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  • Registered Users Posts: 6 monkeymadness


    French HL DEB

    <no requests>

    The French (HL) essay titles are
    obesity, a journal intime about going travelling and there's a picture of a polluted beach so write about the environment. (i haven't done it yet my cousin told me that's what he did)

    (DEB papers)


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 Rebel7


    Tanga1 wrote: »
    Right, just got the german aural done. The least we deserve is some feedback on what came up in your mocks.

    the mock company is examcraft
    the first question is an interview of someone who moved to german. from what i can hear she is from utopia. it is the easiest questions out of all the others. i don't think you will need help.

    the phone call is to a person named Kayser. the problem is that he won the lottery or some competition but there was some problem with his bank account.
    one of the emotion verbs it asks you to write at the end is unglaublich and complicated.

    the next question is between a 2 students. they are talking about what to do after the leaving cert. he is neutral or some verb saying not happy *answer c.the thing he planned was to go to Italy and eat in italian restaurants and go to the disco.

    the last one was the most difficult (in my opinion) *the news. the first one was why do the boys not cooperate in school. (i guessed!) and it also asked you what percentage of girls did something something (the answer is 58%)
    the next one was about a crash (a bus and a car). no one was injured but one of them was shocked. the next question asked you to describe 2 people (they were 18 and 23 years old and from berlin). and the other part of it was why the police arrested them (they stole cars and one of them had no driving license)
    the weather was about (rain, shower, strong wind) and for 2morrow (rain and a word (wessen) i think)

    thats all i know!
    I had mine 2day and it was a Deb paper and these were the things on it!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 Tanga1


    mine had the barcode on the right (or on the left from my perspective). there was no other barcodes on it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 Rebel7


    yeah dats the deb paper. examcraft has tick on it!


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 Tanga1


    Well this guy posted that examcraft have a barcode on it so i can only use the info given on this forum!

    spurious wrote: »
    If you bothered to read the thread, you would see where it has been posted how to identify the two main companies.

    Ash2012 said : Deb have barcodes on the back and front and left hand side of the paper, Examcraft have them on the right handside!

    I realise you and many of the posters in this thread never posted before, but please, read the entire thread, don't just drop in and out.

    Last year one valiant poster created a whole spreadsheet on it. This can't be done with 'hints' that are useless.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,264 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Every year we get deliberate mis-information on this thread from some people, so beware of anything you take from it.

    Some seriously strange people out there in terms of how they get their jollies.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3 candyshan


    I havent done the mocks but tips from my teachers were
    Biology:
    Respiration, Photosynthesis ( definitly the experiment!! ) Reproduction, Enzyme immobilisation experiment, mineral uptake,diffusion and active transport in plants.
    Irish OL:
    Definitly not hurlamabac for pros (OL) and Do you like the poem, dont know which poem though!
    English:
    Bishop
    Geography:
    Soil question for Geoecology(80 mark Q)

    Thats all i know,
    <no requests>


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,516 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    As there are four companies making mock papers and 5 prós/poems for Irish it doesn't help much to know what's on each one of them. Especially as the ones that came up last year most likely won't be on the mocks so all you're finding out is that it's definitely one of the four.... It's only 10% anyway for prós and poems. Work on sraith pictiúr and aistí.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Phoenix Wright


    spurious wrote: »
    Post away, thanks.

    English HL Examcraft Paper 1:

    Sorry for the delay. Was busy getting between 10-20% in honour's maths. I can't say what came up sadly, because it was a custom paper made by our teacher :(

    Anyway, here's English Paper 1 HL Examcraft for you all.
    It's kind of hard to discuss the Question A's of the texts, but they all involved discussing which pictures (1/2 or 2/3) do you feel suit the content of the text.

    Well, for the Question B's:


    TEXT 1 - Letter to the writer of the article on the objects you feel represent life in Ireland in the 21st century.
    TEXT 2 - Speech about the 50th anniversary of your school, and how it should be celebrated.
    TEXT 3 - Article for school website discussing importance of studying history.

