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LAst minutes tips for tomorrow any one?

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  • 07-06-2016 11:25am
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    tonyheaney
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    What should i concentrate on and not concentrate on for tomorrow's English, Paper 1 - H & O exam??


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    #2
    crusha101
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    Was in your position 3 years ago , best of luck. If your like me run down to the butchers get some supplies and have a bbq, helping the nerves will stand to you a lot more than cramming for paper 1.
    If you want to cram then just work on your exam strategy , timing etc.


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    spurious
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    Leave red or green biros and Tippex at home. This applies to all exams.


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    Giotar
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    spurious wrote: »
    Leave red or green biros and Tippex at home. This applies to all exams.

    Why red? We're told constantly to write quotes in red unless it's part of the sentence


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    tonyheaney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭tonyheaney


    Giotar wrote: »
    Why red? We're told constantly to write quotes in red unless it's part of the sentence

    quotes?


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    Giotar
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Giotar


    tonyheaney wrote: »
    quotes?

    huh? as in poetry quotes, comparative quotes, single text quotes. Even quotes in the P1 comprehension


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    daraghwal
    Registered Users Posts: 945 ✭✭✭daraghwal


    Giotar wrote: »
    huh? as in poetry quotes, comparative quotes, single text quotes. Even quotes in the P1 comprehension

    Yeah same here, I was told just don't use green

    We were also told use blue and red in Business.


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    tonyheaney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭tonyheaney


    daraghwal wrote: »
    Yeah same here, I was told just don't use green

    We were also told use blue and red in Business.

    I may just do a mr.bean and bring a few hundred


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    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    Red and green biro is used by the people correcting and rechecking your scripts. You're making their job much easier if you stick with blue and black pen only when doing your exams.


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    tonyheaney
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    Re: Paper 1

    I was told there's not much study for this as they ask for comprehending. Who has done this? What are you studying right now for it? Are you studying? zv4rr4.jpg


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    daraghwal
    Registered Users Posts: 945 ✭✭✭daraghwal


    www.aoifesnotes.com


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    tonyheaney
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    daraghwal wrote: »
    www.aoifesnotes.com

    Ill give her a look thanks :)


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    ForstalDave
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    Dont stress, not the end of the world be happy its not worth worrying about


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    daraghwal
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    Do we have to be there a certain amount of time before the exam? Is there a certain time e.g. 10 mins before the exam that they open the doors?


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    manonboard
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    Get good sleep and eat some good food. Bring a small snack. Energy helps you think and stay in a positive mood.
    If you get nervous. Long slow non forced belly breaths. Use your nose.
    Stay chilled.

    Write down anything you can remember on paper when you go in, Don't think you need to wait for the test to start, ask the examiner.


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    tonyheaney
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    daraghwal wrote: »
    Do we have to be there a certain amount of time before the exam? Is there a certain time e.g. 10 mins before the exam that they open the doors?

    I was told to be there at 9am


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    nermal15
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    daraghwal wrote: »
    Do we have to be there a certain amount of time before the exam? Is there a certain time e.g. 10 mins before the exam that they open the doors?

    You have to be there half an hour before the exam starts on your first day, then 15 minutes for all subsequent exams.


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    tonyheaney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭tonyheaney


    there's isn't much to cram for paper 1 is here?


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    daraghwal
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    tonyheaney wrote: »
    there's isn't much to cram for paper 1 is here?

    No, not really for paper 1 no.

    For maths do we need to bring our own log tables or are they supplied? I think they are supplied. Just making sure! We use our own mathematical sets though don't we?


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    tonyheaney
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    log books I'm told are supplied mats set we bring ourselves gray there mind as some contain innocent answers


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    TooMuchWork
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    daraghwal wrote: »
    No, not really for paper 1 no.

    For maths do we need to bring our own log tables or are they supplied? I think they are supplied. Just making sure! We use our own mathematical sets though don't we?

    Log tables are supplied. Sets aren't.


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    spurious
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    Giotar wrote: »
    Why red? We're told constantly to write quotes in red unless it's part of the sentence

    Because they are the colours used by Examiners and Advising Examiners when correcting. I can't believe teachers are not telling students this.
    If you want to use quotes, put them in quotation marks.

    Just use blue and black pen and don't use Tippex. If you are using a gel pen, make sure it is not going through the page, as in transit it can soak into the page below and make a terrible mess. Likewise do not use pencil for writing answers and it can smudge or fade in transit/storage.


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    Nervous Wreck
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    Jesus, don't change your pen colour to write quotes.

    At this point, only one piece of advice really matters: Do your best while you're in there and put it behind you once you leave.


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    TooMuchWork
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭TooMuchWork


    My English teacher last year made us rule our pages with a red line and ruler every single time we started a new page. She also made us write out the names of our texts in green pen (for comparative) and write out any quotations with red pen (on a fresh line) and we had to make sure to write it exactly as it was written in the book (if the author ran out of room and moved to a new line we had to do the same). If any essay we handed up wasn't ruled perfectly with a red pen and ruler it'd be handed back. Bit crazy she was. None of her 'guidelines' will be used tomorrow anyway.


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    #25
    tonyheaney
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    Can i ask is there a website that has peoples essays on them? Id like to read what people have written about Kings speech, foster and plough and stars. It may spark some creativity


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    TSMGUY
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    tonyheaney wrote: »
    Can i ask is there a website that has peoples essays on them? Id like to read what people have written about Kings speech, foster and plough and stars. It may spark some creativity

    there's a bunch of tossers who sell their essays online for exorbitant prices (cough cough 625points.com, cough cough studyclix "premium" access") but you really should run out and splurge on a Key notes book if you're doing those texts.


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    tonyheaney
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    I have the books and I have read them but I'm not the most creative person in the world. My creationism comes spur of the moment and at the last seconds as opposed to weeks of planning lol Drives my wife NUTs!!! I could spend the whole day doing nothing (which really happens with kids around) and then BANG end of the day 5 minutes before closing time Its last orders in the bar and i come up with something mad amazing and has to be done there and

    Does that makes since???


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    daraghwal
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    http://www.625points.com/2016/01/leaving-cert-comparative-king-lear.html#more
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    http://www.625points.com/p/leaving-cert-english-notes-sample.html
    http://www.625points.com/2016/01/king-lear-sample-essay-honour-loyalty.html
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g17ziHN59tg (Last one may not be entirely accurate :D


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    TSMGUY
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    tonyheaney wrote: »
    I have the books and I have read them but I'm not the most creative person in the world. My creationism comes spur of the moment and at the last seconds as opposed to weeks of planning lol Drives my wife NUTs!!! I could spend the whole day doing nothing (which really happens with kids around) and then BANG end of the day 5 minutes before closing time Its last orders in the bar and i come up with something mad amazing and has to be done there and

    Does that makes since???
    you have a wife!!!! There's something incredibly cool about having a wife and doing the Leaving Cert at the same time. You'll have a lot more to write about, for sure!


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    tonyheaney
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    TSMGUY wrote: »
    you have a wife!!!! There's something incredibly cool about having a wife and doing the Leaving Cert at the same time. You'll have a lot more to write about, for sure!

    And kids hahaha I'm betting you thought i was a spotty teen hahhhahaha brought a smile to an other wise nervous person lol


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    tonyheaney
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    what should i bring for tomorrow re: pens pencils rulers???


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