon

Did Mahon. Stupid mistake. Didnt even answer the part of about places.

Comparitive was nice. Probably felt better that the seedy shift plawless got of the girl. Although, he is bull sh*ting so its his own loss.

alan4cult

plawless wrote: »

ye well do all binmans drive a merc slk 500:p losers

No they drive bin lorries.

tabouli

titan18 wrote: »

I did the personal response part of the unseen poetry and I decided that the father was dead as the poem was in the past tense.

Anyone else say that or am I completely off the wall?

It's a personal response, I don't think there's any real wrong answer. If you backed it up you'll be fine.

wardides

did most do the weakness of judgment essay for othello?!

Dr. Baltar

alan4cult wrote: »

No they drive bin lorries.

lol

carpothepunk

That paper was delish.

Did Rich, went really well. 5 pages.

Did the Heathcliff question on Wuthering Heights. Happy days. 4 pages.

Comparative was lovely. Gwan Theme or Issue. Deception in relation to Reality versus Fantasy. 6 pages.

LOVELY.

JamieK

Sir Baralot wrote: »

You will still fail at life and develop cancer.

harsh...but has me in the pisses laughing!!! hahaha

MikeHunt08

JamieK wrote: »

eh if you would kindly look to the hometown....5 miles AWAY from carrick....not my choice to live there.....you queer!!!

Faugheen is not much better you filthy imbred inter family riding bastard!!

BUUUUUUUUUUULB!!!!

Cokehead Mother

tabouli wrote: »

It's a personal response, I don't think there's any real wrong answer. If you backed it up you'll be fine.

I don't think anything in the poem can back up "the poet's father is dead". At best you could say "X suggests that the father is dead".

turgon

plawless wrote: »

ye well do all binmans drive a merc slk 500:p losers

All the binmen in Ireland, or would you be talking on a continental basis or a global basis?? Ha ha, you probably cant understand what im saying!!!

KERPAL

piece of piss

BJC

plawless wrote: »

ye well do all binmans drive a merc slk 500:p losers

No, but neither do/will you so I can still sleep at night

King Ludvig

What a delicious paper!! Everything I wanted came up. So happy with it everyting I wanted came up!! I actually couldnt have made a better paper if they let me make it myself.

Single Text:
I did the first Othello question (othello's foolishness). I agreed with the statement. It was perfect, Id be reading notes the night before on how unrealistic it is the we are expected to believe Othello the great general would be so naive. We also did an essay in class on Othello being the principle architect of his own downfall so was really well prepared for this. A solid 4 pages.

Comparative:
Did theme/issue Q2 Key moments bring the theme sharply into focus. Went nice, use lots and lots of comparing/contrasting phrases, and about 10 quotes throught the whole thing too even tho you dont need them that much.
4&1/2 pages

Unseen Poem:
Nice poem did Q1 with the a and b parts. Talked how the dad does so much for his son, but is shown no love in return. 1&1/2 pages

Prescribed Poetry:
The only ones I prepared was Mahon and Rich, and they bith came up!! How lucky! I did mahon as I prefere him and his was a nice question. Did people and places essay in class before too.
Got three pages written but then ran out of time. I had another paragraph and a conclusion left to do. Not to worry Id say I got 25/50.


Overall 13 A4 pages. Cant believe the exam went so well.
Id say i got 70% in paper I and about 75% there in paper II
That averages me nicely in the B catogory id say

Never have to speak English again! Woohoo!!

AlihandroHayes

I didnt rely answer the places part for mahon either.. wen it sed how does he explore places i kept picturin mahon as some sort of indiana jones character trawling through jungles!!

alan4cult

Cokehead Mother wrote: »

I don't think anything in the poem can back up "the poet's father is dead". At best you could say "X suggests that the father is dead".

"No one ever thanked him" suggest death and eternity i.e. It's too late to thank him.

Soby

plawless wrote: »

cancer? bit harsh!not really a joking matter

Neither is the size of your writing...you know what they about people with big writting.....;)

turgon

No more English for the rest of our lives. This is great!

JamieK

MikeHunt08 wrote: »

Faugheen is not much better you filthy imbred inter family riding bastard!!

BUUUUUUUUUUULB!!!!

hmmmm....frosty or mossy???

guessin mossy cos....like ur da nly one that says that....!!!

have fun...on your own there!!!

carpothepunk

How did people not answer the places part on Mahon like? All of his poems on the course were place centric. Rathlin, Disused Shed, After the Titanic, Antartica.

BJC

Soby wrote: »

Neither is the size of your writing...you know what they about big writting.....;)

A giant pencil...?

Timans

titan18 wrote: »

I did the personal response part of the unseen poetry and I decided that the father was dead as the poem was in the past tense.

Anyone else say that or am I completely off the wall?

I wrote the exact same thing.

ciaranajl

Still, I see his/her point... just because it's a male poet it doesn't mean the speaker is male.

turgon

Yeah but its a general assumption.

shortys94

Going by some of the comments you'd wonder how some people get into the English exam.