Junior Cert Predictions Thread 2012

Bridcork · 16-05-2012 5:48pm

Hi Everyone,
I was asked today would i be able to help one of my friends out for Irish. Seeing as there is very little time left I said that i didn't know. It would be great if one of ye could post the Prose and the Poetry that ye have covered in Irish. Any predictions welcome as well. Thanks!

if832uspx4eogt · 16-05-2012 10:23pm

For History Q5 I was thinking Reformation but then it came up in the Mocks so now I'm not so sure. It may be Revolutionary Movements I think. As long as its not Age Of Exploration, it's ok.

if832uspx4eogt · 16-05-2012 10:24pm

Leinsterr wrote: »

Will anythin come up for the agricultural revolution????? I dont want to go near it. Also ENGLISH PAPER 2 PREDICTIONS

I don't think any agricultural, transport or industrial revolutions will come up in any long questions as Q5 last year was Rural Ireland & Industrial Britain. But I'd say something like "a mine worker or a factory worker" will come up in People In History.

paddzdaman · 16-05-2012 10:38pm

Emmalynn Slow Meatball wrote: »

For History Q5 I was thinking Reformation but then it came up in the Mocks so now I'm not so sure. It may be Revolutionary Movements I think. As long as its not Age Of Exploration, it's ok.

I reckon that age of explorations might come up as a part A in question 6, probley reformation in Q5 hopefully

IceCreamGirl · 17-05-2012 6:03pm

age of exploration came out in the mocks so i dont think it will come out in the junior cert

IceCreamGirl · 17-05-2012 6:04pm

does anything think book reviews would come out? (for english)

paddyzk · 17-05-2012 6:43pm

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

does anything think book reviews would come out? (for english)

Could be book,movie,CD.Have a layout for one and you'll be grand.

IceCreamGirl · 17-05-2012 6:48pm

a movie review came out for the mocks so do you think a review could come out again for the JC?

Pidge96 · 18-05-2012 12:27am

Irish History won't come up it was all over the 2011 paper
Geography's very topical so any notable weather events that happened this year might come up, don't ask me which ones :P Earthquakes were all over the news in 2011 and what came up?

paddyzk · 18-05-2012 11:23am

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

a movie review came out for the mocks so do you think a review could come out again for the JC?

Maybe,I have one prepared

Lor1963 · 18-05-2012 9:28pm

Is Irish history not guaranteed in section 6?? :eek:

Pidge96 · 19-05-2012 3:37pm

Social change and 20th century international relations are the only surefire things... and even at that sometimes social change doesn't come up

Lor1963 · 19-05-2012 4:01pm

But Irish history has come up every year since like 1998???

IceCreamGirl · 19-05-2012 6:38pm

can anyone tell me for HL geography what case study should i learn?

lennyloulou · 19-05-2012 7:53pm

Just wondering what your teachers are expecting to come up in the long questions??? What topics are ye revising at the min? tanx

paddyzk · 20-05-2012 11:36am

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

can anyone tell me for HL geography what case study should i learn?

There's a good few tbh.Learn them all

Leinsterr · 20-05-2012 11:53am

Predictions for PEOPLE IN HISTORY ACCOUNTS?????

Lor1963 · 20-05-2012 1:33pm

Is Irish history guaranteed or not? :eek: I was told it was and I know the whole section inside out as well as the International relations! I was only learning them too for section 6 because I was sure they'd be there and they can't really ask anything too absurd????

Slow Show · 20-05-2012 1:54pm

Lor1963 wrote: »

Is Irish history guaranteed or not? :eek: I was told it was and I know the whole section inside out as well as the International relations! I was only learning them too for section 6 because I was sure they'd be there and they can't really ask anything too absurd????

It'll be there as 6C - there hasn't been a single year (at least as far as my exam papers went back...which was 1997 I think) that it wasn't 6C. So don't worry.

niamhmc13 · 20-05-2012 2:18pm

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

age of exploration came out in the mocks so i dont think it will come out in the junior cert

Remember that the companies that generate the Mock papers try to predict what will come up based on how long it's been since it last did.
Explorations hasn't come up in Question 6 since 2003, and likewise, the Reformation hasn't come up in Question 5 since 2007.

I think they're both likely to come up this year. Or I hope, rather.

IrishLoriii · 20-05-2012 4:36pm

My teacher hasnt given us any hints or tips yet!

xfabgalx · 20-05-2012 4:41pm

Em, I think my teacher said something about the heart maybe for L.Q. It hasn't come up in a while.

yoyojc · 20-05-2012 10:29pm

I've heard from several teachers that q5 they'd bet on reformation or revolutions. The pres also guessed this! PLEASE NOTE: people are saying oh it came up in the pres.. The ores are made by an independent company. They guess what will come up and have absolutely zero influence on the actual junior cert which was made months ago,

Also in q6 age of explorations is highly recommended. I actually attended a recent meeting where teachers strongly suggested their students studying a serf on a medieval manor!

hope I've helped message for anything else. I teach history and maths!!

