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the english exam HL

  • 08-06-2011 5:45pm
    #1
    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    so how did you do?
    post all your comments here!

    to start things off:

    is it me or did anyone else write about osama bin laden for the media studies q1


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  • #2
    Louise6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭Louise6


    It actually went much better than expected :) paper 1 was easy - and i did Barack Obamas visit for the media studies question. And then paper paper 2 was also relatively easy. I'm pretty happy with how it went :D


  • #3
    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH


    Louise6 wrote: »
    It actually went much better than expected :) paper 1 was easy - and i did Barack Obamas visit for the media studies question. And then paper paper 2 was also relatively easy. I'm pretty happy with how it went :D

    same here, it went really well, just that my hands were killin me after that notorious paper 2


  • #4
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    After the exam every said they did either Obamas or the Queens visit...
    I did Osama bin Laden... They all said "Oh Yeah!"

    The Unseen Poetry was a bit bizarre though..


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    For Personal Writing i did the speech- it was a very nice title:D
    for functional writing i did a review of my PS3 :) lol


  • #6
    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH


    EmatoelDiablo wrote: »
    After the exam every said they did either Obamas or the Queens visit...
    I did Osama bin Laden... They all said "Oh Yeah!"

    The Unseen Poetry was a bit bizarre though..

    that was one of the stupidest poems i've ever heard, but for me i had very little time to do the studied poetry


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  • #7
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH wrote: »
    that was one of the stupidest poems i've ever heard, but for me i had very little time to do the studied poetry

    What is your impression on Mrs Reece?
    She laughs? A lot?


  • #8
    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH


    EmatoelDiablo wrote: »
    What is your impression on Mrs Reece?
    She laughs? A lot?

    hahaha, thats all she bloody did, the whole poem was about her laughing, wtf?


  • #9
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH wrote: »
    same, i did a ps3 review as well, it was class, what was your short-story or personal writing about?

    I did the Kindle for some reason.... wasn't arsed describing an Xbox again...wish it could have been a game though.. only wrote a page and a half:(


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH wrote: »
    same, i did a ps3 review as well, it was class, what was your short-story or personal writing about?

    the speech was write a speech for or against the motion Social Networking sites have a negative impact on the lives of teenagers (not the exact wording but close)
    Im useless at planning essays. :)


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    EmatoelDiablo wrote: »
    I did the Kindle for some reason.... wasn't arsed describing an Xbox again...wish it could have been a game though.. only wrote a page and a half:(

    How much are you advised to write? :confused:


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  • #12
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    How much are you advised to write? :confused:

    half a page for 5 marks...ridiculous I know but it helped a little


  • #13
    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH


    Deleted User wrote: »
    the speech was write a speech for or against the motion Social Networking sites have a negative impact on the lives of teenagers (not the exact wording but close)
    Im useless at planning essays. :)

    i wrote a story from the q a composition beginning with the lines ''I knew i needed a lot of courage to get through the day'' or something like that. i based mine on a prison


  • #14
    cantanstrophe
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭cantanstrophe


    EmatoelDiablo wrote: »
    What is your impression on Mrs Reece?
    She laughs? A lot?
    I said she was nice. I couldn't find any evidence, so I said that "In my experience, most people who laugh like that are."

    *facepalm*


  • #15
    TheRedDevil10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭TheRedDevil10


    no way is it half a page for 5 marks.
    A page and a half is enough for it


  • #16
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH wrote: »
    i wrote a story from the q a composition beginning with the lines ''I knew i needed a lot of courage to get through the day'' or something like that. i based mine on a prison

    I did that on occupied Paris :)
    Basically wrote half the saboteur gameplay :)


  • #17
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    TheRedDevil10 wrote: »
    no way is it half a page for 5 marks.
    A page and a half is enough for it

    Im always docked marks in English cause it's 'too short' freakin 5 page essay for the mock "sorry but you lost marks because it was too short


  • #18
    summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭summers nearly ther HUHHHHHHHHH


