Leaving Cert Exam 2011

Elegance · 03-08-2009, 23:19

Leaving Certificate Examination, 2011

English

Herewith is the list of prescribed texts for the Leaving Certificate Examination, 2011

As the syllabus indicates, students are required to study from this list:

1.One text on its own from the following texts: -

BINCHY, Maeve Circle of Friends (O)

BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights (H/O)

IBSEN, Henrik A Doll’s House (H/O)

JOHNSTON, Jennifer How Many Miles to Babylon? (O)

MONK KIDD, Sue The Secret Life of Bees (O)

MURPHY, Tom A Whistle in the Dark (H/O)

O’CASEY, Sean The Plough and the Stars (O)

SHAKESPEARE, William Hamlet (H/O)

STEINBECK, John The Grapes of Wrath (H/O)

·One of the texts marked with H/O may be studied on its own at Higher Level and at Ordinary Level.

·One of the texts marked with O may be studied on its own at Ordinary Level.

2. Three other texts in a comparative manner, according to the comparative modes prescribed for this course.

·Any texts from the list of texts prescribed for comparative study, other than the one already chosen for study on its own, may be selected for the comparative study. Texts chosen must be from the prescribed list for the current year.

·At Higher Level and at Ordinary Level, a film may be studied as one of the three texts in a comparative study.

3. The Comparative Modes for Examination in 2011 are:

Higher Level (i) Theme or Issue
(ii) The General Vision and Viewpoint
(iii) The Cultural Context

Ordinary Level (i) Relationships
(ii)Theme
(iii)Social Setting

4. Shakespearean Drama

At Higher Level a play by Shakespeare must be one of the texts chosen. This can be studied on its own or as an element in a comparative study.

At Ordinary Level the study of a play by Shakespeare is optional.

5. Poetry

Higher Level:

A selection from the poetry of eight poets is prescribed for Higher Level.

Students will be expected to have studied at least six poems by each poet.

Ordinary Level:

A total of 36 poems is prescribed for Ordinary Level.

Texts prescribed for comparative study, for examination in the year 2011

AUSTEN, Jane Emma

BINCHY, Maeve Circle of Friends

BOWEN, Elizabeth The Last September

BRANAGH, Kenneth (Dir.) As You Like It (Film)

BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights

CHANG, Jung Wild Swans

COETZEE, J.M. Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life

CURTIZ, Michael (Dir.) Casablanca (Film)

DALDRY, Stephen (Dir.) Billy Elliot (Film)

DICKENS, Charles Hard Times

FRIEL, Brian Dancing at Lughnasa

GAGE, Eleni North of Ithaka

HARRIS, Robert Pompeii

HOSSEINI, Khaled The Kite Runner

IBSEN, Henrik A Doll’s House

ISHIGURO, Kazuo Never Let Me Go

JOHNSTON, Jennifer How Many Miles to Babylon?

KEANE, John B Sive

MacLAVERTY, Bernard Lamb

MARTEL, Yann Life of Pi

McDONAGH, Martin The Lonesome West

McEWAN, Ian Atonement

MEIRELLES, Fernando (Dir.) The Constant Gardener (Film)

MONK KIDD, Sue The Secret Life of Bees

MOORE, Brian Lies of Silence

MURPHY, Tom A Whistle in the Dark

NGOZI ADICHIE, Chimamanda Purple Hibiscus

O’CASEY, Sean The Plough and the Stars

O’DONNELL, Damien (Dir.) Inside I’m Dancing (Film)

PETTERSON, Per Out Stealing Horses

PICOULT, Jodi My Sister’s Keeper

RADFORD, Michael (Dir.) Il Postino (Film)

ROSOFF, Meg How I Live Now

SHAKESPEARE, William Hamlet

The Tempest

SHIELDS, Carol Unless

SOPHOCLES Oedipus the King

STEINBECK, John The Grapes of Wrath

TREVOR, William The Story of Lucy Gault

Poets Prescribed for Higher Level

BOLAND, Eavan The War Horse
Child of Our Time
The Famine Road
The Shadow Doll
White Hawthorn in the West of Ireland
Outside History
The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me
This Moment
The Pomegranate
Love

DICKINSON, Emily “Hope” is the thing with feathers
There’s a certain Slant of light
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
A Bird came down the Walk
I heard a Fly buzz – when I died
The Soul has Bandaged moments
I could bring You Jewels – had I a mind to
A narrow Fellow in the Grass
I taste a liquor never brewed
After great pain, a formal feeling comes
FROST, Robert The Tuft of Flowers
Mending Wall
After Apple-Picking
The Road Not Taken
Birches
‘Out, Out-’
Spring Pools
Acquainted with the Night
Design
Provide, Provide
HOPKINS, Gerard Manley God’s Grandeur
Spring
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame
The Windhover
Pied Beauty
Felix Randal
Inversnaid
I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day
No worst there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief
Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend
KAVANAGH, Patrick Inniskeen Road: July Evening