Caca_Cais · 21-05-2012 5:52pm

Leinsterr wrote: »

Predictions for PEOPLE IN HISTORY ACCOUNTS?????

yeah im like 60% certain the lord and lady is on it
and probs something from renassine
question 5 sources is most likey the reformation:)

lennyloulou · 21-05-2012 9:23pm

any home ec hints

niamhmc13 · 22-05-2012 4:57pm

Anyone have any idea of what kind of personal-type essays might come up?

IceCreamGirl · 22-05-2012 10:17pm

what accounts for history should i learn?
e.g. accounts for battle of britain, operation barbarossa, etc etc.
please give me accounts to learn off
i dont know any accounts

IceCreamGirl · 22-05-2012 11:52pm

Geography:
River Processes and Landforms
can any one please recommend me which one i should study?
please do not say all. lol :P

Definitions of source, tributary, confluence, mouth, estuary, basin, watershed

River processes of erosion (hydraulic action, abrasion,attrition,solution)

River transportation (suspension,saltation,traction,solution)

Features of a young valley and a formation
Features of a mature valley and a formation
Features of an old valley and a formation

Dams
Floods
Advantages of river valleys to people

IrishLoriii · 23-05-2012 11:03pm

My business teacher told us that the minister for education released a statement in September saying that this years JC would be very unpredictable as the papers are getting too predictable! The papers were done in October so just letting yis all no! I doubt the heart wil come up as a L.Q because it came up in the mocks for a home ec class in my year?

IceCreamGirl · 24-05-2012 10:35pm

any predictions for french letter/postcard/notes? please?

Lor1963 · 25-05-2012 12:14pm

IrishLoriii wrote: »

My business teacher told us that the minister for education released a statement in September saying that this years JC would be very unpredictable as the papers are getting too predictable! The papers were done in October so just letting yis all no! I doubt the heart wil come up as a L.Q because it came up in the mocks for a home ec class in my year?

I think that was about the LC

IceCreamGirl · 25-05-2012 3:02pm

any predictions on HL business ?

Lor1963 · 25-05-2012 4:10pm

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

any predictions on HL business ?

Ratios and assessing a business is due up

profit and loss,business documents,the ledger question and the household budget come up every year

IceCreamGirl · 25-05-2012 5:17pm

Lor1963 wrote: »

Ratios and assessing a business is due up profit and loss,business documents,the ledger question and the household budget come up every year

thanks a mil

any more particular topic i should concentrate on?

Slow Show · 25-05-2012 6:04pm

If you're going to try to predict anything, don't take what came up in mock papers into account. If a question came up in a mock, that does not under any circumstance reduce its chance of appearing in the actual paper. The mocks are made by completely separate entities - by businesses looking to make a profit.

Your best bet would be not to predict at all, of course, but meh, the Junior Cert isn't the most unpredictable exam out there I suppose. I still don't think predicting will make any difference whatsoever to your final grade though.

IceCreamGirl · 25-05-2012 6:12pm

okay

but i only started studying today and i guess concentrating more on the predicted topics will save my time from studying everything

Lor1963 · 25-05-2012 6:18pm

How long should the 10/12 mark accounts be for history?

IrishLoriii · 26-05-2012 12:32pm

Lor 1963 ( We have the same name :L:L)

My teacher always says 20 marks 20 facts, 10 marks 10 facts etc

Slow Show · 26-05-2012 12:44pm

Your teacher's telling you to write too much >.> You generally need 8 relevant facts for 20 marks, and 4 for 10 marks.

Obviously it's not going to get you less marks if you write more, but when it comes to timekeeping, writing much more than necessary will probably count against you.

IceCreamGirl · 26-05-2012 5:10pm

Contribution of Portuguese explorers to the Age of Exploration

-led the way in terms of exploration
-Prince Henry the Navigator set up school to train sailors at Sagres
-he encouraged development of new equipment and map-making
-explorers such as Vasco da Gama and Bartholomew Dias explored the coast of Africa, establishing a new sea route to India.

will i get full marks (10m) for that account?

Slow Show · 26-05-2012 6:51pm

I doubt that the first point would get an SRS tbh, you'll need to look up something else, and your two points about Henry the Navigator could (depending on marking etc.) be taken as one. So try find another two points, there should be plenty but that was always one of my least favourite sections so I can't be of much help content-wise.

