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Leaving Cert '11/'12 Off-Topic 2
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Well done!
My teacher says 3/4 pages, but I usually write 5/6 to be safe. You might be able to cut out some explaining if you've got a lot of that in it, as long as the comparisons are still there. Sometimes it says 'at least two texts', but otherwise I think you've to compare all 3 - but I might be wrong, I usually focus on the (a) and (b) parts.
Thanks Yeah the one I did said at least two texts but I thought I could just do three and that way I can still reduce it to the two texts if I want and I can easily look over the essay. I find the 70mark questions easier because it's usually a general question mostly. I end up writing too long for the a) or b) parts or I might go off point. 0 -
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Mysteriouschic wrote: »Thanks Yeah the one I did said at least two texts but I thought I could just do three and that way I can still reduce it to the two texts if I want and I can easily look over the essay. I find the 70mark questions easier because it's usually a general question mostly. I end up writing too long for the a) or b) parts or I might go off point.
Feck the comparative! You'd be better off putting your togs on and going for a swim at this stage, perfecting your swimming skills to evade the island when the old folks find out the results.0 -
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Ohhh thats lovelyPictureFrame wrote: »If you just cover Units 1, 4, 5, 6 (ABQ Units).
Your guaranteed at least 5 Questions to choose from.
Q.1- Always Unit 1
Q.2- Always Unit 6
Q.5- Always Unit 4
Q.6- Always Unit 5 + 4 Mixed
Q.7- Always Unit 5
And you only have to do 4 out of these 5.
whats Q4 then, unit 7? I actually know unit 7 quite well too anyways coz we do it in geography, I guess I can half-neglect q2 and q3 then :P
I would hope so :POh if you're doing the a and b part, I think you're fine to use one and then the other two. :P
You really think so? Usually I find the 70 mark ones are more specific, e.g. key moments. In my mock the 70 mark essay was how GV+V changed between the opening and closing scene, wheres the 30/40 mark one was just 'How did it make you feel' 'How did two others make you feel the same emotions' or something ridiculously broad like that :pac:Mysteriouschic wrote: »Thanks Yeah the one I did said at least two texts but I thought I could just do three and that way I can still reduce it to the two texts if I want and I can easily look over the essay. I find the 70mark questions easier because it's usually a general question mostly. I end up writing too long for the a) or b) parts or I might go off point.
Had an awful dream last night that I got a D3 in English, a U (extremely low grade according to my subconcious :L) in some subject, an OD2 in music which I dont even do, and A1s in Irish and geography. Then I had a "100-1/100" in maths which is a pretty funny way to look at it, and I was freaking out thinking I'd failed :L
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Ohhh thats lovely whats Q4 then, unit 7? I actually know unit 7 quite well too anyways coz we do it in geography, I guess I can half-neglect q2 and q3 then :P
I would hope so :P
You really think so? Usually I find the 70 mark ones are more specific, e.g. key moments. In my mock the 70 mark essay was how GV+V changed between the opening and closing scene, wheres the 30/40 mark one was just 'How did it make you feel' 'How did two others make you feel the same emotions' or something ridiculously broad like that :pac:
Had an awful dream last night that I got a D3 in English, a U (extremely low grade according to my subconcious :L) in some subject, an OD2 in music which I dont even do, and A1s in Irish and geography. Then I had a "100-1/100" in maths which is a pretty funny way to look at it, and I was freaking out thinking I'd failed :L
The D3 in English though </3
Yeah I find the questions that require feeling much harder to do. For that question that came up in your mock about how the GV & V changed between the opening and closing scene. I would have the 1.introduction 2. Opening 3. Plot 4. society 5. key relationship 6. ending 7. conclusion
Then I'd compare each of those as normal then. In the opening say in Babylon it was pessimistic and at the end it was still pessimistic I'd just state at the end that there was not a change in it still had a depressing, bleak etc. ending . In the other paragraphs I'd be stating in each of those whether the vision was of a positive/negative . If you get what I mean? It's just basically the comparing the texts as normal then you just adjust your answer to fit the question . You're just being asked there like say in each of those paragraphs how the general vison had changed and if it was still negative you would just mention that. If you get what I mean?0 -
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Tomorrow I am going to learn the whole course, no I'm not joking :P It'll be a good 10 hour session in the library 9 physical, 13 regional, 7 economic elective and 3 options. Can't wait!
****! Fair play to ya :P How do you approach your answers?-Do you learn off whole essays or just use some of your knowledge of the topic for your SRPS?
I find myself sometimes having to learn off whole essays a lot the time
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PictureFrame wrote: »What regional stuff are you learning?
Ireland: Tertiary and growth of Dublin.
Mezz: Primary, secondary and tertiary.
India: Primary, secondary, tertiary, culture AND growth of Mumbai.
