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Aleatorio's study log

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    English:
    2004 Macbeth q (Compelling scene)
    2013 Macbeth q (Imagery)- Plan
    Maths:
    2 Contexts and applications questions
    Notes on Histograms (SD, Mean, Median)
    Spanish:
    Reading sections of 2004 paper
    Written section of 2004 paper
    Physics:
    4 Exam qs
    Biology:
    HL and OL Plant Reproduction qs
    Skeleton notes on Plant reproduction, propagation, responses and structure
    Business:
    Notes on Ch: 15, 16, 17, 18

    So this is what I got done today - Bolded things to be done tomorrow
    9 hours of work done today - safe to say I'm jaded


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    This weekends plan:

    Spanish:
    2004 Listening
    2004 Written
    2006 Opinion Piece
    English:
    Macbeth Imagery Essay
    Learn Dickinson Quotes
    Maths:
    Complete 2013 Mock Paper 1 - 1,2,3,4,5,6
    Complete 2013 Mock Paper 2 - 1,2,3,4,5,6A,6B,7,8,9
    Physics:
    Finish 2002 Paper
    Irish:
    Revise Spailpin Fanach
    Business:
    Summarise Unit 6: 1,2,3,4,5
    Do all Taxation, Breakeven and Ratio Qs 2013-1999
    Biology:
    Revise 3 Chapters of Human Biology

    Bolded is what I intend to do today :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Spanish:
    2004 Listening
    2004 Written
    English:
    Larkin Essay
    Dickinson Essay
    Maths:
    Complete 2013 Mock Paper 1 - Q 6
    Complete 2013 Mock Paper 2 - Q 1,5,8
    Irish:
    Revise Spailpin Fanach
    Business:
    Summarise Unit 6: 3,4,5
    Biology:
    Revise 3 Chapters of Human Biology

    Going to try and get as much of this done tomorrow as I can - realistically I probably wont get it all done, but Ill finish the rest on Monday :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Spanish:
    2004 Listening
    English:
    Dickinson Essay
    Irish:
    Revise Spailpin Fanach
    Business:
    Summarise Unit 6: Ch.5

    Tomorrows to-do list


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Ok so Ive gotten a lot of tests and English essays back lately:

    Business - 100% (Accounting), 93% (Short Qs), 95% (Unit 5)
    English - 98% (Larkin), 88% (Banquo), 91% (Imagery), 89% (Full paper 1), 94% (Banquet Scene)

    And today I did the 2010 Biology paper in exam conditions and got 95% :)

    Staying home from school until next Wednesday -

    So this is my to-do list for tomorrow:

    Business: Exam Q on Unit 1 (Consumer Protection Act 2007 perhaps) and Unit 4 (Full question ABC), Also summarise Social Responsibility
    Spanish: Aural test (really need to work on these)
    English: Revise GVV
    Biology: Finish unanswered Qs from 2010, Do 2009 full paper in exam conditions and grade
    Irish: Revise the 4 poets
    Physics: 3 exam questions (Electricity exp. q, Mechanics q, Sound q)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭ejayy


    You my friend, are extremely smart! All i can say is Wow!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 134 ✭✭Striving470


    Best of luck...it's good to see people who work towards something do well.:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    ejayy wrote: »
    You my friend, are extremely smart! All i can say is Wow!!!!!

    Hahahah awh thank you :o
    Best of luck...it's good to see people who work towards something do well.:)

    Thank you! :) Hopefully all the work will pay off :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Business: Exam Q on Unit 1 (Consumer Protection Act 2007 perhaps) and Unit 4 (Full question ABC), Also summarise Social Responsibility

    Spanish: Aural test (really need to work on these)
    (66/80)

    English: Revise GVV

    Biology: Finish unanswered Qs from 2010, Do 2009 full paper in exam conditions and grade
    (98.5% :D)

    Irish: Revise the 4 poets

    Physics: 3 exam questions (Electricity exp. q, Mechanics q, Sound q)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Todays to-do list:

    Business: Exam Q on Unit 1

    English: Revise GVV

    Spanish: 2007 listening (83%), 2006 listening

    Biology: Finish undone qs from 2009 paper, do 2011 paper section A

    Physics: 2 electricity exp qs, 2 modern physics qs


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Biology:
    Finish questions from 2011 paper
    Do 3 human biology qs (Endocrine system, Digestive system, Nervous system)

