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Junior Cert 2013 Exam Prediction

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    #272
    SomberClaws
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭SomberClaws


    Ok now I am worried. O.o

    Im doing, the Lake Isle of Innisfree,
    Tich Miller
    But you didnt
    Midterm break

    AND MAYBE The wild swans at coole ;c


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    #273
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    But you didnt is such a sad poem


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    #274
    BradyShim
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭BradyShim


    Hi Im just wondering is it a good idea to have a short story learned off for the HL english exam?


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    #275
    Val97
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭Val97


    BradyShim wrote: »
    Hi Im just wondering is it a good idea to have a short story learned off for the HL english exam?

    Im planning on writhing an essay iv done before again if it fits in! :)


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    #276
    SomberClaws
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭SomberClaws


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    But you didnt is such a sad poem

    I know! It's a good poem :) midterm break is also really sad:( 'a four foot box, a foot for every year' :'(


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    #277
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    SomberClaws wrote: »
    I know! It's a good poem :) midterm break is also really sad:( 'a four foot box, a foot for every year' :'(

    I kinda think it's cute rather than sad lol..


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    #278
    SomberClaws
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭SomberClaws


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    I kinda think it's cute rather than sad lol..

    CUTE O.O -backs away slowly-


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    #279
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    SomberClaws wrote: »
    CUTE O.O -backs away slowly-

    cute eyes :))))


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    #280
    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,179 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    BradyShim wrote: »
    Hi Im just wondering is it a good idea to have a short story learned off for the HL english exam?
    I'd only recommend learning off a short story from the point of view that you might use a character from it or a scenario of it, but obviously don't try to use a prepared story unless it definitely fits with the title, students lose marks every year by doing this (an experienced marker can tell!).
    Creating an interesting character, and/or writing out a few outlines of possible short stories would be more beneficial to you in my opinion.
    Sample essay outlines that would be very broad (and therefore useful) would be things like 'problem solved', 'a long journey', 'the best days of our lives', 'a beautiful place', etc
    Useful characters to 'build' might be a teenager with a secret, or a man who has recently lost his job (because of the recession of course!) or a young person about to emigrate, or a Junior Cert student with an unusual home life, etc etc... give them hobbies and personality traits etc, bear in mind that character development is very important in a short story so having a good strong character in mind before the exam will save you some time and effort on the day.
    Worked for me anyway (Junior Cert Higher level A, Leaving Cert Higher level A1)


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    #281
    positivealf
    Registered Users Posts: 300 ✭✭positivealf


    Hey guys just wanted to tell you that Modh Chonniolcha for Irish Grammar is going to come up, don't ask me how I know but at least revise it.


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    #282
    SomberClaws
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭SomberClaws


    positivealf wrote: »
    Hey guys just wanted to tell you that Modh Chonniolcha for Irish Grammar is going to come up, don't ask me how I know but at least revise it.

    Is it because
    2010=past
    2011=present
    2012=future

    2013=MC?

    XD


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    #283
    Bazinga_N
    Registered Users Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Bazinga_N


    positivealf wrote: »
    Hey guys just wanted to tell you that Modh Chonniolcha for Irish Grammar is going to come up, don't ask me how I know but at least revise it.
    You don't know. Nobody does.


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    #284
    positivealf
    Registered Users Posts: 300 ✭✭positivealf


    Bazinga_N wrote: »
    You don't know. Nobody does.

    Ok :)


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    #285
    positivealf
    Registered Users Posts: 300 ✭✭positivealf


    SomberClaws wrote: »
    Is it because
    2010=past
    2011=present
    2012=future

    2013=MC?

    XD

    No ;) but it is a nice pattern


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    #286
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    My teacher didn't even cover that tense you guys are talking about ... can anyone give me a quick rundown? :)


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    #287
    greenpyjamas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 618 ✭✭✭greenpyjamas


    positivealf wrote: »
    No ;) but it is a nice pattern

    What about the briathar saor? That could come up too.


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    #288
    greenpyjamas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 618 ✭✭✭greenpyjamas


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    My teacher didn't even cover that tense you guys are talking about ... can anyone give me a quick rundown? :)

    i gave a summary of it in the 'junior cert so close' thread (only regulars though)


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    #289
    positivealf
    Registered Users Posts: 300 ✭✭positivealf


    greenpyjamas wrote: »
    What about the briathar saor? That could come up too.

    You're right but isn't briathra saor like part of all the other tenses too?


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    #290
    greenpyjamas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 618 ✭✭✭greenpyjamas


    positivealf wrote: »
    You're right but isn't briathra saor like part of all the other tenses too?

    I suppose, but it could come up on its own too.


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    #291
    Bazinga_N
    Registered Users Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Bazinga_N


    Seriously guys, don't worry too much. Nobody (no matter how positive they are about it) knows what's coming up on the exam. The only people who know are those who wrote the questions and I'm pretty sure they don't know if their question will be used until it's handed out nationwide. Remember, there's a couple of back-up papers too in cased anything gets linked. So, anything could come up.


    Personally I think they might throw AF or AL in this year to get rid of the pattern and throw people off. Just like they do every now and again with the postcard/note question in French. Postcard came up in 2012 and 2011, even though people were convinced a note would come up in 2011 because of a pattern.

    Moral of the story: Don't trust patterns.


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    #292
    tvtvgogo
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭tvtvgogo


    Is anyone learning two poems by the same poet for comparison ?


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    #293
    Jijsaw
    Registered Users Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Jijsaw


    tvtvgogo wrote: »
    Is anyone learning two poems by the same poet for comparison ?


    Yep "Digging" and "The Early Purges" by Heaney


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    #294
    Fabian2205
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Fabian2205


    tvtvgogo wrote: »
    Is anyone learning two poems by the same poet for comparison ?


    Yeah, dulce and base details just in case. I doubt the comparison question will come up though.


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    #295
    Bazinga_N
    Registered Users Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Bazinga_N


    tvtvgogo wrote: »
    Is anyone learning two poems by the same poet for comparison ?
    Early Purges and Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney :)


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    #296
    leecamp25
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭leecamp25


    Do you think a question about a poet will come up? Where you have to discuss his techniques etc... :)


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    #297
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    leecamp25 wrote: »
    Do you think a question about a poet will come up? Where you have to discuss his techniques etc... :)

    Highly doubt it.


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    #298
    greenpyjamas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 618 ✭✭✭greenpyjamas


    leecamp25 wrote: »
    Do you think a question about a poet will come up? Where you have to discuss his techniques etc... :)

    Would love that!


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    #299
    leecamp25
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭leecamp25


    Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »
    Highly doubt it.

    I thought it was unlikely myself. I'm just considering wether it's worth the time to revise another Seamus Heaney Poem. I have covered a number of them in class but only really know Mid-Term Break in any depth.

    I'm hoping a question that I can use use Dulce et Decorum est in will come up though as I would be more comfortable with it.


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    #300
    SomberClaws
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭SomberClaws


    Best of luck to everyone tomorrow and hope everything will be ok!


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    #301
    Fabian2205
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Fabian2205


    leecamp25 wrote: »
    I thought it was unlikely myself. I'm just considering wether it's worth the time to revise another Seamus Heaney Poem. I have covered a number of them in class but only really know Mid-Term Break in any depth.

    I'm hoping a question that I can use use Dulce et Decorum est in will come up though as I would be more comfortable with it.

    You can answer practically all the q's with dulce.


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