Leaving Cert 2012 Predictions.

smithy77 · 03-06-2012 02:40PM

Hamlet, Ophelia/Gertrude, Laertes, Fortinbras, Deception & Soliloquies for me:cool:

HeaneyBabe · 03-06-2012 03:00PM

I think I'll go on; Deception, Role of Women, Importance of Soliloquy's, Polonius, The importance of the ghost and the theme of love.

FinnD · 03-06-2012 03:00PM

PictureFrame wrote: »

FinnD wrote: »

Tbh, they don't seem like very good predictions

lol, honesty ftw! :P

I agree, they're more like what i'd like to see on the paper tbh! What do you predict?

Well, seen as how I haven't even looked at English yet, tomorrow I plan on learning 5 or 6 essays consisting of Heaney, plath, general vision, deception and hamlets character. I hope to get a B3 in English btw

smoc_28 · 03-06-2012 03:10PM

any one doing ol irish??

googlee · 03-06-2012 03:51PM

I'm I fairly good at predictions so this is what I think-

English- Comparative (literary genre), poetry (Plath, Kavanagh and Heaney, Kinsella).
Hamlet (women, Polonius, Laertes, theme of apperance vs reality and the theme of death).

Geography- earthquakes, 2 landforms i.e. waterfall and floodplain. Rock cycle, climatic region/geomorphological region. Subcontinent is the most important. Secondary economic activities. Region of economic decline. Immigration policy. theories. Rural settlement on map. Human impact on soil for the biome.

Home ec- Lipids or carbohydrates. Vitamin A and D. HACCP and food preservation and FSAI. Sensory analysis. marriage and family law. Work (maybe childcare) and leisure for the elective.

For biology I think you need to know it all but defo know sexual reproduction for flowers and humans. The nervous system. Respiration and photosynthesis. Ecology. DNA and genetics. Also human breathing.

Do know or care for maths or Irish LOL and can't predict for Spanish .

study2012 · 03-06-2012 04:17PM

Does anyone have ordinary level Irish, French, chemistry, accounting, agricultural science and maths higher level predictions please and thank u in advance

smoc_28 · 03-06-2012 04:55PM

relly need the irish too

Pete123456 · 03-06-2012 05:11PM

the essay will be something like ar imirce, daoine oga, cluiche olimpeacha and maybe something like eire san eoraip

The an triail q has switched for the last 15 years or something so if you have a generic answer it should do...

Prose should be hurlamaboc

Poem should be colscaradh or something easy....

My teacher was pushing them anyways cause they will prolly give something easy the first year of the new course...

Chemistry anyone?

Nitsuj · 03-06-2012 05:27PM

PictureFrame wrote: »

English Paper II Predictions (purely speculative btw)

Hamlet:
Polonius (never been on)

Loyalty/Betrayal

Importance of Soliloquys

Struggle between Hamlet and Claudius

Comparative:
Literary Genre

Theme or Issue

Poetry:
Robert Frost

Patrick Kavanagh

Adrienne Rich

Seamus Heaney

IMO, all predictions are speculative. They probably randomly pick each section from a draw or something..

Umm, theme and LG came up last year. Theme is considered very unlikely, whereas v&v is considered very likely.
Frost is unlikely. Larkin, Heany and Plath likely.
Hamlet - as I said, deception and popularity. Claudius was on last year.

PictureFrame · 03-06-2012 05:31PM

Nitsuj wrote: »

Umm, theme and LG came up last year. Theme is considered very unlikely, whereas v&v is considered very likely.
Frost is unlikely. Larkin, Heany and Plath likely.
Hamlet - as I said, deception and popularity. Claudius was on last year.

No Theme and Cultural Context came up last year.

Nitsuj · 03-06-2012 05:33PM

PictureFrame wrote: »

No Theme and Cultural Context came up last year.

My class never even done cultural context. What the hell is that?
Either way, that probably means that theme is even less likely. If v&v comes up I'll be flying.

PictureFrame · 03-06-2012 05:35PM

Nitsuj wrote: »

My class never even done cultural context. What the hell is that?
Either way, that probably means that theme is even less likely. If v&v comes up I'll be flying.

Only 3 modes are on for each year. Cultural context isn't on the syllabus for 2012

Dale94 · 03-06-2012 05:42PM

For English HL my teacher said that the new chief examiner for english is trying to hinder peoples predictions so i would imagine he knows about all of this speculation about Plath which my teacher said he does!. In my opinion it will be heaney or larkin

Pete123456 · 03-06-2012 06:00PM

Dale94 wrote: »

For English HL my teacher said that the new chief examiner for english is trying to hinder peoples predictions so i would imagine he knows about all of this speculation about Plath which my teacher said he does!. In my opinion it will be heaney or larkin

Yeah but alot of people will answer on Heaney, and there is a good chance the question will be hard because of that... I think ill do Plath because people are less likely to be answering on her and her poetry is accessible too

Nitsuj · 03-06-2012 06:07PM

Just learn the two to be safe.

