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Junior Cert 2010: English Paper 2

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  • #92
    kevin12345
    Registered Users Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭kevin12345


    I did the other drama really easy to understand :)


  • #93
    soccymonster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,553 ✭✭✭soccymonster


    Guys, for unseen poetry, we've always been told that it doesn't matter what your interpretation of it is.
    *As long as you can state your view on the poem and back it up with a good reference and quote to the poem.
    The examiner can't dock you marks as many people have many different interpretations of a poem.

    :)

    *Bit late to tell you this. I'm sorry :o


  • #94
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    Namabillion wrote: »
    I think it was a lot easier than the pre. Did anyone else do other drama? What did u think of it.

    Other drama was okay. Shakespearean drama was an absolute bitch!


  • #95
    Ally7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,207 ✭✭✭Ally7


    DKZ wrote: »
    Other drama was okay. Shakespearean drama was an absolute bitch!

    Really? Found that way easier! My answers are total s**t like, but I thought it wasn't too bad.


  • #96
    Bears and Vodka
    Registered Users Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭Bears and Vodka


    Ally7 wrote: »
    Was the poem about a guy who feared for when his child grew up and left him and he would be old and alone?

    Oh that was what it was about ? Jeez
    Namabillion wrote: »
    I think it was a lot easier than the pre. Did anyone else do other drama? What did u think of it.

    I did other drama, our teacher told us to ignore Shakesperean drama, ''too difficult'' in his opinion. Other drama was fairly straight forward, identified the extract as 'humorous'. Black tea poisonous ? Seriously ? She's drinking it anyway just diluted with milk.


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  • #97
    Gaeilge-go-deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭Gaeilge-go-deo


    Ally7 wrote: »
    I used Base Details for the poetry question about a serious issue, was fairly easy!

    why the fudge didnt i think of that!!:O i did Digging for the second question.. i cant even remember what it was now :p


  • #98
    Colm!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭Colm!


    I got through with shakspearean. Although to honest I never bothered even reading other.


  • #99
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    Ally7 wrote: »
    Really? Found that way easier! My answers are total s**t like, but I thought it wasn't too bad.

    The names were too similar, I kept getting mixed up during reading it. Also, nothing much happened and I had no idea what happened at the end with her husband? Did he die? :confused:


  • #100
    Gaeilge-go-deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭Gaeilge-go-deo


    DKZ wrote: »
    Other drama was okay. Shakespearean drama was an absolute bitch!

    i spent about fifteen minutes minutes at the shakespearean drama and i was like **** this i dont have a clue, and i did other drama... i was so pissed beacuse i did loadsa practise on shakespearean ... :/


  • #101
    Ally7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,207 ✭✭✭Ally7


    subz3r0 wrote: »
    Oh that was what it was about ? Jeez



    That was my interpretation of it anyway, but like Soccy said it doesn't matter how you interpret it once you back everything up!


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  • #102
    suitcasepink
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,836 Mod ✭✭✭✭suitcasepink


    Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »
    why the fudge didnt i think of that!!:O i did Digging for the second question.. i cant even remember what it was now :p

    Snap!
    But I kinda liked Digging anyway so I just wrote stuffs about why I liked it, and they gave hints like for what to include so yano!:)



    Couldnt understand that unseen poem :(


  • #103
    storm2811
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭storm2811


    Did anyone else see that the poem was a cinderella theme?

    But that's not what a based my answer on,just noticed it:)


  • #104
    storm2811
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭storm2811


    DKZ wrote: »
    The names were too similar, I kept getting mixed up during reading it. Also, nothing much happened and I had no idea what happened at the end with her husband? Did he die? :confused:

    He was always dead?


  • #105
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    storm2811 wrote: »
    Did anyone else see that the poem was a cinderella theme?

    But that's not what a based my answer on,just noticed it:)

    Yeah, I mentioned that too. How the poem has a theme of a fairy-tale but the poet then becomes realistic and realises that he won't be around for the girl growing up.


  • #106
    Closed ac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭Closed ac


    storm2811 wrote: »
    He was always dead?

    Shakespearan, not other! :P


  • #107
    Ally7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,207 ✭✭✭Ally7


    DKZ wrote: »
    The names were too similar, I kept getting mixed up during reading it. Also, nothing much happened and I had no idea what happened at the end with her husband? Did he die? :confused:

    As far as I know, Volumnia and Virgilia were mother and daughter in law. Marcius, Virgilia's husband, was fighting in a war with the Romans and Virigilia was really worried about him, and Volumnia was telling her get over herself :P

    I didn't even read the other wan's lines, probably missed half the information but meh, too late now!


