English Paper One

Raphael

How did everyone get on? I thought mine went well, stayed in till 20 minutes from the end.

Part A: Text 2, Ghost Writing
Part B: Text 1, the Diary
Composing: "It was mad...ridiculous" - 4 guys cheating in their Leaving Certs

Edit: I did Higher Level

NADA

yeah very decent paper. Timed it prefectly
Did question A text one
question b text 3
and the essay on the importance of romance in our lives.

Thank God its over though.

Kwekubo

Raphael wrote:

How did everyone get on? I thought mine went well, stayed in till 20 minutes from the end.

Part A: Text 2, Ghost Writing
Part B: Text 1, the Diary
Composing: "It was mad...ridiculous" - 4 guys cheating in their Leaving Certs

Mate, you'll get very few people on here till after Paper Two! I'm not doing English since I'm repeating so that's my excuse. Get on your sample answers pronto!

EyeDeeOne

yo

did ordinary level

part a text 1
part b text 2
part c number 6

yeh!

Raphael

NADA wrote:

yeah very decent paper. Timed it prefectly
Did question A text one
question b text 3
and the essay on the importance of romance in our lives.

Thank God its over though.

Great paper, the texts were actually interesting

Orizio

Yeah I'm thinking maybe a B paper.My essay was very strong(question 5),the rest less impressive but it was undoubtedly better then paper 2.

Lord Oz

Good paper, nice essays. Did anyone get the farscape reference?

Raphael

THAT'S WHO SHE WAS DRESSED AS! Thank you, I;ve been trying to figure out why I recognised that costume for hours.

michelle_ie

Yay it went good me thinks!

Section A - question 1
Section B- the letter! hahaha i wrote to Dan Brown!
Essay- it was mad ridicolous- a short story about a drug addict...

Attractive Nun

Nice enough paper, texts were quite enjoyable and there were a few nice essays in there.

I did Part A on text 1, decent answers, but a little disappointed because I usually nail the comprehension bit.

Part B's weren't fantastic for me, I did the letter from text 2. I hilariously wrote a letter to Gary Lineker. A surprisingly good letter, too, despite that, if a tad short.

I nailed the essay, did the speech to world leaders, same as my mocks, and improved it significantly.

Happy enough, but could have done better on section 1.

Orizio

Attractive Nun wrote:

I nailed the essay, did the speech to world leaders, same as my mocks, and improved it significantly.

Same here.Did it on casual racism and its impact on social integration,world poverty and Islamic terrorism.

OctavarIan

Text 1 Question B
Text 3 Question A
Essay Q 2

Went well, had to rush the essay in 45 mins cos I went for perfection on the first two parts, but it was still solid.

grimloch

I did pretty shite in this paper to be honest. My A questions were vague and a bit waffly. My report wasn't really a report and my essay was of poor quality.

smemon

Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze.

She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature British beef.

The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.

used those three on paper one that oughta get a few laughs. nailed paper 1, apart from, the report, i fcukd up the layout but i won't lose much, still on for an A on paper 1.

just hope a can scrape an A for paper 2 also.

Raphael

smemon wrote:

Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze.

She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature British beef.

The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.

used those three on paper one that oughta get a few laughs. nailed paper 1, apart from, the report, i fcukd up the layout but i won't lose much, still on for an A on paper 1.

just hope a can scrape an A for paper 2 also.

Except for the fact that that list is very well known and the corrector will almost certainly know you copied them from it.

tweetypie

Text 1 - Question B (diary entry)
Text 2 - Question A (ghost writing)
And i did the first essay!:)

smemon

Raphael wrote:

Except for the fact that that list is very well known and the corrector will almost certainly know you copied them from it.

ah well, at least that show i learned for the exam! i twisted them about a bit anyway to make them more personal.

i'd never heard of them 'til i read them on here so i doubt an old examiner who doesnt use the net will have either at least that's what im telling myself after your latest revelations

Section 1
Part A Text 2
Part B Text 1

Section 2
Personal essay about honesty.
(same as tweetypie!)

i've never sat a better paper to be honest. Will be pushing for an A, at the least a B2

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

paper 1

text 1 :A
text 2 :B
section 2 :Q4 (get rich scheme article)

did great in text 1 and 2 then screwed my article i think!