    Physics:
    Full 2009 paper in exam conditions (92%)
    Revise modern physics (Specifically: Pair production/annihilation, Photoelectric effect, thermionic emission, radiation, everything to do with cockcroft and walton exp, chain reactions, cathode ray tube) - All 3 chapters (The Electron, The Nucleus and the Particle Physics Option) covered in 3 pages of notes :cool:

    Spanish:
    2006 listening (finish 2 questions) (90%)
    2010 listening (88%)

    Maths:
    4 questions


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Tomorrow I wont have much time to study, but hopefully Ill get up early and get some of this done:

    Biology: Do 3 human biology qs (Endocrine system, Digestive system, Nervous system)
    Spanish: Listening exam
    English: GVV revision


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Didn't get a whole lot done today:

    2013 Biology paper in exam conditions: 96%
    2013 Physics paper in exam conditions: 95%


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Going to try and get up early tomorrow and get a solid day of study done -

    Biology: Do 3 human biology qs for each of these topics: Endocrine system, Digestive system, Nervous system, Excretion (12 questions)
    Spanish: Listening exam (2009 - 92%)
    English: GVV revision, Learn comparative quotes
    Physics: 2012 paper in exam conditions (92%)
    Maths: Exam paper questions


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Plan for Sunday and Monday:
    10 - 8 hopefully

    Irish: All poetry - Geibheann, Colscaradh, Spailpin Fanach, An t-Earrach Thiar, Mo Ghra-sa
    English: General Vision and Viewpoint, Lady Macbeth - Quotes and Mindmap for both
    Business: 2012 short questions, Notes on Qs 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 for 2012 and 2010
    Physics: Full 2011 paper


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Plan for tomorrow:

    Irish: Geibheann, Colscaradh, Spailpin Fanach, Listening Sample 3 (53/60 88%)
    English: General Vision and Viewpoint essay, Lady Macbeth revision
    Biology: 5 plant biology questions
    Maths: Finish Sample paper A (Paper 1), Q1-9 Sample B (Paper 1)

    Having a lovely productive day :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Today:

    English: Lady Macbeth
    Irish: Spailpin Fanach, Dís, Sample 4 Listening (58/60, -2 for spelling = 93%), Write out all past essay titles
    Biology: 2012 paper (97%), Finish 2013 paper
    Spanish: 2008 reading sections (88%)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Tomorrow:

    Physics: Section A of (2009) (91%)
    Spanish: 2010 reading section,(84%)Listening comp(88%)
    Irish: Dís, Learn debate opening off, Sample listening 5 (60/60 minus 3 for spelling = 95%)
    English: Kingship essay
    Biology: Nitrogen and Carbon cycle
    Business: Consumer Protection Act 2007


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    These are the things I think I need to focus on most/revise:

    English:
    • Poetry (Dickinson, Larkin, Kinsella, Yeats, (Bishop as 5th)) - Need to learn quotes
    • Macbeth (Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Banquo, Kingship, Scene) - Need to learn Kingship (+quotes)
    • Comparative (GVV & CC) - Need to revise CC
    Irish:
    • Pros (Cáca, Dis, Oisin, Gnathrud)
    • Essay phrases/Debate opening&closing
    • Listening paper
    Maths:
    • Probability
    • Calculus
    • Proofs&Contructions

    Spanish:
    • Reading section
    • Opinion piece phrases
    Business:
    • Unit 7 - EU institutions, Trade
    • The laws
    • Report/letter writing
    Physics:
    • Mechanics experiments (especially the calculations)
    • Electricity experiments
    • Waves/Sound
    • Mechanics
    Biology:
    • Ecology (:o)
    • Enzymes
    • Genetics (not the crosses)
    • Plant (Reproduction, Structure)
    • Leaf Yeast exp
    • IAA exp
    • DNA exp
    • Digestion


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Also, just thought Id do a final set of 'what I want' predictions, to look back on after we get our results :)
    The course I want (DN440) was 560 last year, but I'm expecting it to rise, so I want at least 565, or 570..