    Essays and such:

    1 - article for newspaper on role played by celebrity culture.
    2 - personal essay on what consider to be an ingenious solution to a problem.
    3 - short story in which a secret is central to the plot
    4 - inspirational speech to a group embarking on a challenge
    5 - article on importance if keeping/breaking rules
    6 - personal essay about objects you hate/love
    7 - short story with elderly character


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5 Darina123


    Now that I've been so kind, can anyone tell me what poet is coming up on Examcraft English Paper 2?

    English Examcraft Paper 2:

    Haven't sat the paper yet but our teacher has told us
    bishop and Mahon are possible.. And that theme/issue and cultural context could be featuring in the comparative
    :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭RML


    English HL Paper 2:

    For paper 2, our teacher gave us small hints such as
    Macbeth- theme Qs-Kingship and for charcter qs- Macbeth himself although pay attention to how he changes from the start till the end of the play.
    Poetry: Definite Mahon and Bishop


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 washing machine


    microbiology
    is q's 2 or 3 in long questions not sure if its craft or deb though sorry


  • Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭RML


    kayleigh01 wrote: »
    Anyone have any hints for the Chemistry paper? Either Examcraft or DEB, don't know which one I'm getting but need to narrow down what I'm trying to study! D:

    Chemistry:

    we were told that one of these experiments is going to come up
    Ethanal or Ethanoic acid


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭11Charlie11


    HL Debs Business:
    Question on the policies in the EU chapter and i think its CAP and the fisheries one


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 Tanga1


    RML wrote: »
    we were told that one of these experiments is going to come up
    Ethanal or Ethanoic acid

    Chemistry:

    Our teacher told us which one is actually coming up.
    ethanal


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭11Charlie11


    Can someone tell me EVERYTHING about HL Irish paper please? And anyone know what the HL Business ABQ is?? Thank you :)

    Irish Examcraft HL:

    im not sure if this is examcraft or debs but ill know tomorrow..
    the essay is on the education system or racism, the an triail is on society in ireland, the poem is mo ghra-sa and the pros is oisin i dtir na nog or caca milis
    (confirmed as Examcraft)


  • Registered Users Posts: 8 Rebel7



    im not sure if this is examcraft or debs but ill know tomorrow..
    the essay is on the education system or racism, the an triail is on society in ireland, the poem is mo ghra-sa and the pros is oisin i dtir na nog or caca milis

    Irish DEB:
    Debs paper has
    Mo ghra-sa and oisin on it. And social life for maidhc dainin!
    Dats wat my teacher said anyway!


  • Registered Users Posts: 40 ReemAddict


    Business DEB HL:

    Hi Lads,

    My Business teacher told us that
    Business Ethics
    is coming up in HL, I'm pretty sure its on the Debs exam papers as they are the only ones she uses.

    <no requests>

    I was reading the first few posts and cant make out if
    Caca Millis and Idir Lubini etc
    is for OL or HL? Please state the level because its pretty confusing and frustrating.

    Cheers :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 Dunney101


    Andiee wrote: »
    Geography HL anyone please?

    Geography HL: (Suggested to be DEB by later posters - mod)

    I don't know any of the physical essays, for the regional section one of questions consists of
    A not sure, part B manufacturing in GDA and BMW and part C population distribution in Italy... for the human section part B to a question is urbanisation and its effects in sao paulo and C is a map question (settlement patterns)

    80 mark option question geocology soil processes.


  • Registered Users Posts: 15 ShaunaMoll


    History DEB HL:

    History HL hints. Think this is for the DEB paper
    Economic policies of CnaG and Fianna Fail
    Anglo Irish treaty debates
    Stalins economic policies
    Apprentice boys of derry - cultural aspect
    Case study on france or the congo

    Hope this helps but these are only hints. Could be more aspects to the questions :)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭CrashBandicoot Girl


    I don't know what papers we are using but when I know Ill post it.