CrimE

Didn't like the essays at all and forgot to lay out report properly, oops!

Faerie

Raphael wrote:

How did everyone get on? I thought mine went well, stayed in till 20 minutes from the end.

Part A: Text 2, Ghost Writing
Part B: Text 1, the Diary
Composing: "It was mad...ridiculous" - 4 guys cheating in their Leaving Certs

Edit: I did Higher Level

Weird I did exactly the same...except of course for the actual story in the essay. Mine was about a murder and an incestuous relationship....not sure where I get my inspiration from!

Rockerette

i didnt like the essays. not at all. big pile of bollocks for me personally...

i looked at them first, and they put me in a bad mood for the rest of the exam...

usually one sticks out for me, but i could barely get 4 pages on it, somethign about the stresses young people are under.



comprehensions were grand, did the Ghost Writer questions, and the Diary entry.



im not too happy with it all, both papers. i need a B3 for the course i want, got B1 in the mocks, was hoping for an A to boost up my points, but i dont think so. not after that essay, which set the tone for all of it.. i'll be lucky to get a B3 i'd say. gah im a bit annoyed.
aah well.


you guys dont really care about my tale of woe though

Gangsta

Very nice paper.

Text 1: Question A
Text 2: Question B - I love Thierry Henry
Essay Q7. - Growing up make believe was the toy I never got tired of playing with AAAAAAA!!!

OctavarIan

Rockerette wrote:

but i could barely get 4 pages on it, somethign about the stresses young people are under.

I did that one, and barely got 3 pages, if even that! But that was because I only had 45 mins to do it, and I don't like to rush myself.

CrimE

Rockerette wrote:

i didnt like the essays. not at all. big pile of bollocks for me personally...

i looked at them first, and they put me in a bad mood for the rest of the exam...

usually one sticks out for me, but i could barely get 4 pages on it, somethign about the stresses young people are under.

I know exactly how you feel! I've never written such random crap in my life

Gangsta

OctavarIan wrote:

I did that one, and barely got 3 pages, if even that! But that was because I only had 45 mins to do it, and I don't like to rush myself.

Tis about the quality

godfather69er

Saw pretnce at thought what the **** is that twas ok paper to be honest, i wonder if any muppets did 50c for a get rich scheme, my essay was about the street gangs in nyc in the 1980 if ya have seen the warriors you'l know xcept i was smart and made my own story and gangs,

GrumPy

I did text one, question B
text 3, question A
and the essay on get-rich ideas.

smemon

Rockerette wrote:

usually one sticks out for me, but i could barely get 4 pages on it, somethign about the stresses young people are under.


you guys dont really care about my tale of woe though

yeah initially i though the essays where a load of tripe, then just picked the one your on about and wrote 5 pages

i covered money, work, alcohol, decision making, peer pressure.... all in a humourus way though, the examiner will be in bits reading it if they have a sense of humour, if they don't i could well get a C or something cause it might sound pretty stupid

anyway, i battled on through it and kept a steady head. A1 hopefully. (i wish) B2 at worst though imo.

Lord Oz

I wrote the get-rich essay, just hope the examiner doesn't steal my idea.

NADA

Yeah I hoping for an a1 but a b3 minimum. It could go anyway. If I get a C I will be pissed off to be honest. That was the best English paper in a long time.

Rockerette

smemon wrote:

i covered money, work, alcohol, decision making, peer pressure.... all in a humourus way though, the examiner will be in bits reading it

gah see that makes sense!? i wrote a pile of bollox about... oh god it kills me to even think about it... taking breaks, haivng a laugh, doing things to like, etc etc etc.


its shockingly bad. im ashamed of myself.. thank god my english teacher isnt correcting it, i'd be so embarassed



i've given up hoping for anything wonderful... Please, B3, come to me... i neeeeeed you

iggyman

did A on ghost writing
did B on the diary-soul raged ..think it was out of text one
did essay on choice 2 ..the article of coping with pressures..


did **** in paper one did very well in paper two i think

NADA

I wrote an essay on sex basically. Said it can help combat obesity. Did option 6.

Rob30888

Nice paper Did the speech on problems for my essay.

