Leaving Cert '11/'12 Off-Topic 2

reznov

Sure it'll be frost who's guaranteed :cool:

Canard

I've never put a change into a story on purpose. The one I did about an old person looking back on an important even had no change at all, and the mystery solving one...theres no need for change there. o_O

c28omzk7ihsxv0

If Plath comes up I come up. At least a grade.....

rusty_racer94

Just to make sure, the Poets and stuff comes up in paper 2 right?

Orange juice

Just wondering if you have a choice between Literary Genre and General Vision on the day which one would be better to do? Given that both well prepared?

Mayo_Boy

Am I the only one that has nothing prepared for paper 1 tomorrow? :eek:

Eathrin

Orange juice wrote: »

Just wondering if you have a choice between Literary Genre and General Vision on the day which one would be better to do? Given that both well prepared?

I think less people do LG so do that one if you can do it well would be my advice.

Canard

So it turns out you should title short stories and give proper layouts to part B's, my English teacher told me :pac:

Whoops! I'm off to cram a little more...

I cant imagine I'll be on here in the morning. See you all on the other side, dundundun.

And good luck everyone! Remember...we can always repeat

Hayezer

Lads, shi*ing it here now. Question B I've always like done a speech or diary, and only realising that they may not come up. Is there anything I should know for an article, or whats difference between the types of letters they can ask, and whats difference between a talk and a speech :O Starting to get scared

Dearbhaile

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

Am I the only one that has nothing prepared for paper 1 tomorrow? :eek:

No of course you're not,prepare what?? English paper one is meant to be about Composing! Not learning and rhyming things off,that's what's wrong with the whole system!!

reznov

Patchy~ wrote: »

So it turns out you should title short stories and give proper layouts to part B's, my English teacher told me :pac:

Whoops! I'm off to cram a little more...

I cant imagine I'll be on here in the morning. See you all on the other side, dundundun.

And good luck everyone! Remember...we can always repeat

What Patchy really intends to announce:
We're all repeating next year!

ConTheCat

I'm thinking of throwing out all my notes, to ensure I don't have to repeat! :P

Mysteriouschic

Am I the only one who's more worried about paper 2?
I can do the comparative well it's just Hamlet if I start to forget quotes or if a question comes up and it's one I haven't prepared. Then poetry if I forget quotes.
I'm sure it'll be grand , I'll spend the whole day re-reading essays and notes.

Dapics

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

Am I the only one that has nothing prepared for paper 1 tomorrow? :eek:

I've learned off techniques of fiction and comprehensions.... 23 terms in all and what they mean, how to apply them, how to manipulate them.
I've also learned off guidepoints for answering images in relations to comprehensions, what to look for, how to link it with text and how it contributes to the message of the text
I have a brief idea of the plotline, timeline and events of three short stories but they are only shorthand notes so i have to make up mostly everything on the day. I really dislike the system for paper 1, it shouldn't be about learning off 10 short stories word by fúckin word

So no man, your not the only one in the boat! Dont worry unless we get a short story based on some dreary monotonous fairytale/useless unformatable quote, we should hit no icebergs!

imelle

Good Luck Tomorrow everyone! i hope it goes well for you all
the leaving cert is really important but remember there are other ways around getting the course you want if you don't get the points. you can get 625 points and be miserable in life just as easily as getting 125 points and living a happy meaningful life.
I repeated this year cos i was 30 points short for primary teaching and honestly i only decided to repeat when the cao offers came out. it's the best decision i've ever made because i think i've grown up a lot this year and feel like a better person and that i know what i want to do with my life more. i don't regret it at all, even if i do worse this year i think i know whatever is meant to be is meant to be
(sorry if i sound cheesy, i tend to be a bit like that sometimes :P )

Wesc.