Also, concept of a region and the EU's economic and cultural impact 0 -
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****! Fair play to ya :P How do you approach your answers?-Do you learn off whole essays or just use some of your knowledge of the topic for your SRPS?
I find myself sometimes having to learn off whole essays a lot the time
Well, I've actually all the essays half-learnt off because my geography teacher made us work our asses off! We basically had to learn the whole course for summer, christmas and then the mocks so I'm well prepared!
What I usually do is write out an SRP in one line and just know that line :P So then it's just like 15 lines to know, but I always have an extra 2 SRPs. I've had my answers done ages ago so I'm lucky I don't have to write them up!0 -
Well, I've actually all the essays half-learnt off because my geography teacher made us work our asses off! We basically had to learn the whole course for summer, christmas and then the mocks so I'm well prepared!
What I usually do is write out an SRP in one line and just know that line :P So then it's just like 15 lines to know, but I always have an extra 2 SRPs. I've had my answers done ages ago so I'm lucky I don't have to write them up!
Yeah I know a few of answers really well already but some I am starting from scratch :P I also have my answers done out already just a few human geography ones to get up to 30/30.I always hand up questions to my teacher and they are full mark ones that I study 0 -
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I'm going for an A2/A1 in geography, I havent particularly learned essays, they're all floating around my mind from constant geography tests (seriously, like bi-weekly) :L Plus the predictability is ridiculous, lets hope they dont change it this year
Ah thank youquestion 4 is management, question 3 in unit 7...hey patchy any chance are u doin ocean and atomsphere as ur option in geog, if so what are u preparing for it? Haha and yeah I am, its gonna cost me my A I'll PM you about it
Nope he meant literally just opening and closing scenes, I dunno if he was right or maybe I misinterpreted him, but yeah there'd be nothing to write at all! Probably wont be phrased as ambiguously in June anywayMysteriouschic wrote: »Oh if he said you just had to talk about the opening and closing. I think he means you'd just mention the change in the opening and closing but then compare the other paragraphs as normal then say state at the end that it had changed or state that the vision had not changed. I don't think it would just be on the opening and closing scenes I don't think there would be enough to write. 0 -
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PictureFrame wrote: »Oh god I would LOVE the A1, I just don't know if i've done enough to get it. My project has to be full mark material, I put weeks of work into it. I think I better just kick my ass into gear and try my best to get the A1. Do you think it's possible if I start putting in loads of effort now? I got a B1 in the mock btw!
The sooner you realise how easy geography is the better :P Literally all you need to be able to do is know enough answers (you've a ridiculous amount of choice) and write fast. Maybe a little bullsh*tting ability would help too if a question isn't great, but surely it's an easy A!?
But yeah, of course you can 0 -
I'm going for an A2/A1 in geography, I havent particularly learned essays, they're all floating around my mind from constant geography tests (seriously, like bi-weekly) :L Plus the predictability is ridiculous, lets hope they dont change it this year
Ah thank you Haha and yeah I am, its gonna cost me my A I'll PM you about it
Nope he meant literally just opening and closing scenes, I dunno if he was right or maybe I misinterpreted him, but yeah there'd be nothing to write at all! Probably wont be phrased as ambiguously in June anyway
Oh right , thats odd I guess that is still a good question although you might not think at the time it's only about the opening and closing. Hopefully that question won't come up. The essay I done was just a general title "The GV&V can be very similar or very different" which is a great question I'd love if something like that came up.0 -
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The sooner you realise how easy geography is the better :P Literally all you need to be able to do is know enough answers (you've a ridiculous amount of choice) and write fast. Maybe a little bullsh*tting ability would help too if a question isn't great, but surely it's an easy A!?
But yeah, of course you can
The writing fast thing is not really a problem, I did 24 pages for my Mock in the 2 hours 50 minutes! :pac: You've totally just motivated me. I'm gonna spend most of the weekend now doing all Geography. I'm going to get the Physical and the Regional definitely learnt off fully and maybe 2 Geoecology essays. Do you find just rewriting the SRP'S is the best way to help you learn?0 -
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Mysteriouschic wrote: »Oh right , thats odd I guess that is still a good question although you might not think at the time it's only about the opening and closing. Hopefully that question won't come up. The essay I done was just a general title "The GV&V can be very similar or very different" which is a great question I'd love if something like that came up.
I'm just learning off a sample essay and going in with that, should be fine worked in the mock. I'd also love the GV&V can be bright or dark or a mixture of brightness and darkness, discuss. They year who got that one were so lucky :pac:
@David, I hope not :L I went way over the word count, but I definitely have max SRPs so the minimum I can get is 95 Still wrote 993 for the word count though 
@ PF What I do is just condense my answer into like one line for every SRP, and then learn off the essay that way I'm pretty quick at learning them (well, at the library) so it only takes me like 10 minutes to learn one off! 0
I still have a load of answers I need to learn 
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