*** Leaving Cert Higher Irish 2014 - Before and after discussion

EoghanIRL

RAnderson1995 wrote: »

I usually write about 3, but i wrote 4 and a bit today because the titles were just so nice i could write about so much!

Yes also wrote 4 and a bit . If you want an a1 then you need to write more than 500 to 600 anyways .

A7XGirl

For the essay can we agree or disagree?
I disagreed and wrote against one of the topics and now I fear it wil be considered off topic.

aleatorio

peekachoo wrote: »

I'm worried about whatever trick the SEC are playing with that listening exam...

I did the bochtanas essay, think im the only one in my room who didn't do young people, except another girl who did the gaeilge oraid :P

I was going to do the bochtanas essay but I didnt have enough prepared on Ireland specifically so I did the young people one instead

Wrote a 5 page, tiny writing, rant about everything you could possibly think of :pac: Spent 45 minutes alone just planning the yoke :cool:

RAnderson1995

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Yes also wrote 4 and a bit . If you want an a1 then you need to write more than 500 to 600 anyways .

Yeah i'm more looking for a B, but i'm willing to try for the A! I need a C3 to get into my course but I need a higher grade to get the points for my course!

aleatorio

A7XGirl wrote: »

For the essay can we agree or disagree?
I disagreed and wrote against one of the topics and now I fear it wil be considered off topic.

I disagreed with the young people essay and Im 99.9% that that's perfectly fine :pac:

Anonymagician

A7XGirl wrote: »

For the essay can we agree or disagree?
I disagreed and wrote against one of the topics and now I fear it wil be considered off topic.

It's just a statement so you can state it and be like "I don't think this is true because...."

EoghanIRL

aleatorio wrote: »

I disagreed with the young people essay and Im 99.9% that that's perfectly fine :pac:

Do you get a choice on aistes? That's why I did debate. Well I had culu eacnamaiochta learned too

aleatorio

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Do you get a choice on aistes? That's why I did debate. Well I had culu eacnamaiochta learned too

Pretty sure you do, like they cant force an opinion on you, what if you didnt agree with any of them or something :pac:

A7XGirl

aleatorio wrote: »

I disagreed with the young people essay and Im 99.9% that that's perfectly fine :pac:

Yes, thank you! I was panicking for a while there

EoghanIRL

aleatorio wrote: »

Pretty sure you do, like they cant force an opinion on you, what if you didnt agree with any of them or something :pac:

Well it's not a personal essay either .
I'd imagine it's grand to give either side of story

Jones82

A7XGirl wrote: »

Yes, thank you! I was panicking for a while there

Ugh, I had the perfect essay to do that but decided to agree with the statement just to be on the safe side

kates339

A7XGirl wrote: »

For the essay can we agree or disagree?
I disagreed and wrote against one of the topics and now I fear it wil be considered off topic.

I did the same.. I too am worrying! :O

Ciaratabb1

I disagreed with the statement an wrote about drugs and education and cyber bullying and all that

Mundy07

What was the scéal titles for honours?

aleatorio

Mundy07 wrote: »

What was the scéal titles for honours?

Díoma and 'Níl mar a shiltear a bhitear' I think

Ciaratabb1

What is everyone learning for poetry and pros and thig na tit orm

Mundy07

I thought they had given me a pass paper by accident!!!


Please let them bot go psycho on paper two to make up for that paper!!

T0001

Disagreeing is not wrong presuming you didnt disagree and then go off on a tangent.

robman60

That listening test was ridiculously easy. The French listening is far more difficult, no doubt about that. I thought the pace was humorous at times, especially for the "Scoláire na Bliana". Painfully slow!

My top two aistes appeared, bochtanas and Gaeilge, but I did the Gaeilge one as I felt I could include the title more which is essential for an A1. I mentioned the Germans (who you were giving the speech too) in a bunch of places too and it just seemed to flow very nicely. I honestly have never written a better piece before!

An mbeidh páipéir a dó chomh easca? Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir! :pac:

sarbear18

was it just me or was the tape verrrryyy easy... what did ye think?