Shancoduff
from The Great Hunger Section I
Advent
A Christmas Childhood
Epic
Canal Bank Walk
Lines Written on a Seat on the Grand Canal
The Hospital
On Raglan Road
RICH, Adrienne Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
Uncle Speaks in the Drawing Room
Power
Storm Warnings
Living in Sin
The Roofwalker
Our Whole Life
Trying to Talk with a Man
Diving Into the Wreck
From a Survivor

WORDSWORTH, William To My Sister

A slumber did my spirit seal
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Composed upon Westminster Bridge
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free
The Solitary Reaper
from The Prelude:

The Stolen Boat [ll357-400]
Skating [ll425-463]

Lines Composed… above Tintern Abbey

YEATS, William Butler The Lake Isle of Innisfree
September 1913
The Wild Swans at Coole
An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
Easter 1916
The Second Coming
Sailing to Byzantium
from Meditations in Time of Civil War:
VI, The Stare’s Nest by My Window
In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz
Swift’s Epitaph
An Acre of Grass
from Under Ben Bulben: V and VI
Politics

Poetry Prescribed for Ordinary Level
ADCOCK, Fleur For Heidi with Blue Hair

ARMITAGE, Simon It Ain’t What You Do…

AUDEN, W.H. Funeral Blues

BOLAND, Eavan Child of Our Time
This Moment
Love

DICKINSON, Emily I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
I heard a Fly buzz – when I died

DUFFY, Carol Ann Valentine

DURCAN, Paul Going Home to Mayo…

FROST, Robert The Tuft of Flowers
Mending Wall
‘Out, Out –’

HARDIE, Kerry Daniel’s Duck

HERBERT, George The Collar

HOPKINS, Gerard Manley Spring
Inversnaid

KAVANAGH, Patrick Shancoduff
A Christmas Childhood

KENNELLY, Brendan A Glimpse of Starlings

LEVERTOV, Denise What Were They Like?

MONAHAN, Noel All Day Long

MORGAN, Edwin Strawberries

MULDOON, Paul Anseo

MURPHY, Richard Moonshine

O’CALLAGHAN, Julie The Net

RICH, Adrienne Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
Uncle Speaks in the Drawing Room
Trying to Talk with a Man

SHUTTLE, Penelope Jungian Cows

WORDSWORTH, William She dwelt among the untrodden ways
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free
From The Prelude:
Skating [ll 425-463]

YEATS, William ButlerThe Wild Swans at Coole
An Irish Airman Foresees his Death

WILBUR, Richard The Writer

unknown13 · 04-08-2009, 02:17

No Longley, Walcott or Keats on the poetry section.

Would prefer Hamlet than Lear.