    EmatoelDiablo wrote: »
    Im always docked marks in English cause it's 'too short' freakin 5 page essay for the mock "sorry but you lost marks because it was too short

    haha i wrote 4 pages for the essay, but the freakin paper 2 killed my hand


  • #19
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    27 pages in the mock, 23 in the real thing FML


  • #20
    TheRedDevil10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭TheRedDevil10


    EmatoelDiablo wrote: »
    27 pages in the mock, 23 in the real thing FML


    you freak :eek:


  • #21
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    TheRedDevil10 wrote: »
    you freak :eek:

    Oh Jesus overall now! Not on a single paper :)
    One guy in my class wrote 36 today


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  • #22
    Doublechinlolz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭Doublechinlolz


    I didnt write about osama, the queen, OR obama! I wrote about Wayne Rooney cheating on coleen.. Yeah im serious... :L


  • #23
    Slow Show
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,248 ✭✭✭Slow Show


    Errr I wrote 16 for paper 2 and 14 for paper 1 >.> Well that's if there was 12 pages in each booklet, I think that's how much there were...so errr 30 pages, ouch. Although one of them doesn't really count because I started doing one studied drama question and crossed it out because I realised I hated it.


  • #24
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    Slow Show wrote: »
    Errr I wrote 16 for paper 2 and 14 for paper 1 >.> Well that's if there was 12 pages in each booklet, I think that's how much there were...so errr 30 pages, ouch. Although one of them doesn't really count because I started doing one studied drama question and crossed it out because I realised I hated it.

    All I can think about now is inappropriate jokes about painful hands:D


  • #25
    TheRedDevil10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭TheRedDevil10


    i only did 12 pages in total :)


  • #26
    Indiego
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Indiego


    I did 24 pages in total, 1 booklet for paper 1, 1 booklet for paper 2 :)


  • #27
    innovation.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭innovation.


    Why does everybody keep going on about the length? Have you read the marking schemes? Nowhere in it does it say that an answer should be a page and a half blah blah blah. Like for my functional writing I wrote a review about my iPhone 4 which was a fairly solid review (I'm on gadget sites everyday reading reviews) and it was only a page or so long. Didn't want to get too in-depth on the whole thing or else the examiner would've just been mind****ed me talking about phones that compare to it, specs, screen resolution, battery life etc. :p :L


  • #28
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    Indiego wrote: »
    I did 24 pages in total, 1 booklet for paper 1, 1 booklet for paper 2 :)

    Rightly done too!


  • #29
    mixery
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,724 ✭✭✭mixery


    Am I the only one to write about Haiti? Well, anyway, I went wondering of the point TERRIBLY so it's entirely down to luck what I get :D ,

    I have 2 booklets filled from edge to edge. I was in a trance, so I couldn't be bothered getting extra paper.




    That 2 hour break is fantastic, Finally we can have a proper soccer match during lunch:cool:.


  • #30
    TheRedDevil10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭TheRedDevil10


    The haiti earthquake was 17 months ago, the question said a story in the last 12 :rolleyes:



    :D:D:D


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  • #31
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    mixery wrote: »
    Am I the only one to write about Haiti?

    Only problem is that is said 'last 12 months'?
    :rolleyes:


  • #32
    DarkEagleEye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭DarkEagleEye


    Am I the only one that finished really early? For Paper 1 I finished a half hour early and and hour early on PP 2. I waited till the end tho, just in case . I was getting a bit nervous that everybody in my class said they were stuck for time cuz I was like wtf you serious?:rolleyes: . My hand is flipping aching now lol. I did a booklet for each PP too:pac:

    Sorry if I spelt something wrong my hands not responding much.:P


  • #33
    mixery
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,724 ✭✭✭mixery


    Ah well, maybe. It's not like I immensly care.


  • #34
    LMFAOx3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭LMFAOx3


    Oh crap.
    Am I the only one here who did question 2 for media studies?:(


  • #35
    innovation.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭innovation.


    Some people on here are caring way too much for there junior cert. God know's what they'll be like when it comes to the leaving. :eek:


  • #36
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    LMFAOx3 wrote: »
    Oh crap.
    Am I the only one here who did question 2 for media studies?:(

    The only one in Ireland? Yes. Good luck with that.


