Mocks Thread 2012 - *read first post before posting*

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Ok i have 2 and a half weeks to my mocks. and have only done abit of study,
My question is would i be able to study everything before the exams start and how long each day ?

shadowninty

You certainly should be able to study everything important!
I guess you could devote an hour or two every evening, and maybe five to six hours during the weekend. Study at your own pace, and take breaks, as theres no point staring at a book taking nothing in

I hate school

shadowninty wrote: »

You certainly should be able to study everything important!
I guess you could devote an hour or two every evening, and maybe five to six hours during the weekend. Study at your own pace, and take breaks, as theres no point staring at a book taking nothing in

Thanks i will do that i hope i can get everthing done

John_Mc_Mahon 15

Anybody have any idea what's coming up in the Business paper? Thanks.

shadowninty

John_Mc_Mahon 15 wrote: »

Anybody have any idea what's coming up in the Business paper? Thanks.

Mocks papers can vary, your teacher may drop some hints though.

EatRowSleep

dreading them.. but wouldnt mind a few hints if anyone has gotten em? Ours start on 31st january with english :S

BoomSha

Well, study the subjects you find hardest first, then work your way down to your easiest. Apart from that, study in a way that suits you. For me, shorthanding notes and memorising them helped.

LifeIsPositive

Hey EatRowSleep, mine are starting next Monday too
I'd imagine we could make an exchange or two during the course of the two weeks?

OisinOGorman

Starting friday week. Not looking foward to chemistry, english or irish.. tbh i think ive a fair bit done for the rest. Ill be keeping a close eye on this thread. Anyone that feels like doing me a favour, PM me anything about the engineering, biology, irish, english, maths (O), chemistry or geography mock papers.

iloveskittles

HOME EC hints anybody? i desperately need them

Layzerman

History tips anyone? ;/

suitcasepink

As Im sure its been said hundreds of times, you cant really "predict" what will come up in the mock papers.. You might be able to guess things(Altho there is nothing certain) mock papers are made by different companies and are all different, so really trying to get tips for what will come up in your mock papers isnt much use..
But as Slow Show said, we cant stop you asking for hints and reading any just dont think theyre certainly going to happen.

Pen Rua

It seems most of my friends' Mocks start on Thursday (2nd of February) - mine don't start until after the midterm (the 23rd of February or something). A bit of a mixed blessing - more study/preparation but less time in Town/relaxation. Haha :') Good luck to everyone

Britney_Spears

Hi. if anyone has any hints on higher french home ec biology and pass irish it would be greatly appreciated

John_Mc_Mahon 15

I have English Paper 1 and Paper 2 on wednesday. Any tips as to whats coming up??

shadowninty

John_Mc_Mahon 15 wrote: »

I have English Paper 1 and Paper 2 on wednesday. Any tips as to whats coming up??

Your best bet would be to ask a teacher in your school who may have seen the exam papers. As Deise_Girl and Slow Show stated, there are several companies providing papers. so no specific predictions.
What you need to study is your play and novel. Learn quotes for the play (You should have a few dozen marked out), remembering the character who sais them. Write them out, repeat them in your head - practice questions, taking care to make your point, put in the relevant quote and explain it further. Get s good few quotes in each question you practice.
For the novel, I'd read over the most imprtant scene(s), and do practice questions on the different characters.

KazBaz3

Mine aint on until the 20th , any1 able to e-mail copies of paper , Good practise but all papers for each school are different so it wont e my paper

IloveConverse

KazBaz3 wrote: »

Mine aint on until the 20th , any1 able to e-mail copies of paper , Good practise but all papers for each school are different so it wont e my paper

Don't cheat, there is no point in doing it.

So what if you bump your grade up just because you've already seen the paper; it doesn't reflect what you are as a student, and it belittles the diligence of those who actually work their butts off trying to get that grade.

You won't be able to see the paper when the real deal comes 'round in June.

EatRowSleep

LifeIsPositive wrote: »

Hey EatRowSleep, mine are starting next Monday too
I'd imagine we could make an exchange or two during the course of the two weeks?

I had english.... If u havent already, we could...exchange info?:p:D

EatRowSleep

John_Mc_Mahon 15 wrote: »

I have English Paper 1 and Paper 2 on wednesday. Any tips as to whats coming up??

Ive just done English today, if u'd like some tips? what had you?

EatRowSleep

My english exam had the barcode on the top left handside of the paper.... Has anyone done exams the same? :L Ive maths and iris 2moroo....


ENGLISH HL P2 (barcode on top left)

Studied Drama:

charactere you admired and how they contributed to the play. OR PLays often deal with issues in real life. Describe how a play you have studied deals with a real life issue. Did u like how the playwright portrays this?

Studied Poetry:

Poem that captures the imagination and how OR a poem that deals with an important issue and how it creates this view (i did a war poem)

Studied Fiction:

Character that is faced with a crisis. how is this crisis created and how it effects your chosen character and someone else OR evaluate the opening of your novel[/

Anyone wanna tell me anything?

TheLittleOne1

Does anyone have any hints for ag.science, findin the subject really hard! thanks.

CmlR

EatRowSleep wrote: »

My english exam had the barcode on the top left handside of the paper.... Has anyone done exams the same? :L Ive maths and iris 2moroo....


ENGLISH HL P2 (barcode on top left)

Studied Drama:

charactere you admired and how they contributed to the play. OR PLays often deal with issues in real life. Describe how a play you have studied deals with a real life issue. Did u like how the playwright portrays this?

