Irish

ella minnow pea

yeah so im dead in it and stuff
any tips

StickyMcGinty

pass or higher??

as my grandfather once told me "Who cares, its only irish"

sionnach

lol in all honesty its a bit late for tips.

ella minnow pea

ah no, sure ive only started studyin i hear timpeallacht is an essay

StickyMcGinty

sure friday is the hard paper. tmorrow is only the comprehending and the essay.

my examiner fell asleep twice today!! what a clown

eirebhoy

Tommorow is not easy, I haven't got a clue how to write a stoy or letter.

BTW Fridays exam is only worth 18% or something so don't worry about it.

And ye, Any tips on what Story or Letter to look at in ordinary?

StickyMcGinty

18% - are you sure??

eirebhoy

Originally posted by VinnyL
18% - are you sure??

Oral: 150 marks
Aural:120 Marks
PI: 220 Marks
PII: 110 Marks

Total: 600

110/600 x 100 = 18.33%

nesthead

HAHA p.II 18%! what a joke! /me is till cacking myself about p.I tho.......im afriad i may fail, u dont know how bad i am at irish

ella minnow pea

is it 18% in higher also

Flynn

Originally posted by ella minnow pea
is it 18% in higher also

Nope! far from it in fact.. paper two has highest marks for higher level...

Oral = 150 marks 25%
Tape = 100 marks 17%
Paper 1 = 170 marks 28%
Paper 2 = 180 marks 30%

Remember..
Paper 1 all the marks are going for your irish.. so if your story is about you opening a cheese factory in South Africa it's all good as long as your Irish makes sense..

Paper 2 all the marks are going for your knowledge..( ie.. a 12 mark question is marked - 9 for eolas, 2 for irish) something like that

You'd think the teachers would tell us stuff like this.. its vital information.. fukin eejits!

romey

W-W-WHAT the oral is only worth 25% god damn i busted my ass 4 that exam! when it was over i was so happy i told my male examiner i was in love with him but i did it in irish so what the hell! p.s now, do not i repeat, do not completely take my word 4 this or threaten 2 kill me if it dosent happen but a prediction seems 2 b that gafa will come up on the pass paper 2.which wud b good cause its all i no! death 2 clann lir its EVIL i tell you EVIL!:mad: :mad:

romey

ha ha! God really must have a good sense of humour,cause at the start of my irish exam i got a really bad nose bleed! and bled all over my paper! the examiner was a bit shocked when she asked if wanted step outside and i said "no i cant didnt timetable in bleeding so im staying right here!" what aweird day!:rolleyes:

Celtic Tiger

LOL my nose was bleeding this morning too. Just started for no reason when I was having my breakfast. Was convinced it was gonna start again in the middle of maths but god was feeling generous today!

Pass Irish exam was really easy IMO, was finished in 50 minutes.

romey

yours too? thats so werid mayb its a stress thing. yeah the pass irish was so sweet! even though it was about drugs and a disco i still managed to write about a timpiste

Gael

Can you look at past Irish papers on the net? I'm actually in college but just curious to look at what's on the leaving these days.

ella minnow pea

the essays in higher were HELL i tells you
comprehensions were cuddly enough i suppose
essays were just prickly though

StickyMcGinty

Originally posted by ella minnow pea
the essays in higher were HELL i tells you
comprehensions were cuddly enough i suppose
essays were just prickly though

the paper was Hell, cuddly AND prickly... i'm glad i did ordinary.

all i want is to pass damn irish.... stupid 7th subject

ella minnow pea

yeah twas a cuddly prickly hell....like being forced to watch telly tubbies playin with pineapples

Ro: maaan!

Oh come now...

Higher level? A debate about the internet? What more could I ask for?

And the comprehensions... Jesus were they easy! Except that question about the airplane. Didn't know what the hell that was about. Anyone answer that?

ella minnow pea

mwahahaha i got it
twas about air rage or some such nonsense...
DEAD in paper II 2moro am i

romey

me too! know nothing 4 paper 2 does any1 know if u can pass the whole exam even if u fail paper 2?

Sev

Just a quick question... how much do people write for their paper 1 essays? It says that you need only write 500/600 words on the exam paper, but our teacher drives us to write reams. Personally I did 6 pages today... all of it came from memory.

Sev

Oh yeh the airplane thing, I asked myself the same thing. My first answer was well developed actually.. I said that it was to draw a contrast between the two modes of transport, ie cars + traffic + airplanes and evoke a sense of irony.

Then I read over it again... crossed out that answer neatly. And changed my mind to... that hes comparing the rage and destructive nature that traffic provokes in people to the behaviour drunken people on airplane flights.. or some such nonsense.. didnt know what it was on about to be honest.

Celtic Tiger

does any1 know if u can pass the whole exam even if u fail paper 2?

Yes you will pass as long as average of whole exam > 40%. I been studying history today, will have a read over a few poems and stories before bed. I have done enough on paper 1 and aural to pass anyway and thats all I need in irish

Seraphina

Originally posted by Sev
Personally I did 6 pages today...

meep!
i did 2!
wtf did you write about?
tbh, you REALLY dont need to write that much, my teacher said 2 pages of good irish is better than more of waffle, altho if you're writing as much as 6 im assuming you're very good at irish.
ah well its over and done with, im not aiming high anyway

Flynn

i read the essay titles.. realised i couldnt do any of them..
moved on to stories.. didnt understand them.. started panicking then.. moved on to articles...no luck there either..

debates... ive never done a debate in my life..
i had no choice.. so i wrote 2 & 1/2 pages on what i thought was "idirlíon" turns out i wrote a debate on transition year... whoops! (idir bhlian) thats me ****ed...

that airplane question was sad.. the paragraph went on about traffic gettion hectic and people cutting across gettin stuck in yellow boxes.. they then threw in a random sentence about airplanes! fuk!.. i wrote about 6 words for an answr:)

Over all i did pretty sh!t...

Tape was cool..
i'm pulling an all nighter now for p.2...
cramming everything that is rumoured to come up..

eirebhoy

Done ordinary today. I finished it in twenty minutes, left after half an hour, wrote 1.5 pages. I done a lot more than I thought. I didn't do a bit of studying because I don't need Irish, I just done the exam for the sake of it. I was expecting to fail but I'd say I scraped a pass (a whole 5 points lol).

Sev

Oh no.. Irish is most definitely my weakest subject. I just had reams of material learned off. I picked the first essay title. Disagreed with it, and went on about the difficulties of poverty in comparison to the wealthy. I probably had it finished before you did your 2 pages too Some people in my class did 7 and maybe 8 pages.

That's the Culligan way... learn off essays, spit them out on the day. And it worked, paper II was so suited. Automatic writing from memory all way. Except for the pros, I didnt study that at all

But im sure theres a whole lot of mistakes in it too.. didnt go back and read over it either, couldnt be bothered. I dont care much for Irish anyway, I didnt do it for points.. I don't know why I did it at all really. Its over now anyway.. thank god.

Sev

Originally posted by Seraphina
ah well its over and done with, im not aiming high anyway

Originally posted by Seraphina
i did honours, handy paper too, all the stuff i knew best came up so i was well pleased, im counting on it for one of my higher grades.

Ahem...