    Irish HL:
    Apparently an essay title is on education system also poems either Mo Ghra sa, geibheann or colscaradh.
    English Hl:
    Bishop
    History:
    Lemass for Later Ireland essay


  • Registered Users Posts: 7 K695


    Our school is doing DEB mocks aswell, mine aren't till next week but I have a fair few spoilers for those papers!

    English paper 2 (HL) DEB:
    Poets are Bishop, Mahon, Shakespeare and Hopkins. Comparative questions are Cultural Context and Themes and Issues.

    Home ec (HL) DEB:
    Marrage and family structures is a definate question, so is microbiology (food spoilage and preservation part of the Q). Social elective will be a mixture of poverty, work and education. O1 is a macronutrient from what i've heard either protein or lipids.

    Irish (OL) DEB:
    Caca mílis summary and how the woman feels in Dís for the pros. Spailpín fanach and colscardh are the poems the letter is about declining an invite to a concert.

    Biology (HL) DEB:
    The eye, kreb cycle, study of an ecosystem, nitrogen cycle, plants and reproduction (not sure which one)

    <no requests>


  • Registered Users Posts: 7 Police Tape Chalk Line


    Our Irish (OL) teacher told us that
    what came up on last years Leaving Cert in definatly not on the Mocks, so that rules out Hurlamaboc, Oisin, Geibheann and An tEarrach Thiar.
    Not sure which papers they're off, but a lot our other teachers are using DEBS papers, so possibly from the same company?

    English (HL) I would assume
    Cultural Context for the Comparative Studies, considering the fact our teacher hasn't covered anything else with us!! Probably Bishop and Hopkins for the poetry, because our teacher has a bad habit revising whats coming up on the exam the week before the exam is, and we've spent all this week covering Bishop, and we're revising Hopkins next week.
    Not sure about the company again, possibly DEBS?

    <no requests>


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭whiteandlight


    As a teacher I'd just like to give a word of warning to students, because of the amount of prediction/copying on the mocks we ordered three sets this year and will be giving a combination (maths). While the spoilers may help don't be surprised if some of them aren't on your papers. Best of luck to you all.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Phoenix Wright


    RML wrote: »
    Did u sit the Paper 2 exam?

    Yep, sat it yesterday. I got in and around 65/70 on the comparative and around 55/60 on Macbeth, but about 40/70 on poetry because I ran out of time -.- left out the unseen poetry completely..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Phoenix Wright


    Just finished my mocks there lads. I think I got one A, three B's, one C, one D and definitely failed maths.

    Take my advise though. DO NOT STRESS.

    Because of nerves and everything else that goes along with exams, I woke up at 6.30 Monday 6.05 Tuesday 5.20 Wednesday 4.45 Thursday and 5.50 yesterday. That's about ten hours sleep I lost, which really fecked me over. I had a mental breakdown of sorts during Biology because of a combination of a lack of sleep and nerves. I knew the material, but I left 45 minutes early, and I 'm hoping to survive from failing by scraping a D :( (that and the fact I tried to study 14 chapters in 2 and a half hours which didn't exactly work too well for me)

    The teachers don't expect you to do well. You're preparing for June, not Janurary/ February. So don't freak out if you're not ready, because to be honest, you shouldn't be. Do NOT do what I did for Biology and cram like it's life or death. And remember, no matter how bad you think you're doing, there's always someone who is in a worse position.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Phoenix Wright


    EXAMCRAFT ENGLISH PAPER 2:
    Poets:

    Bishop - profound insights through vivid moments of perception.
    Mahon - people and places
    Shakespeare - insights to love, death and mortality
    Hopkins - tight balance between powerful emotions and a skilled poetic style

    Macbeth:
    Kingship, and Macbeth's downfall.

    Comparative:
    Cultural context - power and status and impact on modern reader
    Theme/Issue - influence on reader's perceptions or central character and then symbolism/characterisation/imagery to reveal aspects of theme or issue in a text.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Phoenix Wright


    EXAMCRAFT IRISH PAPER 2
    Mo ghrá sa and Oisín i dTír na nÓg.


  • Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭RML


    EXAMCRAFT ENGLISH PAPER 2:

    Macbeth:
    Kingship, and Macbeth's downfall.
    For macbeth, is the question about the consequences of his downfall?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4 aoife6466


    DEB Biology:
    Respiration and digestion experiments, Ecology (competition and adaption) Photosynthesis and I THINK the chapter on immunity

    <no requests>


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,264 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    newlook96 wrote: »
    any help for examcraft:
    english-HL
    irish-HL
    maths-OL
    french-HL
    biology-HL
    chemistry-HL
    home ec-HL
    LCVP-HL

    thaaaaaanks :*

    Did you look back even one page on this thread?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3 newlook96


    yes all of them actually


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,264 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    newlook96 wrote: »
    yes all of them actually

    OK, so you didn't see Examcraft Paper 2 English.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3 newlook96


    spurious wrote: »
    OK, so you didn't see Examcraft Paper 2 English.
    yes I did see but I put all my subjects up. Is that okay?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,264 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    newlook96 wrote: »
    yes I did see but I put all my subjects up. Is that okay?

    It's cluttering the thread - if everyone asks for their own individual lists, everyone will post up seven or eight of a very limited list of subjects. We're on page 12 now and how many actual spoilers have been posted?

    What we need is people to start posting spoilers (along with the company involved), otherwise we have a thread full of lists from new posters.

    This thread is getting really chaotic compared to last year's one.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3 newlook96


    spurious wrote: »
    It's cluttering the thread - if everyone asks for their own individual lists, everyone will post up seven or eight of a very limited list of subjects. We're on page 12 now and how many actual spoilers have been posted?

    What we need is people to start posting spoilers (along with the company involved), otherwise we have a thread full of lists from new posters.

    This thread is getting really chaotic compared to last year's one.
    Well I would only have posted once if you didn't interfere. All I want is spoilers


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Phoenix Wright


    RML wrote: »
    For macbeth, is the question about the consequences of his downfall?

    Examcraft English Paper 2 Macbeth Question:
    Nope, it's a question asking about the roles Lady Macbeth and the witches have to play in his downfall i.e he is ultimately responsible for his own downfall.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭outnumbered


    tojo1234 wrote: »
    do u do chemistry if u do
    can u please tell me whats on it.......................................................

    you don't really need spoilers on chemistry. your teacher should have told you about the layout or even if you look back on other papers you will see the trend.
    NO.1 is one of the titrations
    NO.2 is one of the organic experiments (ethanal, ethanoic acid, ethanol, etc)
    NO. 3 is the other experiments (anions, flame test etc.)
    N0. 4 is random definitons
    always a question on fuels and thermochem
    always a question on periodic table
    allways a question on equilibrium/rates
    always a question on water/pH/indicators/Acids and bases
    there is the 8 questions which if you know all that you will get 100%
    you see, there really is no need for spoilers.
    best of luck studying. i have to study chemistry all day tomorrow.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭Elceeney


    Does anyone know the cheapest mock papers because my english teacher says our school always buys the cheapest haha


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  • Registered Users Posts: 11 skytalker


    French Examcraft HL Aural:
    Examcraft Aural
    Spolier: Section 5: first question is weather
    2nd= a man with no arm n leg swimming
    3rd= 459 people who died coz of an earthquake
    Section4: all about french politics (it was really confusing so i cant say exactly what they wer looking for )
    Section 3: Relationship: Breaking up
    Section 2: a guy moved to boarding school bcoz he disputed with his little sister a lot. Misses his family + pet. Likes it bcoz he made friends and the life suits him
    Section 1: I caan't really remember atm soz :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭VincentLeB


    K695 wrote: »
    Our school is doing DEB mocks aswell, mine aren't till next week but I have a fair few spoilers for those papers!

    English paper 2 (HL):
    Poets are Bishop, Mahon, Shakespeare and Hopkins. Comparative questions are
    Cultural Context and Themes and Issues.
    EXAMCRAFT ENGLISH PAPER 2:
    Poets:

    Bishop - profound insights through vivid moments of perception.
    Mahon - people and places
    Shakespeare - insights to love, death and mortality
    Hopkins - tight balance between powerful emotions and a skilled poetic style

    Macbeth:
    Kingship, and Macbeth's downfall.

