Tips for JC English 2014

Katie2014

Does anybody have any tips on the studied drama and fiction section on paper 2!
And also any sample essay/notes on the merchant of Venice and roll of thunder hear my cry !:)

emersyn

For studied fiction/drama make sure you know a couple of characters very well, know a key scene well, know the beginning and ending, key themes, and make sure to learn plenty of quotes. Be careful of your timing in the exam, you shouldn't spend more than 25 minutes on any question on paper 2.
The Sparknotes website has great notes for the Merchant of Venice and Roll of Thunder.

Missyelliot2

Hi, I'm doing the junior cert in 3 days and I was wondering, is it a certainty that a debate speech will come up for (HL) english? I was looking over the past personal writing questions over the years and a debate speech has come up 12 out of the 14 years in our exam papers. The last time it hasn't come up was in 2004. Is it a definite question?

mkatie98

hi I'm doing my junior cert in 2 days, just wondering does anyone know any good websites with notes for the english novel goodnight mr. tom?

guitar freek

HEEEEELP!!!!, the junior cert english is on wednesday and i have no studied drama studied yet!!!!!! we did romeo and juliet, i was wondering since i don't have time to read the play would watching the 2013 movie help???? because i tried the 1968 one and i found it quite difficult to comprehend the language spoken, so would the 2013 be enough as i also have quotes printed off to learn so please reply im really stressed about it !!!!:/

Xgracie

guitar freek wrote: »

HEEEEELP!!!!, the junior cert english is on wednesday and i have no studied drama studied yet!!!!!! we did romeo and juliet, i was wondering since i don't have time to read the play would watching the 2013 movie help???? because i tried the 1968 one and i found it quite difficult to comprehend the language spoken, so would the 2013 be enough as i also have quotes printed off to learn so please reply im really stressed about it !!!!:/

The language spoken is the Shakespearean language from the quotes you need to learn, you need to be able to understand it
Just read a summary online

Beca19

guitar freek wrote: »

HEEEEELP!!!!, the junior cert english is on wednesday and i have no studied drama studied yet!!!!!! we did romeo and juliet, i was wondering since i don't have time to read the play would watching the 2013 movie help???? because i tried the 1968 one and i found it quite difficult to comprehend the language spoken, so would the 2013 be enough as i also have quotes printed off to learn so please reply im really stressed about it !!!!:/

The opening scene from the 2013 version is different!

thetalker

guitar freek wrote: »

HEEEEELP!!!!, the junior cert english is on wednesday and i have no studied drama studied yet!!!!!! we did romeo and juliet, i was wondering since i don't have time to read the play would watching the 2013 movie help???? because i tried the 1968 one and i found it quite difficult to comprehend the language spoken, so would the 2013 be enough as i also have quotes printed off to learn so please reply im really stressed about it !!!!:/

watching the movie at this late a stage is probably not gonna help

i was wondering if anybody had any ideas on how many quotes to learn for their studied play
i think a quote from each act of romeo and Juliet (my play) should be enough but I'm not too sure

emersyn

thetalker wrote: »

i was wondering if anybody had any ideas on how many quotes to learn for their studied play
i think a quote from each act of romeo and Juliet (my play) should be enough but I'm not too sure

You should learn a couple of quotes that convey the personalities of both Romeo and Juliet and learn some quotes from the key scenes, i.e. the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt and the scene where Romeo and Juliet die.

pizzamad

Does anyone know who to write a radio ad?

thetalker

pizzamad wrote: »

Does anyone know who to write a radio ad?

id avoid questions that avoid dialogue if you haven't studied them. same with essays that focus on conversations.

I was wondering if anyone knew on average how many A4 pages to write for the essay/story part.
its worth 70 marks so expect a lot.

VG31

thetalker wrote: »

I was wondering if anyone knew on average how many A4 pages to write for the essay/story part.
its worth 70 marks so expect a lot.

Write as much as you feel you need to explore the essay effectively. But don't write too much or you may not finish the paper. About 3 pages would be the average.

Liordi

I would recommend doing the essay last.

thetalker

BTW for p2 should we include quotes for our studied text?

our class did to kill a mockingbird and i was wondering if i should use quotes or just mention events as a reference.

emersyn

thetalker wrote: »

BTW for p2 should we include quotes for our studied text?

our class did to kill a mockingbird and i was wondering if i should use quotes or just mention events as a reference.

Yes, try to include a quote for every point you make in your answer. You'll lose marks if you don't quote.