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Leaving Cert 2013 Predictions?

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  • #1022
    peekachoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,971 ✭✭✭✭peekachoo


    outnumbered wrote: »
    Should we start with the essay or the comprehensions?

    I read through the titles of the essays first - I just focus on short stories - then I go back and do the comprehensions because the essays are taken from them and you may get struck with inspiration ;)


  • #1023
    stew.z.ger
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭stew.z.ger


    Sarahke wrote: »
    http://www.rte.ie/exams/countdownto306.html
    I'm not sure if that is this years one? I can't find a date on it. Might be worth a look though :)

    :(:(:( nope it's not right, as it says "For Irish paper 1 on the 13th June" Our paper one is on the 10th... thanks though :D


  • #1024
    Monsieur Folie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Monsieur Folie


    outnumbered wrote: »
    Should we start with the essay or the comprehensions?

    I always start with the comprehensions because they kind of calm you down a bit, and you might be able to pull ideas/words/phrases from them to use in your essay then.


  • #1025
    Jenny_ODwyer
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭Jenny_ODwyer


    Sarahke wrote: »
    I was told that at a revision course as well and I said it to me teacher and she said that on the syballus it says "feature" so they can't ask two. I still have a feeling that they will do this though but my teacher wouldn't answer my question for that reason. If it does come up as two features what answer should I use? I have the waterfall but what else? :/

    waterfall and a v-shaped valley :)


  • #1026
    stew.z.ger
    Registered Users Posts: 110 ✭✭stew.z.ger


    lc_2013 wrote: »
    Haha

    Yeah that sounds about right.. I'm so fecked for an essay haven't done anything for it.....
    And a school down the road from me, I dunno if I'll be seperate from everyone or in an exam hall, the suspense!! I wouldn't mind being in a seperate room though, no distractions!

    Yep I was talking to the Vice Principal in the school I'm doing mine in an he was saying that I will more than likely be in a room with other external candidates but you'd never know.. Maybe its best not knowing til the day.. You won't be distracted.. I'd say you'll be fairly on the ball with being an external candidate.. well that's what im hoping.. are you wanting to do teaching too?? or have you applied to go to college???


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  • #1027
    AndreaEgan
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭AndreaEgan


    11Charlie11 wrote: »
    All I see for Macbeth is ambition or evil :confused: I hope kingship is up anyway! :P
    Leaving Cert Student wrote: »
    No he said ambition or evil

    Guys ye are completely right! Sorry. Wow what came into my head? Well there goes that essay anyway :P


  • #1028
    outnumbered
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭outnumbered


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsxLc1bd8ks
    LOL


  • #1029
    Sarahke
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Sarahke


    AndreaEgan wrote: »
    Guys ye are completely right! Sorry. Wow what came into my head? Well there goes that essay anyway :P

    Wishful thinking I'd say :P


  • #1030
    outnumbered
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭outnumbered


    AndreaEgan wrote: »
    Guys ye are completely right! Sorry. Wow what came into my head? Well there goes that essay anyway :P

    Ara stop it! Don't pass a second thought to that! He is not the gospel.
    I'd say we'd be doing very well with Kingship. Even if it doesn't come up, It still gives us great insight into the text.! :D


  • #1031
    Sarahke
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Sarahke


    stew.z.ger wrote: »
    :(:(:( nope it's not right, as it says "For Irish paper 1 on the 13th June" Our paper one is on the 10th... thanks though :D

    I just tweeted them there asking :P I'll let you know if they tweet back :)


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  • #1032
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    outnumbered wrote: »
    Ara stop it! Don't pass a second thought to that! He is not the gospel.
    I'd say we'd be doing very well with Kingship. Even if it doesn't come up, It still gives us great insight into the text.! :D

    That too but you have to be able to adapt. If you learned an essay on Kingship and Elements of Macbeth as a tragedy for example, yet neither come up on the day, they can still be used. Say a question on Macbeth's character. We simply have 2 paragraphs about his portrayal as a king and him as a tragic hero. No study time wasted.


  • #1033
    AndreaEgan
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭AndreaEgan


    Sarahke wrote: »
    Wishful thinking I'd say :P
    outnumbered wrote: »
    Ara stop it! Don't pass a second thought to that! He is not the gospel.
    I'd say we'd be doing very well with Kingship. Even if it doesn't come up, It still gives us great insight into the text.! :D
    Deleted User wrote: »
    That too but you have to be able to adapt. If you learned an essay on Kingship and Elements of Macbeth as a tragedy for example, yet neither come up on the day, they can still be used. Say a question on Macbeth's character. We simply have 2 paragraphs about his portrayal as a king and him as a tragic hero. No study time wasted.

    It certainly was wishful thinking! Wouldn't be a bad one to come up :) All true though guys, no study is wasted I suppose :)


  • #1034
    outnumbered
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭outnumbered


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That too but you have to be able to adapt. If you learned an essay on Kingship and Elements of Macbeth as a tragedy for example, yet neither come up on the day, they can still be used. Say a question on Macbeth's character. We simply have 2 paragraphs about his portrayal as a king and him as a tragic hero. No study time wasted.

