Junior Cert Predictions Thread 2012

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Lads, clam down about English. Just learn your quotes for your poetry, drama and your novel, that's what most marks are going for in each question.

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iliketwixbars wrote: »

Prose:

Cairdeas (friendship) last came up in 2009. There is a good chance it will be there this year.

Loyalty, I think this is dílseacht (correct me if I'm wrong) has never come up, it s unlikely to be honest. However, love (similar to loyalty) comes up most years.


Poetry:

Love comes up ALMOST every year. It SHOULD be there this year, I hope it is!

Your back-up "family life" usually only comes up in the prose section (rarely, if ever in the poetry). I would recommend learning something different to this.


Hope this helps.

Sound out

do you think there will be a poem about animals?

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

QUESTION!

what if we dont have enough time to finish the paper?

Nothing you can do then. Thats why you need to plan out the amount of time you spend on each question and even if you don't finish a question move onto the next one. What you don't want to happen is get 3 out of 4 sections done, your losing out on marks big time. You'd be better of doing all questions but not completed because it gives you higher marks for the base of the answer. For paper 1 go for something like 1 hour for personal writing and 30 mins for the rest of the sections and for paper 2 spend 50 mins on each sections. Remember, don't leave the exam early, use all of your time

English HL:

For some reason im thinking key scence for studied drama (hasnt been since 2009 and before that 2002).. or why you'd recommend the play (which i cant seem to find at all in my papers so that means more than 10 years aago)

Im thinking love for studied poem (since 2004)

And opening for novel...


well thats what im hoping for

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

do you have any notes for the opening of To Kill a Mockingbird?

Sorry, didnt do that novel

The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama. It focuses on six-year-old Scout Finch, who lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill who visits Maycomb to stay with his aunt each summer. The three children are terrified of, and fascinated by, their neighbor, the reclusive "Boo" Radley. The adults of Maycomb are hesitant to talk about Boo and, for many years, few have seen him. The children feed each other's imagination with rumors about his appearance and reasons for remaining hidden, and they fantasize about how to get him out of his house. Following two summers of friendship with Dill, Scout and Jem find that someone is leaving them small gifts in a tree outside the Radley place. Several times, the mysterious Boo makes gestures of affection to the children, but, to their disappointment, never appears in person.


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would that be a good opening?

or....

The novel opens with the mention of a climatic event - Jem's broken arm. It will then return to investigate all the events which lead up to this particular climax.

The first chapter presents the background against which the action is to take place. Maycomb is a very quiet southern town, a town where things have continued in the same fashion for years and years. The fact is emphasized because soon an event will occur which will almost shatter the entire town. The quiet, lazy atmosphere, the desire for peace and stability evident in the town, contrasts with the bitter animosities which will arise over Mayella's charges against Tom Robinson.

We are also given our first understanding of Atticus Finch. We perceive that he is a man who is willing to leave the traditions of his family and take up the profession of law.

The Radley place is described in detail in the opening and will begin to assume increasing importance throughout the novel. Miss Lee is creating a certain atmosphere and tension connected with the house which will ultimately become the focal point of the children's activity.

IceCreamGirl wrote: »

do we have to put in quotes when we're writing about the opening of a novel?

You have to use quotes for everything really
I did 'To kill a mockingbird' and the quotes i have for the opening are:
'When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow'
'There was nowhere to go.nothing to buy and no money to buy it with'
'Atticus was 'related by blood or marriage to nearly everyone in Maycomb'
'Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom'
'Dill gave us the idea of making Boo come out'
If you can understand and explain them,great!

tornados2111 wrote: »

I just finished the English paper 1 and just now I realise that for the personal writing essay I didn't indicate which title I chose. If you read the first 3 lines you will see that the essay is about friendshp. I was wondering if i lose marks for that or if I will just get 0 for it, its the biggest part of the exam so I really want to know, if anyone can help, please tell me if I will get 0 for it or not

I done that too. Only realised after reading this. I done the speech though and I mentioned the title about 5 lines in and on the last line. Will there be any problems?

No, thats the problem, I didn't write about the number or the title.

for paper 1
functional writing and media studies
i chose question 2 on both which is about writing a response about internet access facility replacing books

is there any format to that or just write in paragraphs?

and for media studies i picked question 2 which like, im the editor.
i've never done any of those in class so i have no idea what the format is like
is there any format to that ?
i just wrote in paragraphs

and for a 15m question i wrote half the page. my writing's a bit small so.... im just worried lol

i had fun doing paper 2 though
the short story was funny.
i said yes. yes. yes i said. yes.
lol

Kanciapa wrote: »

Oh cr*p man, I dont know. Now you got me worried, I dont remember if I indicated which essay I chose!! I did the speech on young people's lifestyles, so Im sure the examiner will be able to guess, right? I mean my first line includes the words "I agree with the motion that young people lead unhealthy lifestyles" so as long as it's possible to guess, they wont take marks off. Examiners WANT to give you marks and if it's a detail like that.. dunno x_x Now you got me all worried!! I wont stop thinking about it for like, ever xD Im not sure if you absolutely HAVE to include it, maybe it's just for their convenience?

The worst thing about is that we will never know. The examiner could not take away any marks, or could take away a good few. He could just get instructions to give 0 if its not indicated which question. The bad thing is that we will never know if say we get a D or a C we won't know what caused it. If we got 0 for it and still got the C thats fine but if you got marks for it but got a C its not so bad. That really sucks a lot, don't know what to do, I guess all we can do now is try and forget about it and hope for the best

I used the word friendship or friends at least 20 times, hope its obvious enough hope I get the marks

what tense is predicted for part of the HL paper 1 where you change tenses? People are saying modh con... but we've never done that in class... im kinda freaking out:eek: