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hi could some one help me with english, i am hopeless at personal writing and giving my opinion, i got 30 out of 70 in the mock, any ideas

please tell me someone has good notes on goodnight mr tom ? cant find any anywhere and my teachers are just not good enough, please?

Is this for leaving cert aswell or just junior?

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Is this for leaving cert aswell or just junior?

it is mainly a junior cert thread but if you are doing the leaving some of the notes on langauges could be useful as there is no set syllabus

does anyone have some essays for the personal writing section for english ? :P would be greatly appreciated !

Does anyone have notes for Religion specifically Islam. As I need to study this the most. I will put up a few of my History essays if I have a chance. Plus, I may be able to include pointers for the Spanish letter

Islam Notes
-the founder of the islam religion is Muhammed.
-When muslims speak our write his name they usually say "Muhammed ,peace be upon him"
-No image of the prophet may be painted or drawn, this is a way of showing respect.

-Muhammed: Born in Mecca in Saudi Arabia and he was orphaned as a child and reared by his uncle family.Muhammed became a camel driver and trader in his uncles business.he was honest and trustworthy.He met many trader and he talked to the about his beliefs and customs.When he was 25 he married a rich widow called Khadijah.He had 6 children.

-mecca was a very religious area for the people of arabia .the arabs believed in good and bad sports they worshiped many carver images of their many gods .theses imagers were situated in the ka'ba.Pilgrams cowed around the ka'ba.Traders sold their goods in the market.Muhammed was troubled by what he saw.trader were dishonest to there poor.There was a lot of fighting and drinking.Women and kids were treated very badly.Muhammed often went to the hill (mount hira) where he could think and pray.
He was always a religious man but didn't worship all the gods and idols in the ka'ba.He began to think that they were the cause of the troubles,Believing in many gods was leading people astray.He came to the conclusion there was only one god allah. Muhammed was chosen to be a prophet-gods messenger on earth.Muslims celebrated the night of power and excellence.Muhammed wife Khadijah had great faith and became the first convert to the islam religion,as Muhammed continued to receive messages ,Khadijah and other follower learned them by heart.These messages soon became the scribes in the Qur'an

Islam- The Islam religion began in Saudi Arabia which was known as Mecca back then. It was founded by the prophet muhammad 1500 years ago in Mecca.

Muhammad- Born in Mecca in 570CE. His uncle brought him up as his parents were both deceased. His uncle was a rich camel driver. Muhammad worked with his uncle as a camel driver. He was extremely honest and trusthworthy. When he was 25, he married a rich widow called Khadijah. They had 6 children together. He became very succesful.

Mecca- This was a busy market place but some of the traders were very dishonest and treated women and children really badly. Too much time was spent drinking and gambling and fighting. Muhammad hated seeing this so he would take off to Mount Hira to think and pray. He worshipped only one God not idols or Gods like others. He came to the conclusion that there was one God, Allah. One night the angel Gabriel came to him on Mt Hira He was told that there was only one God- Allah. Muhammad had been chosen to be God's messenger. He rushed home unsettled and immediatley told Khadijah. She was the first converter to the Islamic faith.

Muhammad preached that God's message was true. Some of the messages stated- There was only one God, women and children must be treated with respect, wrong doing would be punished in the next life, everyone must listen to Muhammad. This message was detested by traders in Mecca. Fairness and honesty would reduce profits so they threatened Muhammad to stop preaching Allahs message. He feared for his life and fled with other followers during the night to Medina.

In 622CE Muhammed left the city during the night. The followers came too and they went to Medina. This was the beginning of a new religion in Islam. It marks the first day of the first year of the Islamic calender.

Medina- They were welcomed in Medina. He preached his message. The first muslim community was in Medina. A mosque was built as a place of worship and prayer. The rules of Islam was the rules of Medina.

The Ka'ba- 8 years later Muhammad went back to Mecca. The city was surprised. He went to the Ka'ba and removed all idols and statues. This was to be a shrine for Allah. Everyone converted. Muhammad died in Medina 2 years later. He was 62.

Sacred text of Islam- The hadith is another sacred text. Its a document of faith the word of Allah. The hadith is a collection of sayings and teachings from the life of Muhammad. The Qur'an is the direct word of Allah.

The Qur'an- States clearly what Muslims would believe and how they should live. Its wrote in Arabic. From right to left. It begins at the last page. Divided into 114 Sur'ahs (chapters) A muslim is expected to know at least 7 or 8 of these off by heart. All muslims must read the Qur'an every day and there must be a copy in every home. The Qur'an is placed on a special stand wrappped in cloth and placed on a high shelf. Muslims must wash there hands before reading it.

Muslims believe- Only 1 god. Allah has 99 names etc the forgiver. They believe in Angels and god gives messages to his angels who in turn delivers them to prophets. They believe in the sacred text. They believe in prophets like Muhammad. They believe in Judgemennt day after death they will all be judged the good goes to heaven bad hell. Belief in pre destination- Muslims think Allah knows what will already happen.


The 5 pillars of Islam-
Belief- No God but Allah and prophets of Allah. Muslims say this as much as they can each day
Prayer (Salat)- 5 times a day prayer. On fridays they pray in the mosque especially.
Charity(Zakat)- 2.5% of savings is given to charity every year.
Fasting (Sawm)- Fasting from sunrise to sunset during Ramadam.
Pilgrimage (Hajj)- Holy pilgrimage. A muslim is expected to go at least once in there lifetime.

Prayer- Keeping in touch with God. Must be done 5 times a day for Muslims. They pray in the morning, midday,afternoon,sunset and before ved. Can be done alone or together with a group.

Salat- Before the salat, muslims must get ready for worship.Remove shoes. Perform wudu (wash hands head and feet ) Stand on a prayer mat and face mecca.

The Rak'ah- Person stands for a sign of listening to God. The person bows as a sign of respect. They bow low touching there forehead to the ground as a sign of obediance and will of God.

The Mosque- This is the place of worship. This is where people bow down in the presence of God. A specially build mosque is in a rectangular building with a dope shaped roof. The dome represents the universe that Allah has control over. In the corner of the mosque there is a minerat. This is where the cryer stands and calls peopel for prayer. When people arrive at the mosque they enter a courtyard. Shoes removed and heads covered for respect.

Main prayer hall is nearly bare. No altar, seats, pictures, flowers or statues. Walls in mosques are covered beautifully in Qur'an qoutes. Floor is covered in deep carpet. Small arch in one called the mirab it points towards mecca. Only peice of furniture is the minbar its like a puplit. Sermons preached here.
Friday is the holy day. Men and women dont pray together and the imam is mosque leader.

Pilgrimage- Hajj is main pilgrimage. Lasts for 5+ days. 5 stages.-
Mecca- Pilgrims stop outside Mecca and perform wudu. Everyone changes into white clothes to show everyones equal and a special prayer is sed.

Ka'ba- Arrive in mecca go straight to Ka'ba. Work around it 7 times in procession. Dark cloth with qritten words from the Quran covers the outside of Ka'ba from top to bottom.

Hills of safa and marafat- Pilgrims then hurry 7 times between these 2 hills in prayer. Hills connectedtlo a long corridor. Pilgrims take water from the ZamZam located near the Ka'ba.

Plain of arafat- 24km from Mecca. They stand there for a ful day listening to sermons and prayers. This is where Muhammad preacched his last sermon. This is where adam was forgiven too.

Pillars at Mina- Stones are thrown at the 3 pillars of mina. This is where Muhammad brought his son to be sacrified. Its there way of showing they reject all evil and follow Allah. A sheep is sacrified in memory of the son Muhammad was going to sacrifice. Marks end of pilgrimage.

Ramadam- Holiest month. Reminds muslims that no matter what Allah comes before all. Fasting occurs. Muslims spend extra time at prayer reading the qur;an or in the mosque. Eid-Ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadam. Its a 3 day festival. Its a joyful festival. On the last night of Ramadam all Muslims go outside and see the new moon, This marks end of Ramadam. Next day all families attend the mosque for prayer in there best clothes. After prayers families go home for a big breakfast and they visit relations. There are partys, homes are decorated, presents and cards give. Special cakes and sweets are eaten. The next day all muslims visit the cemetrys. Noone is forgootton

Eid-Ul-Adha- 2 months after Eid-Ul-fitr. Celebrated at end of Hajj. Its a festival to show Abrahams willingness to sacrfifice his son for Allah. Muslims who areent in mecca celebrate in there local mosques for prayers and listen to sermons. An animal is sacrificed. After the prayers families have a special meal For the next 3 days gifts and cards are exchanged.

Birthdays- A child is a gift from Allah. The first word they hear when they afre born is Allahs name . After the creed is recited a peice of honey or sugar is placed on the childs tongue in the hope the child grows up as a sweet and honouable muslim.
The Aqiquh is whena baby is 7 days old a naming ceremoney takes place.The baby is dresed up. Male babys are circumcised. Babys hair is cut and its weight in gold or silver is given to poor. Baby gets a name associated with Allah or Muhammad. An animal is sacrifed to give thanks to Allah for the baby. Meat given to poor.

Marriage- More like a contract. Its a legal agreement between2 families usually arranged by parents. A dowry is given from the grooms family to the brides. Wedding can be held at the mosque or at the brides home. Ceremonial clothes worn,its a very glamerous occasion. Short and simple. Sign the marriage contract after trhere is a meal and reception.

Death- When a muslim dies they hope that the last word they hear is Allahs name liek when they were born. Burial takes place 24hrs after death. Body is wrapped in white sheets and everyone gathers for prayer.

Islam division- There was a disagreement abouit the leaders in the muslim communities. One group thought it should be someone from Muhammads tribe. This was someone from the Sunni tribe. 90% of muslims today are sunnis. Folow Muhammad. Another group thought it should be from Muhammads family. This person was from the Shi'ah muslims. 10% of muslims are this. Take all of the Qurans words literally.

Thats all my notes on Islam i wrote out myself

about characters (one or two) in The Merchant of Venice and the trial scene please

Everyone seems certain The bog will come up so heres my notes on it for Geography-5% of Ireland covered by peat bogs. Board Na Mona set up in 1946 to develop the peat industry, greatly speeded up the exploitation of bogs. Exploits raised bogs that have lots of turf.

Exploited midland bogs past and present-
Step 1. Bogs prepared, they are drained and leveled and supplied with railway tracks
Step2. Peat harvested
Step3. Peat transported from bog
Step4. Processed peat is marketed

Step 1- Most bogs have 95% water content. A special drainage machine called a ditcher makes drainage lines through the bog. The bog gets dry and firm. Graders level the bog suface. This makes it easier for big harvesting machines to do work later on. Heavy tractors lay down railway tracks. This is to carry harvested peat.

Step 2- Harvesting peat- The peat is harvested to milled peat. The mill scrapes half a cm of peat from the bog surface and tears it to tiny bits. Milled peat is left to dry usually being turned over by a barrow. The dry milled peat is gathered into small ridges by ridges and then into larger ridges by harvesters.

Step 3- Transporting peat- Each bog has its railway line so turf trains carry peat to power stations

Step 4- Using processed Peat- Large goes of milled peat is usedto generate electricty, Its also compressedto make peat briquettes. Moss peat is lighter peat found at the top of a bog. Small bits of sod peat is sold as household peat.

Future use of bogs- How much of the remaining raised bogs should be used up or preserved?? What should be done with used up bogs?

What to do about cut away bogs-
Used to grow coniferous trees. These are then harvested to raw materials for a roof beans. Cutaway bogs near the river shannon is preserved as swampy wetlands. Cut away bogs is used for wind farms. These are located on them, they wouldnt create noise pollution either!

RoRo979 wrote: »

i have lots of notes on both, could you please tell me exactly what you want i will do them

im dying for 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' notes please.
just anything, or everything important.
quotes.

please

To the person looking for To Kill A Mockingbird notes-

Plot summary- Scout finch lives with her brother Jem and there widowed father Atticus Finch in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb.

Maycomb is suffering through the great depression but atticus is a great lawyer so the Finch family is reasonabley well off in comparison to the rest of society.

One summer, jem and scout befriend a boy named Dill. Dill has come to live with his aunty in there neighbourhood for the summer and the trio acts out stories together. Eventually, Dill becomes fascinated with the spooky house on their street called The Radley Place. The house is owned by Mr Nathan Radley whose brother Arthur (Boo) has lived there for years without venturing outside.

Scout goes to school for the first time that autumn and detests it. SHe and Jem find gifts apparently left for them in a knothole of a tree on the radley property. Dill returns the following summer and he,scout and Jem begin to act out the story of Boo Radley.

Atticus puts a stop to their antics urging the children to try to see life from another persons perspective before making judgements. But,on Dills last night in Maycomb foor the summer the three sneak onto the radley property where Nathan Radley shoots at them.

Jem loses his pants in the escape, when he returns for them they have been mended and hung over the fence waiting for him. The next winter jem and scout find more presents in the tree presumabley left by Boo. Nathan radley plugs up the tree hole with cement. Shortly after there is a fire on the street and during the fire someone flips a blanket on scouts shoulders as she watchs the blaze. She is convinced its Boo and Jem tells Atticus about the presents and trousers.

To the dismay of Maycombs white racist community Atticus agrees to defend a black man named Tom Robinson. He has been accused of raping a white woman. Jem and Scout are subjected to abuse from the other children because atticus is defending tom. When they celebrate christmas with there family there cousin gets at them too. When Calpurnia the finchs cook takes them to the black church they are welcomed with warmth.

Atticus's sister Alexandra comes to live with the finchs the next summer. Dill,who is supposed to be living with his father in a new town runs away and comes to live with them. Tom Robinson's trial begins and when he is put into a jail a mob trys to attack him. Atticus faces down the mob. Jem and Scout who have sneaked out of the house join him.S cout recognises one of the men and shames him into leaving by asking questions about his son.

At the trial, the children sit in the coloured balcony. Atticus provides clear evidence to show tom didnt rape Mayella Ewell and shes lying. He shows impressive evidence and proves it was her father that bet and raped her.

The all white jury convicts Tom despite all of this. Tom tryes to escape from prison and is shot. Jems faith in justice is shaken and he lapses into a state of doubt.

Despite the verdict, Bob Ewell feels he has been made a fool of and vows revenge. He mencases Helen, toms widow, tries to break into the judges home and attacks jem and scout. Boo radley intervenes and saves the children but accidentally stabs Bob Ewell. Boo carries the wounded Jem back to Atticus's home where the sheriff insists Bob tripped onto his own knife. After sitting with scout boo dissapears into the radley house again. Scout finally feels what it must be luike to be boo, he is a human to her not a mystery.

With this realisation, Scout finally embraces her fathers advice rto practise sympathy and understanding and demonstreates that her experiences wont tarnish her outlook on the world.

anybody have good bussiness notes ?

thank you

QUESTION!

how many quotes should i learn for The Merchant of Venice?
is 15 enough?

NEED character summaries for TKAM PLEASE

Anyone have any good phrases/words to put into an ordinary level irish note/postcard/letter?
Would be much appreciated.

business question:

are all ____ prepaid a current asset?
then why is subs.prepaid a current liability?