Ciaran511

RIGHT what's coming up tomorrow? I'm feeling (hoping for) colscaradh and caca milis/dis

iamthestig

Did anyone else do the cultur question for the Germans??

Ciaratabb1

I hope spailpin fanach or colscaradh and dis come up ðŸ™

robman60

iamthestig wrote: »

Did anyone else do the cultur question for the Germans??

Yes!

SSMorg

A7XGirl wrote: »

For the essay can we agree or disagree?
I disagreed and wrote against one of the topics and now I fear it wil be considered off topic.

I did the exact same, did the one about younger years of your life, said I disagree & wrote about all the problems of young people, do you think I will get any marks? I was counting on the media & then had problems of young people ready also.

A7XGirl

SSMorg wrote: »

I did the exact same, did the one about younger years of your life, said I disagree & wrote about all the problems of young people, do you think I will get any marks? I was counting on the media & then had problems of young people ready also.

That's exactly what I done too, but from the looks of it I'm sure we'll be marked as usual

aleatorio

SSMorg wrote: »

I did the exact same, did the one about younger years of your life, said I disagree & wrote about all the problems of young people, do you think I will get any marks? I was counting on the media & then had problems of young people ready also.

It'll be fine, trust me
As long as you kept referring back to the title :pac:

curlyclodagh

SSMorg wrote: »

I did the exact same, did the one about younger years of your life, said I disagree & wrote about all the problems of young people, do you think I will get any marks? I was counting on the media & then had problems of young people ready also.

If you regularly referenced the title then you'll definitely get marks. Like if you said "... dá bharr, níl saol foirfe ag daoine óga" (can't remember the exact title of the aiste) then you'll be grand as long as you weren't regurgitating random pieces of information.

curlyclodagh

Anyone else think it'll be Spailpín and Cáca tomorrow?

iamthestig

What's everyone's thoughts for tomorrow?

Also anyone have an ideas for An Triail? I'm clueless about that!

jellytots95

are many people doing Oisín i dtír na nóg, hurlamaboc, mo ghrá-sa and an t-earrach thiar?

robman60

curlyclodagh wrote: »

Anyone else think it'll be Spailpín and Cáca tomorrow?

Spailpín yes. Not so sure about Cáca Milis. I'd be far more inclined to say Dís or Gnáthrud really.

I have no real basis other than gut instinct, but Spailpín Fánach and Dís/Gnáthrud seem more likely to me.

Midlife Crashes

Can anyone link me to some Maidhc Dainin notes. Bad time to realize i haven't had them in about a year..

Lady Mac

jellytots95 wrote: »

are many people doing Oisín i dtír na nóg, hurlamaboc, mo ghrá-sa and an t-earrach thiar?

I'm not going to do them. I know it's a risk but I said this morning that if paper 1 went well and I could afford the risk I wouldn't do them. I just feel the time would be better spent on Gafa.

Am I mad??

fionnacake

jellytots95 wrote: »

are many people doing Oisín i dtír na nóg, hurlamaboc, mo ghrá-sa and an t-earrach thiar?

I think at this stage I'm going to just leave them out An Triail is the best thing to focus on at this stage since it's definitely coming up and it's worth more marks, also it might be a good idea to prepare something on the genres of the comprehensions if you haven't already

sallycoolgal

having to write a talk in irish for german students was the most random thing ever hahah

Powerhouse

Lady Mac wrote: »

I'm not going to do them. I know it's a risk but I said this morning that if paper 1 went well and I could afford the risk I wouldn't do them. I just feel the time would be better spent on Gafa.

Am I mad??

A teacher's point of view: prós/filíocht are worth just 30 marks each - that's 5 per cent of the overall each. Either one of the comprehensions tomorrow is worh almost as much as the two put together. If you've been going well and are happy enough you're in the ballpark of the grade you want you could take the hit on one of them but I'd not advise to completely skip both - otherwise you are potentially forfeiting 10 per cent of the entire exam for the sake of a few hours' study. That said, at least you know the other literature will definitely be on so make your own judgement but like I said turning your back compeletely on a significant portion of the marks (when you aggregate those sections' marks) might be ill-advised.