  • #108
    storm2811
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭storm2811


    DKZ wrote: »
    Yeah, I mentioned that too. How the poem has a theme of a fairy-tale but the poet then becomes realistic and realises that he won't be around for the girl growing up.

    Yeah well the poem was called Cinders which I didn't pay much attention to untill he went on to say something about a "good mother" who gave her a star,and she dropped her wand,then he says that the car was already changing and that it smelled like something..ahh i can't remember but it sounded like a plant or something..like the pumpkin!:P

    About the drama,whoops! The names in the other drama were really similar aswell (Bridie and Brenda) so that's why I thought..:P


  • #109
    Gaeilge-go-deo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭Gaeilge-go-deo


    i thought the poet was dying and he wont be around to see his daughter grow up... whoooops


  • #110
    Ally7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,207 ✭✭✭Ally7


    storm2811 wrote: »
    Yeah well the poem was called Cinders which I didn't pay much attention to untill he went on to say something about a "good mother" who gave her a star,and she dropped her wand,then he says that the car was already changing and that it smelled like something..ahh i can't remember but it sounded like a plant or something..like the pumpkin!:P

    About the drama,whoops! The names in the other drama were really similar aswell (Bridie and Brenda) so that's why I thought..:P

    When I saw Cinders, for some reason I thought it had something to do with a fire:confused:


  • #111
    Namabillion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 647 ✭✭✭Namabillion


    Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »
    i thought the poet was dying and he wont be around to see his daughter grow up... whoooops

    i thought that too.


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  • #112
    storm2811
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭storm2811


    Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »
    i thought the poet was dying and he wont be around to see his daughter grow up... whoooops

    He was kinda,well he was really old,the cinderella thing was just a side thing I noticed in it!

    Ally:I thought it was about a fire aswell untill I read it.


  • #113
    Namabillion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 647 ✭✭✭Namabillion


    Shouldn't we all Be studying for irish.


  • #114
    DylanS09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭DylanS09


    Namabillion wrote: »
    Shouldn't we all Be studying for irish.

    I'm so so screwed for irish it's not even funny...:(


  • #115
    bluejay14
    Registered Users Posts: 3,849 ✭✭✭bluejay14


    DKZ wrote: »
    The names were too similar, I kept getting mixed up during reading it. Also, nothing much happened and I had no idea what happened at the end with her husband? Did he die? :confused:
    Exactly what I thought. As soon as I saw them I though there was no point in even reading it because I knew if I treid to answer the question I'd just make a complete mess of it.

    Unseen drama: fairly good
    studied drama: could have been better
    Unseen poetry: fairly ok
    Studied poetry: Lake Isle of Innisfree I love you
    Unseen fiction: not too bad
    Studie fiction: could have been better, wasn't too bad though
    Overall: :)

    I had a slight panicky moment when I read the studied questions at the beginning. The 1st thought that popped into my head was "how in god's name do I answer that?!" I eventually settled down though so it wasn't too bad overall.


  • #116
    Ally7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,207 ✭✭✭Ally7


    Will I set up a thread for Irish?


  • #117
    DylanS09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭DylanS09


    Ally7 wrote: »
    Will I set up a thread for Irish?

    There is already two!:P


  • #118
    Ally7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,207 ✭✭✭Ally7


    DylanS09 wrote: »
    There is already two!:P

    Uh never mind so :o

    Maths?


  • #119
    WanderingSoul
    Registered Users Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭WanderingSoul


    Unseen Drama: This was fine.
    Studied Drama: Horrible, disgusting, horrendous question choice for me. I ended up going with Q2 which was not great.
    Unseen Poem: Grand.
    Studied Poetry: I did the issue question using "To Germany", it was perfectly suited.
    Unseen Fiction: I didn't really like the extract but I did okay.
    Studied Fiction: I did the unexpected development Q. Not ideal, but it was grand.


  • #120
    DylanS09
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭DylanS09


    Ally7 wrote: »
    Uh never mind so :o

    Maths?

    Gwan so!:pac:


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  • #121
    storm2811
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭storm2811


    Study for Irish?Not when you're doing ordinary:D


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