    Comparative:
    Cultural context - power and status and impact on modern reader
    Theme/Issue - influence on reader's perceptions or central character and then symbolism/characterisation/imagery to reveal aspects of theme or issue in a text.

    OK, so given these two response, there are a few options regarding the spoilers regarding English Paper Two:

    1. One of the posters has got confused and has posted the wrong company
    2. The exact same poets and comparative topics came up on both papers

    Can these posters clarify that they are certain about the company their papers came from?

    And can someone else who did the DEB paper confirm the poets that are coming up?

    Thanks.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5 aoifelynchh


    Any idea about Irish HL essay titles on paper 1? Not sure what exam company yet, I just want a fair idea! I've heard
    the education system and racism
    but is that only one type of paper?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Phoenix Wright


    VincentLeB wrote: »
    OK, so given these two response, there are a few options regarding the spoilers regarding English Paper Two:

    1. One of the posters has got confused and has posted the wrong company
    2. The exact same poets and comparative topics came up on both papers

    Can these posters clarify that they are certain about the company their papers came from?

    And can someone else who did the DEB paper confirm the poets that are coming up?

    Thanks.

    Presuming that the the Examcraft papers have the barcode on the top right of the paper, then the English paper is 100% examcraft. I have the paper right here in front of me.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4 eilisnina


    english HL DEB:
    mahon, plath and bishop

    irish HL DEB:
    geibheann, caca millis, aiste = foreigean

    geography HL DEB:
    migration, demographic cycle


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 LCR13


    Geography Higher level. Not sure which co. :
    Physical : Human interaction with rock cycle(extraction)
    One landform of erosion / deposition
    Karst - dripstone
    Earthquakes-how they occur and effects
    One process of mass movement

    Regional : Constrast secondary activites b/t BMW and Dub Area
    Outline map of Ireland and draw in few towns and phys features
    Not sure what else

    Biome: Human interactions (i think!)

    <no requests>


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  • Registered Users Posts: 11 nickyh


    <no requests>

    Geography:

    for d biome question in geog its spoiler:
    how does climate influence charactoristics of a biome


  • Registered Users Posts: 3 bittamockshelp


    Irish HL:

    people have posted whats coming up for HL irish paper 1 on both DEBS and examcraft for higher level irish (thanks btw!) but im wondering does anyone know if it was the DEBS or EXAMCRAFT papers in the listening test for which one of the answers was
    ecstasy ?
    this would be so helpful as ive only done the irish listening and im trying to work out which company is making my mocks
    thanks :)

    Use spoilers please, read the first post


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 monkeymadness


    i am after reading through this whole thread and i am so confused as to what will be on the DEB HL english + irish paper?

    if anyone could tell for certain please do because at that start i was seeing
    mahon, hopkins, shakespeare, bishop but there now someone said plath.
    if
    plath
    is on for DEFINITE please tell me

    and as for Irish i am so so confused.... is it
    geibheann + caca milis (HL) cos we haven't done caca milis? :( and an triail question anyoneeee?

    .....i have hints for biology ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 monkeymadness


    Biology DEB HL.... (i haven't sat the paper yet, i start this weds. but our teacher gave us revision sheets in our 5th year Christmas and summer exams which were all on actual the paper, and these are what she advised us to revise)
    so: ecology- competition, photosynthesis, one of those enzyme experiments about like rate of reactions being affected by heat/ Ph etc. homeostasis and excretion (and diffusion), reproduction ( won't say whether plant/humans) and ensure you know the food + nutrition stuff like the experiments on fats, protein, carbohydrates etc. and know which enzyme breaks down what into substrates and all of that fun stuff. AND immunity/ defense system.
    hope this helps.

    <no requests>


  • Registered Users Posts: 6 monkeymadness


    Biology DEB HL:

    sorry and
    blood for bio, deb..


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