03-08-2009, 23:19	#1
Elegance Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 34 Adverts \| Friends	Leaving Cert Exam 2011 Leaving Certificate Examination, 2011 English Herewith is the list of prescribed texts for the Leaving Certificate Examination, 2011 As the syllabus indicates, students are required to study from this list: 1.One text on its own from the following texts: - BINCHY, Maeve Circle of Friends (O) BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights (H/O) IBSEN, Henrik A Doll’s House (H/O) JOHNSTON, Jennifer How Many Miles to Babylon? (O) MONK KIDD, Sue The Secret Life of Bees (O) MURPHY, Tom A Whistle in the Dark (H/O) O’CASEY, Sean The Plough and the Stars (O) SHAKESPEARE, William Hamlet (H/O) STEINBECK, John The Grapes of Wrath (H/O) ·One of the texts marked with H/O may be studied on its own at Higher Level and at Ordinary Level. ·One of the texts marked with O may be studied on its own at Ordinary Level. 2. Three other texts in a comparative manner, according to the comparative modes prescribed for this course. ·Any texts from the list of texts prescribed for comparative study, other than the one already chosen for study on its own, may be selected for the comparative study. Texts chosen must be from the prescribed list for the current year. ·At Higher Level and at Ordinary Level, a film may be studied as one of the three texts in a comparative study. 3. The Comparative Modes for Examination in 2011 are: Higher Level (i) Theme or Issue (ii) The General Vision and Viewpoint (iii) The Cultural Context Ordinary Level (i) Relationships (ii)Theme (iii)Social Setting 4. Shakespearean Drama At Higher Level a play by Shakespeare must be one of the texts chosen. This can be studied on its own or as an element in a comparative study. At Ordinary Level the study of a play by Shakespeare is optional. 5. Poetry Higher Level: A selection from the poetry of eight poets is prescribed for Higher Level. Students will be expected to have studied at least six poems by each poet. Ordinary Level: A total of 36 poems is prescribed for Ordinary Level. Texts prescribed for comparative study, for examination in the year 2011 AUSTEN, Jane Emma BINCHY, Maeve Circle of Friends BOWEN, Elizabeth The Last September BRANAGH, Kenneth (Dir.) As You Like It (Film) BRONTË, Emily Wuthering Heights CHANG, Jung Wild Swans COETZEE, J.M. Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life CURTIZ, Michael (Dir.) Casablanca (Film) DALDRY, Stephen (Dir.) Billy Elliot (Film) DICKENS, Charles Hard Times FRIEL, Brian Dancing at Lughnasa GAGE, Eleni North of Ithaka HARRIS, Robert Pompeii HOSSEINI, Khaled The Kite Runner IBSEN, Henrik A Doll’s House ISHIGURO, Kazuo Never Let Me Go JOHNSTON, Jennifer How Many Miles to Babylon? KEANE, John B Sive MacLAVERTY, Bernard Lamb MARTEL, Yann Life of Pi McDONAGH, Martin The Lonesome West McEWAN, Ian Atonement MEIRELLES, Fernando (Dir.) The Constant Gardener (Film) MONK KIDD, Sue The Secret Life of Bees MOORE, Brian Lies of Silence MURPHY, Tom A Whistle in the Dark NGOZI ADICHIE, Chimamanda Purple Hibiscus O’CASEY, Sean The Plough and the Stars O’DONNELL, Damien (Dir.) Inside I’m Dancing (Film) PETTERSON, Per Out Stealing Horses PICOULT, Jodi My Sister’s Keeper RADFORD, Michael (Dir.) Il Postino (Film) ROSOFF, Meg How I Live Now SHAKESPEARE, William Hamlet The Tempest SHIELDS, Carol Unless SOPHOCLES Oedipus the King STEINBECK, John The Grapes of Wrath TREVOR, William The Story of Lucy Gault Poets Prescribed for Higher Level BOLAND, Eavan The War Horse Child of Our Time The Famine Road The Shadow Doll White Hawthorn in the West of Ireland Outside History The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me This Moment The Pomegranate Love DICKINSON, Emily “Hope” is the thing with feathers There’s a certain Slant of light I felt a Funeral, in my Brain A Bird came down the Walk I heard a Fly buzz – when I died The Soul has Bandaged moments I could bring You Jewels – had I a mind to A narrow Fellow in the Grass I taste a liquor never brewed After great pain, a formal feeling comes FROST, Robert The Tuft of Flowers Mending Wall After Apple-Picking The Road Not Taken Birches ‘Out, Out-’ Spring Pools Acquainted with the Night Design Provide, Provide HOPKINS, Gerard Manley God’s Grandeur Spring As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame The Windhover Pied Beauty Felix Randal Inversnaid I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day No worst there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend KAVANAGH, Patrick Inniskeen Road: July Evening Shancoduff from The Great Hunger Section I Advent A Christmas Childhood Epic Canal Bank Walk Lines Written on a Seat on the Grand Canal The Hospital On Raglan Road RICH, Adrienne Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Uncle Speaks in the Drawing Room Power Storm Warnings Living in Sin The Roofwalker Our Whole Life Trying to Talk with a Man Diving Into the Wreck From a Survivor WORDSWORTH, William To My Sister A slumber did my spirit seal She dwelt among the untrodden ways Composed upon Westminster Bridge It is a beauteous evening, calm and free The Solitary Reaper from The Prelude: The Stolen Boat [ll357-400] Skating [ll425-463] Lines Composed… above Tintern Abbey YEATS, William Butler The Lake Isle of Innisfree September 1913 The Wild Swans at Coole An Irish Airman Foresees his Death Easter 1916 The Second Coming Sailing to Byzantium from Meditations in Time of Civil War: VI, The Stare’s Nest by My Window In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz Swift’s Epitaph An Acre of Grass from Under Ben Bulben: V and VI Politics Poetry Prescribed for Ordinary Level ADCOCK, Fleur For Heidi with Blue Hair ARMITAGE, Simon It Ain’t What You Do… AUDEN, W.H. Funeral Blues BOLAND, Eavan Child of Our Time This Moment Love DICKINSON, Emily I felt a Funeral, in my Brain I heard a Fly buzz – when I died DUFFY, Carol Ann Valentine DURCAN, Paul Going Home to Mayo… FROST, Robert The Tuft of Flowers Mending Wall ‘Out, Out –’ HARDIE, Kerry Daniel’s Duck HERBERT, George The Collar HOPKINS, Gerard Manley Spring Inversnaid KAVANAGH, Patrick Shancoduff A Christmas Childhood KENNELLY, Brendan A Glimpse of Starlings LEVERTOV, Denise What Were They Like? MONAHAN, Noel All Day Long MORGAN, Edwin Strawberries MULDOON, Paul Anseo MURPHY, Richard Moonshine O’CALLAGHAN, Julie The Net RICH, Adrienne Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Uncle Speaks in the Drawing Room Trying to Talk with a Man SHUTTLE, Penelope Jungian Cows WORDSWORTH, William She dwelt among the untrodden ways It is a beauteous evening, calm and free From The Prelude: Skating [ll 425-463] YEATS, William ButlerThe Wild Swans at Coole An Irish Airman Foresees his Death WILBUR, Richard The Writer

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unknown13 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 516 Adverts \| Friends	No Longley, Walcott or Keats on the poetry section. Would prefer Hamlet than Lear.