If you get another two points, flesh each point out into a few paragraphs, it should be fine. I, however, have never been a correcter. Spurious...? :pac:

IceCreamGirl · 26-05-2012 7:05pm

my teacher gave me the marking scheme for the mocks and those were the answers o.O

IceCreamGirl · 26-05-2012 7:08pm

an account for:
The War of Independence, 1919-1921

Martial law
-the British responded to the escalating violence in ireland with increasing use of force - reluctant to reploy the regular British Army in greater numbers, they set up two paramilitary police units to aid the RIC - the 'Black and Tans', mainly ex-British soldiers demobilised after World War I and the 'Auxiliaries', consisting of former British army officers

-both groups rapidly gained a reputation for ill-discipline and mistreatment of the local civilian population and they did more harm to the British government's moral authority in Ireland than any other group - in response to IRA actions, they burned and sacked numerous small towns throughout Ireland

-in August 1920, the British set up military courts of enquiry to cover the whole population and empowered the courts to use the death penalty and internment wihout trial

^
would that be too much?

IceCreamGirl · 26-05-2012 7:47pm

oh. and yeah the portuguese did lead the way in the age of exploration.
it began in the 15th century when they drove the muslims out of their country
then they attacked muslim strongholds in Africa and heard about gold mines further south

spurious · 26-05-2012 9:26pm

Don't take the mocks or how they are marked as anything to help you for the real thing.
The purpose of the mocks is to make lots of money for a couple of companies.
They have no interest whatsoever in predicting what might come up.

Lor1963 · 26-05-2012 10:33pm

In my mocks I wrote a page and a half on Wolf Tone and on a neolithic farmer.I got 16/20 for each but it was exactly what was in my book and my teacher said they should have gotten full marks????

spurious · 26-05-2012 10:40pm

Lor1963 wrote: »

In my mocks I wrote a page and a half on Wolf Tone and on a neolithic farmer.I got 16/20 for each but it was exactly what was in my book and my teacher said they should have gotten full marks????

You wrote way too much for a 20 mark question. However, that wouldn't have lost you marks - crappy marking by cheapskate 'mock' businesses did that.

IceCreamGirl · 26-05-2012 11:18pm

hey spurious

do you think this is too much for an account?

The War of Independence, 1919-1921

Martial law
-the British responded to the escalating violence in ireland with increasing use of force - reluctant to reploy the regular British Army in greater numbers, they set up two paramilitary police units to aid the RIC - the 'Black and Tans', mainly ex-British soldiers demobilised after World War I and the 'Auxiliaries', consisting of former British army officers

-both groups rapidly gained a reputation for ill-discipline and mistreatment of the local civilian population and they did more harm to the British government's moral authority in Ireland than any other group - in response to IRA actions, they burned and sacked numerous small towns throughout Ireland

-in August 1920, the British set up military courts of enquiry to cover the whole population and empowered the courts to use the death penalty and internment wihout trial

Lor1963 · 27-05-2012 12:23am

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

hey spurious

do you think this is too much for an account?

The War of Independence, 1919-1921

Martial law
-the British responded to the escalating violence in ireland with increasing use of force - reluctant to reploy the regular British Army in greater numbers, they set up two paramilitary police units to aid the RIC - the 'Black and Tans', mainly ex-British soldiers demobilised after World War I and the 'Auxiliaries', consisting of former British army officers

-both groups rapidly gained a reputation for ill-discipline and mistreatment of the local civilian population and they did more harm to the British government's moral authority in Ireland than any other group - in response to IRA actions, they burned and sacked numerous small towns throughout Ireland

-in August 1920, the British set up military courts of enquiry to cover the whole population and empowered the courts to use the death penalty and internment wihout trial

You're not really talking about the War of Independence there?? You should probable mention major events like Bloody Sunday,MacSwiney's hunger strike and MaCurtain's murder

Oh,and the Anglo Irish Treaty :pac:

spurious · 27-05-2012 11:57am

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

hey spurious

do you think this is too much for an account?

The War of Independence, 1919-1921

Martial law
-the British responded to the escalating violence in ireland with increasing use of force - reluctant to reploy the regular British Army in greater numbers, they set up two paramilitary police units to aid the RIC - the 'Black and Tans', mainly ex-British soldiers demobilised after World War I and the 'Auxiliaries', consisting of former British army officers

-both groups rapidly gained a reputation for ill-discipline and mistreatment of the local civilian population and they did more harm to the British government's moral authority in Ireland than any other group - in response to IRA actions, they burned and sacked numerous small towns throughout Ireland

-in August 1920, the British set up military courts of enquiry to cover the whole population and empowered the courts to use the death penalty and internment wihout trial

As Lor1963 said, you haven't written about the War of Independence, so it would be hard to find any SRSs in what you wrote.

This is what I mean by how important it is to answer the question asked. Your answer seems to be about something else.

The war of Independence in Ireland was...
The people involved in both sides were....
Some incidents in the war were....
The results of the war were....

Junior Cert Predictions Thread 2012

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