Guess the English p1 theme

fionnacake · 03-06-2014 8:10pm

It could be something like liberation or equality, or maybe something more general like change?

EoghanIRL · 03-06-2014 8:23pm

fionnacake wrote: »

It could be something like liberation or equality, or maybe something more general like change?

Yes I would love change .
Would love science too or anything to do with advancing technology etc.

Badwulf · 03-06-2014 8:25pm

Buttholes

Mr Pseudonym · 03-06-2014 8:42pm

2013 Story-telling
2012 Memory
2011 Mystery
2010 The Future
2009 Decisions
2008 Identity
2007 Change
2006 Pretence
2005 Ordinary lives
2004 Work and play
2003 Journeys
2002 Family
2001 Irishness

Quite frankly, if you can't spot the obvious pattern, you don't deserve to know.

Smash The House · 03-06-2014 8:52pm

Wisdom

K6Y · 03-06-2014 9:28pm

Friends or Travel seem likely... I seriously hope they don't come up though!!

JD244 · 03-06-2014 9:41pm

Aspiring wrote: »

Tragedy

Tragedy wouldn't be too bad for the essay, but it'd be tough enough for the articles and speeches.

dee_mc · 03-06-2014 9:43pm

K6Y wrote: »

Friends or Travel seem likely... I seriously hope they don't come up though!!

Travel could be nice enough, have a look at the 2003 paper 'Journey', gorgeous paper.

LiverpoolLad95 · 03-06-2014 10:01pm

When we talk about theme here, is it what the Articles are based on? Haven't heard anything like this before. Guess it just shows how bad I am. Anyway, say Black Rights comes up, could I use my knowledge of Martin Luther King from History and the Boycott?

dee_mc · 03-06-2014 10:04pm

LiverpoolLad95 wrote: »

When we talk about theme here, is it what the Articles are based on? Haven't heard anything like this before. Guess it just shows how bad I am. Anyway, say Black Rights comes up, could I use my knowledge of Martin Luther King from History and the Boycott?

Yes, but don't fall into the trap of writing a factual history essay

And you can also use the information and characters in the articles and pictures to inform your main essay if you wish. Some students make the mistake of thinking that doing this is 'cheating' - it's not, it's using given material as inspiration, which is a good thing

Mr Pseudonym · 03-06-2014 10:06pm

LiverpoolLad95 wrote: »

Say Black Rights comes up...

If you look at the list given in a previous post, all of the themes have been abstract. You might get something like Prejudice or Intolerance, but nothing specific like you mentioned.

dee_mc · 03-06-2014 10:07pm

The theme of the paper is stated on the first page (have a look http://examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2013/LC002ALP100EV.pdf)
All the comprehensions and the essay titles are loosely based on the theme, which tends to be quite general.

LiverpoolLad95 · 03-06-2014 10:12pm

dee_mc wrote: »

Yes, but don't fall into the trap of writing a factual history essay
And you can also use the information and characters in the articles and pictures to inform your main essay if you wish. Some students make the mistake of thinking that doing this is 'cheating' - it's not, it's using given material as inspiration, which is a good thing

Oh yer, won't make that mistake. In the mock we had to write an essay on a courageous act, just thinking it would be good to write about being a student in a sit-in or a march.

dee_mc · 03-06-2014 10:14pm

LiverpoolLad95 wrote: »

Oh yer, won't make that mistake. In the mock we had to write an essay on a courageous act, just thinking it would be good to write about being a student in a sit-in or a march.

That's the stuff, it's great to have a bit of a sub-plot going too, so think about setting a story/essay in a historical period that interests you.