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  • #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    LMFAOx3 wrote: »
    Oh crap.
    Am I the only one here who did question 2 for media studies?:(

    no I did it too :)
    I only got 2A4 in total for it
    remember: correctors love change


  • #38
    DarkEagleEye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭DarkEagleEye


    Nah I did it. I only wrote about 7 lines for the ad lol. But I made it for it with a pg+half for second part.


  • #39
    Lollipop95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Lollipop95


    Am I the only one that did Cheryl's sacking from US Xfactor?

    I thought it made sense because the media are obsessed with Cheryl and it's VERY recent! Plus,I love Cheryl lol! :D

    I think I did very good. I said her sacking was premature,so that posh word should get me marks! :D

    I hope who every corrects it is a Cheryl Cole fan! :D


  • #40
    TheRedDevil10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭TheRedDevil10


    Lollipop95 wrote: »
    Am I the only one that did Cheryl's sacking from US Xfactor?

    I thought it made sense because the media are obsessed with Cheryl and it's VERY recent! Plus,I love Cheryl lol! :D

    I think I did very good. I said her sacking was premature,so that posh word should get me marks! :D

    I hope who every corrects it is a Cheryl Cole fan! :D

    Tweedy :P


  • #41
    Lollipop95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Lollipop95


    LMFAOx3 wrote: »
    Oh crap.
    Am I the only one here who did question 2 for media studies?:(

    what question was that? I think I may have done that too


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  • #42
    DarkEagleEye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭DarkEagleEye


    The one where it told you to write the text for an ad that would be used in a radio station to convince ppl to use their local library. Boring.


  • #43
    Lollipop95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Lollipop95


    Oh no I did the writing a letter to your future son/daughter
    By weird coincidence I was reading a magazine article in which celebs wrote to their 16 year old selves..I took inspiration from that! :)


  • #44
    EmatoelDiablo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭EmatoelDiablo


    Lollipop95 wrote: »
    Am I the only one that did Cheryl's sacking from US Xfactor?

    I thought it made sense because the media are obsessed with Cheryl and it's VERY recent! Plus,I love Cheryl lol! :D

    I think I did very good. I said her sacking was premature,so that posh word should get me marks! :D

    I hope who every corrects it is a Cheryl Cole fan! :D

    Yeah I hope I get someone who agrees that bin Ladens death meant nothing


  • #45
    DarkEagleEye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭DarkEagleEye


    Anyone find the poem a bit..well weird? I mean a guy in my class thought it was talking about a fat woman laughing. I just thought it was a woman laughing and said it was like a volcanic eruption.Ummm....that sounds a tad weird too:(


  • #46
    TheRedDevil10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭TheRedDevil10


    it just dawned on me that we have to wait til september to get the results!!! :eek:


  • #47
    hello.hello
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭hello.hello


    did anyone write about the earthquake in JAPAN??
    cus no one in my year did!


  • #48
    hello.hello
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭hello.hello


    TheRedDevil10 wrote: »
    it just dawned on me that we have to wait til september to get the results!!! :eek:
    i wil be so worried 4 the whole summa
    :(:confused:


  • #49
    Osmosis Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,916 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    hello.hello wrote: »
    did anyone write about the earthquake in JAPAN??
    cus no one in my year did!

    yeah my friend did the earthquake.i did bin laden though.the whole exam wasnt too bad i finished up pretty early in both papers. did anyone do the unseen poem question 2 about reading to your class.i did it on the eagle


  • #50
    innovation.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭innovation.


    After English now I'm just worried about the leaving cert in two years. F*ck the Junior cert, leaving is actually important. :D I just want to do good in my junior now so I can be happy on junior night. :p


  • #51
    Louise6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭Louise6


    Did anyone else think the personal writing choices were totally awesome this year! I prepared a story this morning before i went into the exam and it fit into every topic! I did the last one though where it was like "Include these words and phrases in your story..." I got kinda carried away with it though and ended up writing like 6 pages :(


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