What is the layout of a report, I didn't know it could be asked

GrumPy

NADA wrote:

I wrote an essay on sex basically. Said it can help combat obesity. Did option 6.

lol, you did have a look of confusion on yer face at one stage

abercrombie

Raphael wrote:

How did everyone get on? I thought mine went well, stayed in till 20 minutes from the end.

Part A: Text 2, Ghost Writing
Part B: Text 1, the Diary
Composing: "It was mad...ridiculous" - 4 guys cheating in their Leaving Certs

Edit: I did Higher Level

i did the exact same! loved the paper!

PrettyInPunk

i did text 1 question a's then i did that tyhig on advertising but did we have to lay it out in a certain way????

i did the essay on the problem ..the speech to world leaders

smemon

Rockerette wrote:

gah see that makes sense!? i wrote a pile of bollox about... oh god it kills me to even think about it... taking breaks, haivng a laugh, doing things to like, etc etc etc.

its shockingly bad. im ashamed of myself.. thank god my english teacher isnt correcting it, i'd be so embarassed

i've given up hoping for anything wonderful... Please, B3, come to me... i neeeeeed you

there there rockerette, you can't change the past

my essay wasn't great but it was clever, i forced links between paragraphs such as:

"jealousy lept into them like leaping maggots when you fry them in cooking oil...
Speaking of liquid....alcohol is another problem....."

and so on. was so stupid, but the examiner will have a laugh, i hope.

tinka

question a on text 2
question b on text 1
essay 3 ( it was mad... ridiculous)

seem to be popular choices. a friend of mine did them as well.

GrumPy

smemon wrote:

there there rockerette, you can't change the past



"jealousy lept into them like leaping maggots when you fry them in cooking oil...
Speaking of liquid....Iv'e just wet myself....."

was so stupid

Nice.

Funkstard

A: Ghost writer, went alright
B: Advertising report - didn't know the feckin' layout for it, I just did this:

TO:RANOMER ADVERTISING STANDARDS AGENCY
RE: ADVERTISING & YOUTHS

And launched into it. Can someone tell me the correct layout?

Essay: Did q5. with the world leaders. Had an essay learned off on why nuclear power is basically the answer to all our problems so just lashed that in.

PrettyInPunk

i did that too and did NO layout>????shhhittt

smemon

i did it and just put the title and To on it.

wasnt sure if they wanted the layout or not, i do business so im used to reports but there's no way you could do an english question in official report format.

i reckon they'll be lenient with the report question.

NADA

The better be! Did anybody do the essay on the importance of romance in our lives. Nobody I asked did and nobody here mentioned it or on the news. This could really work to my advantage if I am the only one!

PrettyInPunk

one of my friends did it.

ThrownAway

NADA wrote:

yeah very decent paper. Timed it prefectly
Did question A text one
question b text 3
and the essay on the importance of romance in our lives.

Thank God its over though.

I did the exact same but my part B was terrible
my essay was sooooo funny

about a man floating in to the air and roaring whilst spinning in circle essay no. 3

fearcruach

Did the first comprehension.
Did the report.
Did the mad. Ridiculous essay. Basically ripped off The Matrix, man vs. machines and all that. Then i got the best friends to kill each other at the end. You can't beat a bit of good ol' slaughter to liven up an essay;)

kano476

A: ghost writer thing. found it very interesting
B: diary with the lad and the tree. i appear mentally unstable
Essay: mad ridiculous - a very detailed acid trip written from the point of view of being on the trip so some mad descriptions and humour. it has a moral to it aswell i - get arrested. well pleased with it.

i was going to do the one about the pace of life or whatver it was but because i had done the same one for the pre but i decided to write about something more fun. ah well thats my favourite paper over with.

casanova_kid

Raphael wrote:

How did everyone get on? I thought mine went well, stayed in till 20 minutes from the end.

Part A: Text 2, Ghost Writing
Part B: Text 1, the Diary
Composing: "It was mad...ridiculous" - 4 guys cheating in their Leaving Certs

Edit: I did Higher Level

Weird i wrote the exact same essay about me cheating in the LC.
I did my A part on text one and the letter on ghost writing, wrote it Dan Brown.

Duddy

Egad i did no layout for the report either!! how many marks is it worth????