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English Paper 1 Prediction

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  • 01-06-2009 9:26pm
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    lou91
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    A blog, for one of the question Bs.

    There was a website article last year and they're always trying to make the paper more relevant to real life.
    So, just steal lots of ideas from all the good ole LC bloggers!

    I'll probably be deleting this thread on Wednesday, just have a feeling though. *shrugs*


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    xOxSinéadxOx
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    is there a list of things they ask you in the B part?


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    Signature
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    I'm going over a diary entry, letter, report and film review.

    Just go over the layouts (easy) and you'll be fine. I'm 1% sure none of these will come up. ;)


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    phic
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    in fairness even if you dont revise diary entries, letters etc., you could probably do it fairly easy on the day! like the layout of a letter isn't that hard!


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    phic wrote: »
    in fairness even if you dont revise diary entries, letters etc., you could probably do it fairly easy on the day! like the layout of a letter isn't that hard!

    Very true. They'll take just a few seconds to go over! All I'm going over for paper 1 is that and the techniques. I'm really only studying paper 2 today.


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    mink_man
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    whats the format for a report? theres 4 things to do isnt there? information...and what else, i cant think! do ya put a headline on the report? or is dat just the article, whats the layout for that?


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    mufc4lfe
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    phic wrote: »
    in fairness even if you dont revise diary entries, letters etc., you could probably do it fairly easy on the day! like the layout of a letter isn't that hard!

    Paper 1 is more a test on your writing skills.Paper 2 is the real exam.ps.please make bishop come up lol


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    ImJohn
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    Something about hope will come up in the essay section :)


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    christina_x
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    :O how do you know??


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    ImJohn
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    Some guy I know said his teachers are high up and that something on hope in the essay section (short story) will come up. His teacher also said Longley, Keats, Bishop and Montague are coming up. Thats what he said anyway, I wouldn't take his advise as concrete, infact I'm not lol. I'm studying Walcott and small bits of Montague. :o

    So if we see anything about hope on the essay section tomorrow than we know those are the poets that are coming up lol :pac:


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    rcaz
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    A guy in my school proposed that the theme of the English exam would be to do with supernatural/supersition-type-stuff, because there were a few Friday 13ths this year :p


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    christina_x
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    hmm.. i shall start thinking about a hope story so:D thank youu!:D


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    Remmy
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    i heard the theme of childhood is coming up.


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    Jammyc
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    ImJohn wrote: »
    His teacher also said Longley, Keats, Bishop and Montague are coming up.
    Walcott ftw!!
    God I hope he comes up....


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    Remmy
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    yep walcott for me too!or bishop.i know rich but not as well as id like!


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    TanG411
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    I too am on the Walcott wagon :o He's so easy. It's all nature this, nature that. With a bit of lost love. . .

    I'm gonna have a quick read over Montague aswell. Isn't his poets about a pig (Killing the Pig), a fish (The Fish), his mother (The locket) and his father (The cage)? He's all negative though so he's depressing :p


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    Pala!
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    I find Montague interesting.

    But The Fish is a Bishop poem ;)


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    TanG411
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    Pala! wrote: »
    I find Montague interesting.

    But The Fish is a Bishop poem ;)

    I know, but Montague did one aswell :p


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    Extrasupervery
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    Here are some blogs to copy http://www.leaving-cert.net :D

    I don't think there will be any big surprises on paper 1 really...


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    Stev_o
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    World Problems most likely, more then likely globlisation problems economy etc.


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    ImJohn
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    The name of Montague's poem is "trout" I think. I'm just reading over him, hes so easy :D


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    degausserxo
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    ImJohn wrote: »
    Some guy I know said his teachers are high up and that something on hope in the essay section (short story) will come up.

    I dunno if we're talking about the same person, but my grinds teacher is pretty high up as well and made us do a load of stuff during the year on hope.


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    ImJohn
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    Interesting :)


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    VivaLaVida
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    Do your teachers think the personal essay will be on hope too?


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    Pala!
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    What is the personal essay structure?

    What type of language etc.


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    Davaeo09
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    Hope? How the fook are you supposed to write an interesting essay on hope!
    Christ I hope it aint about hope!

    Also my predictions for poets are as follows

    Keats, Bishop, Longley and Montague


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    [Deleted User]
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    Hope would be a brilliant theme.

    It would be interesting to a write a short story, or even a personal essay, incorporating the theme of hope.


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    Dante
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    Didn't the theme of hope come up in a short story in the past 5 years? I'm almost 100% sure it did if that means anything!


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    degausserxo
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    DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »
    Didn't the theme of hope come up in a short story in the past 5 years? I'm almost 100% sure it did if that means anything!


    Yep, as far as I can remember it was something like 'Hope is a sustaining human gift'.


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    MrPirate
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    Hope or change will most likely come up. Remember who was elected in November around the time the paper was set. :D


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    Jello
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    MrPirate wrote: »
    Hope or change will most likely come up. Remember who was elected in November around the time the paper was set. :D
    Change was the theme in 2007 so that's unlikely.


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