say if you learn a story from revise wise?

rainaa

for irish, will you still get full / high marks if you get everything perfect?
i heard they don't even give you half marks if you use on from there

Jackobyte

rainaa wrote: »

for irish, will you still get full / high marks if you get everything perfect?
i heard they don't even give you half marks if you use on from there

For Irish last year, my class all had about 5 stories that the teacher gave us more or less learned off. If your grammar, verbs and story are good enough, there is no reason why they would give half marks. The only problem with learning off is that you have to be able to adapt the story for whatever comes up. Hence why we had about 5 stories. Accident, Fire, Match, Holiday and Cheolchoirm. They could be shortened to fit the letter as well.

That said, I did get a B in Irish.

Slow Show

We've only done a Timpiste. :L We were told to make it fit in no matter what the case, oh lordy if nothing applicable comes up I'm a little bit screwed.

Indiego

Slow Show wrote: »

We've only done a Timpiste. :L We were told to make it fit in no matter what the case, oh lordy if nothing applicable comes up I'm a little bit screwed.

Your screwed? I have nothing learned off, and I only found out there was a story option half way through the year, because our teacher had been preparing us for the essay, so im stuck with doing that, so the most I can do is learn off phrases to use and hope for the best...

Slow Show

Indiego wrote: »

Your screwed? I have nothing learned off, and I only found out there was a story option half way through the year, because our teacher had been preparing us for the essay, so im stuck with doing that, so the most I can do is learn off phrases to use and hope for the best...

Don't worry, at least you're probably somewhat prepared for the essay and really - the story isn't that bad. I'm planning on using a few of my phrases and using the most simple Irish I can muster to avoid losing marks. Granted, I don't know any vocab other than for the timpiste so even my basic primary school Irish may not save me. But seriously, don't worry, the scéal isn't that hard and it doesn't require an awful lot of preparing for, and it's very easy to do yourself if you have a revision book.

Jackobyte

My friend only learnt A Fire and used that for everything. An accident came up and he just said the car caught fire and did the Fire story. :pac:

rainaa

alright thanks guysss
was stressing cos i def can't make a story up by myself:L

& knowing my luck this year the story that'll come up will be like.. 'youre swimming and get eaten by a whale, write what happens when you're in its stomach.'

Ficheall

Fortunately, the blue whale's throat can only actually accommodate something the size of a grapefruit, so you're unlikely to end up in its stomach.

And yes, plagiarism seems to be perfectly acceptable.

Slow Show

rainaa wrote: »

& knowing my luck this year the story that'll come up will be like.. 'youre swimming and get eaten by a whale, write what happens when you're in its stomach.'

Is duine uaigneach mé anois. D'ith *insert name for whale here, assume it's given in the question* duine eile, ach bhi sé cúthail. Mar sin, tá sé leadranach sa bholg.

I'd be able to do that better in French.:(

Desire.

Jackobyte wrote: »

My friend only learnt A Fire and used that for everything. An accident came up and he just said the car caught fire and did the Fire story. :pac:

That's what I'm doing! I got an A for a story I did on a fire a few weeks ago, so I'm going to use that, no matter what.

For the Pre, there was an essay title for a Famous Person You Admire, and I did it on Katie Taylor... because the comprehension was on her.

I really want a B in Irish, just because I love my teacher and she is so good.

Lollipop95

wrong post :embarrased:

ohdechertig

I'm almost certain that you can write a story from Revise-Wise. If that isn't the case then I am dead when it comes to my Irish exam!

robman60

I'm probably going to attempt the "eachtra" as it's usually the easiest option in my opinion. Our teacher wasted the whole year on learning off things for the poetry and novel. We didn't even read a novel... So basically we've spent our time learning something which is worth 30/240 in total. Fortunately I'm able to compose decently in Irish, and my parents are pretty good so I hope to do okay.

It kind of proves the system is bad when so many people resort to learning off compositions.

Does anyone else think that the way French (as an example, all other foreign languages included) are taught is much more effective? Where the actual learning of vocabulary is crucial from day one.

rainaa

i definitely think the way they teach french/german is way more effective.
i've been learning irish for 12 years? and i can speak french and german far more fluently and better :L