    Exactly.
    No matter what we do now, it's more than we knew 2 weeks ago so all study is productive study! :P


  • #1035
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Just as we're on the topic of Eoin Jackson. I think he may have learned his lesson from last year. I saw him say on some comments of his videos that you shouldn't expect widely tipped things but "medium" tipped things. Since Wordsworth and Shakespeare haven't been on in ages they would be highly tipped? But Mahon and Plath have been on more frequently than the former pair.
    I dunno, something to keep in mind I suppose :p
    I have self made notes on 4 poets but I haven't started to learn them yet. Oops.


  • #1036
    Jade.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭Jade.


    I don't understand why people are relying on him as if he writes the paper! :pac: He's making the same predictions as everyone else has based on past papers :P


  • #1037
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Jade. wrote: »
    I don't understand why people are relying on him as if he writes the paper! :pac: He's making the same predictions as everyone else has based on past papers :P

    I'm not relying on him at all, I didn't know who he was until last week! :p I just am wondering what perspective he's looking at to get "Ambition/Power" in Macbeth and we all expect "Kingship/Banquo"


  • #1038
    Jade.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭Jade.


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I'm not relying on him at all, I didn't know who he was until last week! :p I just am wondering what perspective he's looking at to get "Ambition/Power" in Macbeth and we all expect "Kingship/Banquo"

    I just mean the people who are panicking that he didn't mention whatever poet etc. :P


  • #1039
    katiyao
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭katiyao


    god I hope you're right.


  • #1040
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Jade. wrote: »
    I just mean the people who are panicking that he didn't mention whatever poet etc. :P

    Well as he mentions himself in that video, his poets aren't the best haha!


  • #1041
    lc_2013
    Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭lc_2013


    stew.z.ger wrote: »
    Yep I was talking to the Vice Principal in the school I'm doing mine in an he was saying that I will more than likely be in a room with other external candidates but you'd never know.. Maybe its best not knowing til the day.. You won't be distracted.. I'd say you'll be fairly on the ball with being an external candidate.. well that's what im hoping.. are you wanting to do teaching too?? or have you applied to go to college???

    Yeah hopefully, we got this! No I applied for Nursing, I'm doing 6 subjects. Are you just doing Irish?


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  • #1042
    lc_2013
    Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭lc_2013


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I have self made notes on 4 poets but I haven't started to learn them yet. Oops.

    Hahah I've done 4 Bishop poems, I did Plath last year so hoping to just run over notes on her, and I just looked at Mahon for the first time ever today - External Candidate, never studied him before. Oops! I'm way ahead of myself...


  • #1043
    Toblerone123
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Toblerone123


    could we get asked a full question on Banquo? I've very little on him prepared!


  • #1044
    aoifemcg94
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭aoifemcg94


    Sarahke wrote: »
    I just tweeted them there asking :P I'll let you know if they tweet back :)

    Cheers :) !


  • #1045
    Tommyrawr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 402 ✭✭Tommyrawr


    Anyone predictions been tipped on questions in Patterns and Processes in Human Environment elective in Geography?


  • #1046
    Copper_pipe
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    If Bishop and Plath come up, I'm doing bishop!


  • #1047
    David1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭David1994


    Tommyrawr wrote: »
    Anyone predictions been tipped on questions in Patterns and Processes in Human Environment elective in Geography?

    I dunno really but I think patterns of migration in past 100 years in Ireland might come up and maybe settlement/historical settlement patterns?
    Now that I think of it overpopulation may come up but it is fairly hard to call! :L

    Have you gone over the different land use models? I really need to go back over them,haven't done them in ages :P


  • #1048
    outnumbered
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭outnumbered


    Copper_pipe wrote: »
    If Bishop and Plath come up, I'm doing bishop!

    Mise Freisin!


  • #1049
    padraig100
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭padraig100


    anyone any notion for irish essays and does anyone know if you get marks taken of if you write your diospoireacht in essay form? like no proper introduction or conclusion?


  • #1050
    ray2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭ray2012


    padraig100 wrote: »
    anyone any notion for irish essays and does anyone know if you get marks taken of if you write your diospoireacht in essay form? like no proper introduction or conclusion?

    Without a doubt you'd lose marks if you wrote your answer for a debate question in an essay form. I'm not sure how much, but I'd imagine it would be fairly severe.


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  • #1051
    David1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭David1994


    ray2012 wrote: »
    Without a doubt you'd lose marks if you wrote your answer for a debate question in an essay form. I'm not sure how much, but I'd imagine it would be fairly severe.

    Our teacher told us that it was perfectly acceptable to write it like an essay :confused:
    He said that there were no marks going for the actual structure....Please tell me is not wrong?


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