Canard · 03-06-2012 06:08PM

Is this new chief examiner brand new, as in he didnt set the 2011 exam? :eek:
I've heard biology became a disaster when this happened because no one could predict it. Pleeeeease tell me that wont happen with English :L

ChemHickey · 03-06-2012 06:19PM

Pete123456 wrote: »

Dale94 wrote: »

For English HL my teacher said that the new chief examiner for english is trying to hinder peoples predictions so i would imagine he knows about all of this speculation about Plath which my teacher said he does!. In my opinion it will be heaney or larkin

Yeah but alot of people will answer on Heaney, and there is a good chance the question will be hard because of that... I think ill do Plath because people are less likely to be answering on her and her poetry is accessible too

EVERYONE will be answering on Plath! Perhaps I'm using a bit of hyperbole with everyone but the majority will!

PictureFrame · 03-06-2012 06:20PM

ChemHickey wrote: »

EVERYONE will be answering on Plath! Perhaps I'm using a bit of hyperbole with everyone but the majority will!

I won't, hopefully. If I don't have a choice i'll have to I suppose! :P I'd much rather Heaney, Larkin or Rich

leavingcert. · 03-06-2012 06:20PM

Pete123456 wrote: »

Yeah but alot of people will answer on Heaney, and there is a good chance the question will be hard because of that... I think ill do Plath because people are less likely to be answering on her and her poetry is accessible too

On the contrary it appears that everyone is learning Plath, but also Heaney. My class didn't even do Plath so am hoping for Heaney.

Does anyone have any tips for learning a poet to a standard that you'd just be able to write on them in the case of a disaster?

Pete123456 · 03-06-2012 06:27PM

leavingcert. wrote: »

On the contrary it appears that everyone is learning Plath, but also Heaney. My class didn't even do Plath so am hoping for Heaney.

Does anyone have any tips for learning a poet to a standard that you'd just be able to write on them in the case of a disaster?

I was only going on what ive heard and what my teacher told us.... I reckon the heaney question will be hard all the same...

But if youre gonna learn a small bit, Language of the poet is what makes a good candidate ive been told.... just learn a few generic quotes that can be shoved in i spose...

JonnyMcNamee · 03-06-2012 06:56PM

PictureFrame wrote: »

I won't, hopefully. If I don't have a choice i'll have to I suppose! :P I'd much rather Heaney, Larkin or Rich

Larkin FTW. What a legend, what a man. It's between him and Plath for me tbh.

Namlub · 03-06-2012 07:13PM

Wish we did Larkin instead of Boland...

JonnyMcNamee · 03-06-2012 07:22PM

Namlub wrote: »

Wish we did Larkin instead of Boland...

I feel your pain.. From looking over some of Boland's poetry I know I just wouldn't be able to relate to any of it at all! :pac:

jmcg8 · 03-06-2012 07:32PM

What are people learning 4 irish essays 4 irish hl????

AnnaKin · 03-06-2012 07:36PM

Fadhbanna ag daoine oga, agus sin é go leir

Pete123456 · 03-06-2012 07:37PM

jmcg8 wrote: »

What are people learning 4 irish essays 4 irish hl????

stuff about ar imirce, daoine oga, cluiche olimpeacha and eire san eoraip id say.... general stuff like

jmcg8 · 03-06-2012 07:41PM

AnnaKin wrote: »

Fadhbanna ag daoine oga, agus sin é go leir [/QUOTE
Risky haha

jmcg8 · 03-06-2012 07:45PM

If you were to pick 2 poets(other than plath) to learn, 2 topics for hamlet and either gvvp or lg what would they be?

PictureFrame · 03-06-2012 07:47PM

jmcg8 wrote: »

If you were to pick 2 poets(other than plath) to learn, 2 topics for hamlet and either gvvp or lg what would they be?

Heaney
Larkin
Loyalty/Betrayal
Deception
LG

Nitsuj · 03-06-2012 07:54PM

jmcg8 wrote: »

If you were to pick 2 poets(other than plath) to learn, 2 topics for hamlet and either gvvp or lg what would they be?

-Heany and Larkin or Kinsella (I'd do Kinsella because my class didn't Larkin).
-Deception (this really overlaps with betrayal and corruption, so it's a good essay to know)
-Popularity/appeal of the play (already stated the reasons several times)
-General Vision and Viewpoint (because I prefer that one, but LG is also very likely)

Leaving Cert 2012 Predictions.

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