**OL Irish Paper 1 before/after **

mossy95

decisions wrote: »

'Ni mór leathleathneach nó mar sin a scríobh'

I generally write 3/4 of a page to a page.

Your in the wrong thread this is ordinary Irish before/after

Lcstudent2013

What's in paper 1?
Is it just the tape and two other things that we have to do? (Letter, essay, story etc?)

SecondMan

I'm also thinking of dropping to ordinary level but I don't have a clue of the structure of the paper. My teacher is also a psycho and warned me not to go down. To be honest, I'd rather sit higher and fail than sit ordinary level because that woman would bate the livin' ****e outta me.

ronanc1000

I've only dropped down to ol in the last two weeks! Thought my teacher left it a bit late to ask me , but I had an idea anyway..
I'm between thinking I could fail HL so I'd drop down...
How hard is it to get a B in OL if you think you would fail HL realistically?


And what the best essay title to revise?

Cheers.

Bionicle

ronanc1000 wrote: »

I've only dropped down to ol in the last two weeks! Thought my teacher left it a bit late to ask me , but I had an idea anyway..
I'm between thinking I could fail HL so I'd drop down...
How hard is it to get a B in OL if you think you would fail HL realistically?


And what the best essay title to revise?

Cheers.

Depends on how well your oral went to be honest. It's quite easy to get a B if you are anyway decent at Irish and have a solid oral.

Revise the Litir and Sceal. Learn off opening and closing lines for the litir and learn some phrases that you can use all the time in the sceal(e.g. go tobann). Also learn an address and date your letter. I wrote a page for both and got a B2 overall.

Monsieur Folie

I reckon I failed my oral so I may put in a good written paper :P

007driver

decisions wrote: »

I think HL JC Irish was harder.

It was, I remeber writing 1 and a half A4 pages for JC. Now I write 3/4 of a page and still get top marks. Wrote better irish in JC aswell

Monsieur Folie

When I dropped down at the start of 6th year, I got the teacher I'd had all the way through Junior Cert HL.. She was teaching the same Irish, only dumbed down even more than it was then. I loved it! She was a great teacher though, very methodical about it, she taught it as a subject and not as a language which tbh I learned more with. If I'd had her for honours I probably would have stuck it out!

internet_user

sorry for the stupid question, but is the oral worth 40% for OL too?

JustForClarity

internet_user wrote: »

sorry for the stupid question, but is the oral worth 40% for OL too?

It is, yes.

Jamesunited

I hate Irish! Boring take nap

Jade.

Completely forgot about the tape! 0% for me :P

Hope I get to write about music at some stage! Favourite Irish topic! :pac:

Monsieur Folie

"Leigh anois go cúramach ar do scrúd-phápair, na treoracha agus na ceisteanna a ghabann le cuid A." Beeeeeeeeep. :P

SecondMan

Monsieur Folie wrote: »

"Leigh anois go cúramach ar do scrúd-phápair, na treoracha agus na ceisteanna a ghabann le cuid A." Beeeeeeeeep. :P

Examiner: "You"re saying this in my voice aren't you?"

tommybc

Does anyone have any sample answers for the scéal or letter?

dizzymenace

im feeling good about this exam . i just barely got the points i needed in the pres and that included the fact that i didnt know that we had to do 2 topics in paper 1 . i got 48% but now i did a really good oral and actually studied for the written tests .

SecondMan

Anyone have any good intros and conclusions for paper 1 stuff? I really am clueless in how the paper is structured.

mossy95

What would an A1 essay consist of In OL, i only dropped down like the 2nd last week of school so don't know whats expected at OL essay. How long? Do your sentences have to be just basic sentences constructed toghetour perfect or do they look for sayings and the likes?

Please Im not sure

Jade.

mossy95 wrote: »

What would an A1 essay consist of In OL, i only dropped down like the 2nd last week of school so don't know whats expected at OL essay. How long? Do your sentences have to be just basic sentences constructed toghetour perfect or do they look for sayings and the likes?

Please Im not sure

Essays only need to be about a page. Basic sentences and throw in a few phrases and you'll be fine. Essays are very simple anyway.

mossy95

Jade. wrote: »

Essays only need to be about a page. Basic sentences and throw in a few phrases and you'll be fine. Essays are very simple anyway.

Is that A1 standard though?

Jade.

mossy95 wrote: »

Is that A1 standard though?

Ya you don't need anything too complicated for ordinary level. There's a huge difference in what is required for higher and ordinary.

It's easy enough to get full marks in the essay with basic enough sentences and using phrases like in my opinion, without a doubt etc. :P

Monsieur Folie

Use as many similes as you can and throw in all of the JC shíte and you'll be grand.

Stuff like:
Go tobann; Níor chreid mé mo dhá chluas; chomh tapaidh le luas tintrí; ag crith le heagla; ba bheag nar thit mé i laige leis an ngeit a baineadh asam... etc...

I must know about 100 of those at this stage I'd say, between JC ones and new ones my teacher has bet into us this year. :P

Lena137

How long does the Litir and Sceal have to be? I haven't studied for this but I think we've long enough to string enough together of what we've learned through the years.

007driver

Lena137 wrote: »

How long does the Litir and Sceal have to be? I haven't studied for this but I think we've long enough to string enough together of what we've learned through the years.

Think its half a page each.

Jade.

Lena137 wrote: »

How long does the Litir and Sceal have to be? I haven't studied for this but I think we've long enough to string enough together of what we've learned through the years.

About a page each!

007driver

It says on the exam, about a half a page each

Lcstudent2013

What's the layout if we get a rhiomhphost instead of a litir?
Anybody?

007driver

Lcstudent2013 wrote: »

What's the layout if we get a rhiomhphost instead of a litir?
Anybody?

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ScummyMan

Right who fancies a race? First person to post in this thread after the exam wins

Lcstudent2013

Bring it on!!