    Subject | Pessimistic | Optimistic | Goal
    English | B2 | A2 | B1
    Irish | B3 | B1 | B1
    Maths | B1 | A2 | B1
    Spanish | B1 | A1 | B1
    Business | B2 | A2 | B1
    Physics | A2 | A1 | A1
    Biology | A2 | A1 | A1
    Points | 535 | 595 | 565

    Heres to hoping I get somewhere between 595 and 565 :o


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Tomorrow:

    Biology: 2008 full paper (98%)
    English: Kingship, Brief revision of Larkin, Kinsella, Dickinson, Write out Yeats essay
    Irish: Dís mindmap and vocab, notes on Caca Milis, Learn off debate opening
    Business: Consumer Protection Act 2007, Directive/Regulation/Decision and EU institutions
    Spanish: Written section of 2006 (83%)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Irish: Finish Caca Milis
    Physics: 2009 full paper 95% Finish 2009 Qs: 6,7,11,12(b)(c)
    Spanish: 2004 listening (67/80 - 84%)
    Business: 2007 Q3, 2008 Q3, 2013 Q3, 2011 Q3, 2006 Q3AB
    Biology: 2007 full paper (99%), make notes on: Location & function of endocrine glands, Genetic profiling/screening/isolation of DNA


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Irish: An Ghaeilge - Write out essay, plan, vocab
    Physics: Finish 2009 Qs: 6,7,11,12(b)(c)
    Business: 2006 Q3(a)(b),summarize unit 7
    Biology: 2006 full paper, (92%) Revise enzymes, lymphatic system, digestion, skeleton and cell division
    English: Dickinson in detail


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Tomorrow, English gets serious!
    Today I made flashcards for Dickinson quotes and learned them, and did summaries of all the poems and notes on her style, tomorrow I want to nail that down and be confident in answering on her.
    I also want to write out a Yeats essay, and do the same with him.
    If I get that finished and amen't getting sick of English I'll revise Larkin.

    English: Dickinson, Yeats, (Larkin)
    Biology: Note on lymphatic system, digestion and skeleton
    Maths: Complex numbers, number classification, calculus, financial maths


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Maths: 2013 and 2012 paper 1 - exam conditions and grade 99.6% and 98% respectively
    Biology: Print out definitions and learn
    English: Revise Larkin and learn quotes, Make essay plans for lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Banquo, banquet scene, evil and appearance vs reality, make cultural context notes

    Long day ahead tomorrow :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    English: Cultural context, Kinsella, Larkin, Paper 1 revision
    Biology: Pick 10 definitions I find hard and learn verbatim
    Maths: Learn any proofs needed for P1


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Ok, English-dissection time :cool::pac:

    Paper 1:
    Overall, this was a beautiful paper :D I did the Question A on Text 1 (like everyone else :rolleyes:) and Question B on Text 2, and then the short story on a ghostly presence :)
    The comprehension questions were lovely and I wrote a formal letter to JK Rowling about books and whatnot :cool:
    Hoping for about 160/200

    Paper 2:
    Herein lies the trainwreck...
    This went horribly, hopefully Ill get a pleasant surprise in August and get the B2/B1 I need...
    Dickinson was an ok answer, hopefully I got good marks here, the unseen poetry was a big PPPPSFFFSSS (raspberry noise) - only wrote about 3/4 of a page :pac:
    Comparative was a big load of waft, big let down.. as was Macbeth, felt I let myself down there :(
    Hoping for about 118/200 :(


    Roll on Maths!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Maths paper 1 went absolutely amazzzinngg :D
    Got everything correct in Section A, except for 3 little blunders (2 marks max each I'd say :rolleyes:), and Section B was great too, only bits that threw me were the bridge area and finding PB in the pythag q, and my last part of Q9 was a bit dodgy but still confident in an A in that paper :cool::cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Heres what Im doing today:

    Went through Maths books and marked all important pages, wrote out any formulas I need to know off and made note of anything very important
    Wrote out all 8 trig derivations (Ew)
    Wrote out a load of examples of circle questions because I always find them difficult

    Now Im going to:
    Do the 2013 paper and grade it
    Make Statistics notes
    Make Probability notes

    Then maybe a bit of P1 stuff for Irish


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    Maths paper 2: This was a bit... meh... I don't really know to be honest :o Some questions were fine, but probability always throws my confidence a bit, and I hate opinionated statistics qs because it all depends on the marker.. :( Last part of Q9 threw me, as did the part about Drug B's maximum, and I made a few silly mistakes I'd say :o I might be a bit happier when I see the answers :rolleyes:
    Irish paper 1: This. was. beautiful! The aural was simple, at least 56/60 Id say, and then I did the essay on young people and wrote about 5 pages on EVERYTHING :pac: Fingers crossed for an A1 in that and an A1 in the oral, and some form of a B tomorrow and life will be brilliant <3


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