Studied Poetry:

Poem that captures the imagination and how OR a poem that deals with an important issue and how it creates this view (i did a war poem)

Studied Fiction:

Character that is faced with a crisis. how is this crisis created and how it effects your chosen character and someone else OR evaluate the opening of your novel[/

Anyone wanna tell me anything?

i had the same one,i have geography and irish tomorrow

briant16

CmlR wrote: »

i had the same one,i have geography and irish tomorrow

same, but science tomorrow and history the day after.really want to know what iscoming up in history !

CmlR

well our history teacher seemed to really want us to learn

a tenant farmer during the famine for the people in history essay

but i can't be sure

Music4Life085

Maths paper one and two things to revise:

(paper 1) learn how todo 2011 paper 1 q1 (b) learn tax, venn diagrams do not appear sets do. practically learn how to do everything from paper 1 (2011), learn histograms a cuma frequency curves (sorry for spelling) and how to solve the means with x as a value.

For Q3,4 paper 2 we did not have todo because we havent covered so cant help there. Please post info on exams cause. i'm going to each day!

The One Who Knocks

Music4Life085 wrote: »

Maths paper one and two things to revise:

(paper 1) learn how todo 2011 paper 1 q1 (b) learn tax, venn diagrams do not appear sets do. practically learn how to do everything from paper 1 (2011), learn histograms a cuma frequency curves (sorry for spelling) and how to solve the means with x as a value.

For Q3,4 paper 2 we did not have todo because we havent covered so cant help there. Please post info on exams cause. i'm going to each day!

is that project maths?

Music4Life085

Jamez735 wrote: »

is that project maths?

No Maths HIGHER Level

Music4Life085

Enlish Paper 1:

Essay Titles:

I will never get use to these walls...

______________________________________________________________


Media/Functional Writing:

Write advantages and disadvantages for how news can be spread to people via internet, t.v, news paper, radio [20 marks]

Write about the best way way to spread to news to people and why? [20 marks]

______________________________________________________________

You will need to know either a letter or a report!

______________________________________________________________

The Phrasing is wrong but means the same thing! Also the top right had a bar code

The One Who Knocks

Music4Life085 wrote: »

No Maths HIGHER Level

yeah, project maths comes in both ordinary and HIGHER,

I'm presuming you're doing the traditional maths then?

Dancer96

Does anyone know what Letter comes up on higher level Irish? Paper 2? Thanks

Music4Life085

Jamez735 wrote: »

yeah, project maths comes in both ordinary and HIGHER,

I'm presuming you're doing the traditional maths then?

Sorry If I sounded rude (didn't mean to ) and yea traditional!

briant16

CmlR wrote: »

well our history teacher seemed to really want us to learn

a tenant farmer during the famine for the people in history essay

but i can't be sure

did you get the english comprehension about Summerhill ? just to make sure they are the same papers

CmlR

ye,with the barcode in the top left corner,what ones have you done alredy?

briant16

CmlR wrote: »

ye,with the barcode in the top left corner,what ones have you done alredy?

ye thats the one. i had science today and history tomorrow. u ?

EatRowSleep

CmlR wrote: »

i had the same one,i have geography and irish tomorrow

How'd geography go? was the barcode in the same place? ANy tips for the debate on irish HL?

CmlR

irish hl and geography,the geographys easy enough was there anything in the science you could tell me?

CmlR

EatRowSleep wrote: »

How'd geography go? was the barcode in the same place? ANy tips for the debate on irish HL?

i didnt even bother looking at the debate because im no good at it :L but story could start off with walking through a forest or have'i almost fainted' in it

briant16

CmlR wrote: »

irish hl and geography,the geographys easy enough was there anything in the science you could tell me?

ye in science there is

a lot of topics, there are questions were you have to describe an eperiment that you do. one of them was to show how light travels in straight line. know you formulas well.another experiment was to test for protein so go over that.

what about irish what were the poety titles and story and letter and all that ?

lynchy101

What came up in geog?Please

Short qs also.
Thanks

EatRowSleep

Anyone know what comes up on irish letter HL?

Or studied poem/story?

We seem to be using DE (barcode top left)


Ha anyone done DeB home ec yet?

Heane

hi, would anyone happen to know whats on hl irish paper 2, hl english paper 1 and hl french? all examcraft

Jennif

spoiler: Plath is defenitley coming up and deception for Hamlet

briant16

how do you know if you have examcraft or DE ? summerhill was the comprehension in mine

CmlR

well all i know is mine had a barcode in the top left corner

in geo short questions you should learn the ocean currents diagram in the book,for long know definition for urban sprawl,the change in function of one of your studied towns, an over populated major city you have studied,the inputs and outputs of a farm,and i cant really remember the rest :L

CmlR

EatRowSleep wrote: »

Anyone know what comes up on irish letter HL?

Or studied poem/story?

We seem to be using DE (barcode top left)


Ha anyone done DeB home ec yet?

i think we have the same papers, ihave home ec on friday:)

briant16

what about the poetry and story in irish and letter ?

John_Mc_Mahon 15

EatRowSleep wrote: »

Ive just done English today, if u'd like some tips? what had you?

Yes, I just had a french tape today. Tips on whats coming up would be very helpful! Thanks

Dancer96

HL Irish paper 2 letter anyone?!

EatRowSleep

Dancer96 wrote: »

HL Irish paper 2 letter anyone?!

Nobody seems to know this... ? I really wanna know.... Im thinking of just learning one from Gaeltacht and then changing it to holiday/new place if needed

Dancer96

EatRowSleep wrote: »

Dancer96 wrote: »

HL Irish paper 2 letter anyone?!

Nobody seems to know this... ? I really wanna know.... Im thinking of just learning one from Gaeltacht and then changing it to holiday/new place if needed

That's what I'm doing too, my teacher gave us a sample one for a fashion show and a disco so I'm not sure if I'll learn them too..my exam is tomorrow!