On the point others raised about the essay, I haven't seen the paper myself yet, but you are entitled to disagree with any title if you like. If you are even vaguely worried about having done that you are wasting your worries.

iamthestig

sallycoolgal wrote: »

having to write a talk in irish for german students was the most random thing ever hahah[/]

I was tempting to write in English. Make it more realistic.

jellytots95

Powerhouse wrote: »

A teacher's point of view: prós/filíocht are worth just 30 marks each - that's 5 per cent of the overall each. Either one of the comprehensions tomorrow is worh almost as much as the two put together. If you've been going well and are happy enough you're in the ballpark of the grade you want you could take the hit on one of them but I'd not advise to completely skip both - otherwise you are potentially forfeiting 10 per cent of the entire exam for the sake of a few hours' study. That said, at least you know the other literature will definitely be on so make your own judgement but like I said turning your back compeletely on a significant portion of the marks (when you aggregate those sections' marks) might be ill-advised.

On the point others raised about the essay, I haven't seen the paper myself yet, but you are entitled to disagree with any title if you like. If you are even vaguely worried about having done that you are wasting your worries.

Do you know how many points they are looking for on the poet in a poetry question?:)

LC767

So I'm freaking out because I have Biology tomorrow aswell and so little time to get everything done :O

What pros./poetry would people suggest cramming? I'm a confident enough student to be able to bull**** whatever comes up but I would like an A so which ones should I focus on?

ave123

so i did the debate about irish today and i didnt think it was as good as it could have been....i've been preparing for the essay, so the only think i knew how to say at the beginning wa,s a chairde, and i proberly didnt spell it right. i thought my spelling and grammer wasnt much better than in the mocks and it wasnt great in the mocks (50/100). i didnt want to much about things off the topic of irish, so the only other essay i threw in was about drink, and how the irish have a culture to drink...i just hope to god that it didnt go as bad as i thought it did... also i only wrote 3 and a half pages and some people wrote 6..

Keeks96

robman60 wrote: »

Yes!

I did it too! Bhí sé go híontach, agus bhí an cluaistiscint chomh éasca I hope the SEC take it easy with paper two tomorrow

FatRat

Anybody do the debate about the economy? The less who did it the better I reckon....

Daithi MacG

Did the blianta óige blianta is fearr one, sure twas grand. That listening though. After section A being easy i was ready for the onslaught but it never came thank god. Thats at least 55 marks in the bag, probably more! And I'm sure most people feel the same about it. Hopefully tomorrow won't be too bad, but seeing as today was pretty easy I don't expect they'll be doing us any favours...

Leavingcert!!

whats the recommended length for the An Triail answer??

Marteh

Asking a question for a friend here. If you wrote a scéal on Díoma and you thought it meant loyalty, so you wrote an essay on loyalty, will you just lose the 20 marks for story and be marked on your grammar? Or is there a more serious penalty?

oncex

Guys how many points for each question in prose and poems?

Spailpin better make an appearance

Efafitz1994

i did the things that are important in my life and adapted gaeilge to that instead...i talked about TG4 and RnaG the gaeltacht and gaeilscoileanna and the irish language and kept referring back to why they were important in my life and i also had a paragraph on how the politicians dont take it seriously and how that annoys me...am i completely off task?

IsMiseAvril

So delighted with how today went, even though i nearly had a nervous breakdown in the loo before at 1:45!! My first time sitting an exam in 6 years (I am back repeating LC HL Irish 10 years after my own LC!!) I nearly did a dance on the table when i seen the economy debate come up. I think tonight I'm going to just concentrate on An Triail (an Teicniochtai Dramata) and hopefully blag my way through whatever poem/story comes up!

Think of it this way...... Oral is worth 40%, Tape 10% and Essay 17% We've already got a decent chunk out of the way!

anklebiters

Hi so I was just wondering how much are you expected to write if they ask about the life of the poet. it's always a 6 marker so im guessing about 6-10 lines??
thank god paper 1 was so good