I reckon at this stage cramming or doing anything of the like is futile. I've done feckall today and tbh it doesn't really bother me. I'm going to get up at 7:30 tomorrow and go for a walk, contemplating my exam and possible short stories. I need to be as creative as I can so a good sleep and a fresh morning should help. Sure my essay probably won't fit, but so what? Purpose is everything. If I can my story as relevant as they come, then I should be fine, it's not like I'm bad at English anyway. I've done reasonable preparation and by now it's just preparing to start the exam in the best way possible. "The readiness is all" Hamlet once said, and whatever will be, will be-"There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow". Right now I'm completely relaxed


And on that note, I'd like to wish the very best of luck to all of you on this forum, I know some of ye have talents for English and tomorrows your chance to shine! Don't perceive the exam as a bad thing, but rather an opportunity to flaunt your talent that you have! And thank ye for making my leaving cert more bearable over the last few months, despite the ridiculous amount of time procrastinating on boards and indeed facebook too, I wouldn't go as far to say as it was wasted time but important time too, to get away from the books. So I wish ye all the best!

Superbus

The butterflies are fluttering pretty frantically now. Just want it to be 9:30 AM rather than PM!

Good luck everyone, not just for tomorrow, for the whole thing.

Togepi

11 hours, 58 minutes...

:P

LoonyLovegood

I'm going to go get a shower, then bunker down in bed with a good book. Good luck to ye all tomorrow, we've had our ups and downs on this thread and its predecessor, but we can't say it hasn't been worth it. I'll see ye on the flip side.

And anyone doing Home Ec - Good luck

skyscraperblue

Gonna be heading to bed shortly but before I do--
Good luck everyone! Thank you for making the run-up to the Leaving Cert less stressful, it really has been nice to come on here and talk to everyone about it and remind ourselves we're not alone in this. I'm sure everybody will do brilliantly, just remember to relax. Good Luck!!

Hayezer

Lads, does the actual plot of a short story matter all that much, aslong as it's not overly boring and cliched? I'm getting caught up in that, or do most marks go for expression and how you tell it?

deathbythelc

Good luck guys! Thanks for giving me a wonderful place to procrastinate!

c28omzk7ihsxv0

The only layouts that need be learned for a part B is:
Letters
Advertisement (Vote for... etc.) (ONly thing you can have bullet points in BTW)
And then reports:
HEadings are

Title
Author
Recipient
Date
Intro
Discussion
Recommendations

HOpe this helped.

reznov

GUYS RTE ANNOUNCED THE LC IS TOMORROW.

Oh wait.

Togepi

I'll probably be online for a whole longer, but I might as well say good luck now before everyone leaves. :P Best of luck with all of your exams! From what I gather you're all going to do pretty damn good. And I've got a good feeling an essay on Leaving Cert forums will come up. :P

Eathrin

reznov wrote: »

GUYS RTE ANNOUNCED THE LC IS TOMORROW.

Oh wait.

Hold on...what?
What day is it?

Eathrin

Togepi wrote: »

I'll probably be online for a whole longer, but I might as well say good luck now before everyone leaves. :P Best of luck with all of your exams! From what I gather you're all going to do pretty damn good. And I've got a good feeling an essay on Leaving Cert forums will come up. :P

Myself too. Good luck to all.

Here's hoping for an essay on young people and procrastination.:pac:

imelle

reznov wrote: »

GUYS RTE ANNOUNCED THE LC IS TOMORROW.

Oh wait.

Sh!t just got real.

c28omzk7ihsxv0

Hayezer wrote: »

Lads, does the actual plot of a short story matter all that much, aslong as it's not overly boring and cliched? I'm getting caught up in that, or do most marks go for expression and how you tell it?

Purpose - did you answer the question/good plot etc.

Usually examiners base the Coherence, Language and Mechanics marks from this.

E/g essay = 100m

You get
Purpose- 20/30
Therefore Coherence and language will all be graded out of 20 rather than 30.
SO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

This is just coming from a fella that was doing a big course in sligo over easter.

Dapics

You know somethings a serious issue when RTE announces it....