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Before the first english paper had even begun, students’ minds were already leaping ahead to the following day’s exam, and the all important question of which poets will appear on the paper. Today, over 37,0 students were shocked to discover an article by seamus heaney appearing on higher level english paper one. Post exam, students immediately took to twitter to indulge in fevered speculation about whether his poems are now less likely to appear on tomorrow’s english paper. Should they now focus on emily dickinson and elizabeth bishop? was this all just a cruel trick? the answer, says evelyn o’connor, founder of leavingcertenglish.net and a teacher in mount saint michael’s secondary school in claremorris, is that heaney’s surprise appearance changes nothing. Teachers expressed concern that the most capable students may have been tempted to use knowledge of heaney’s poetry when answering a question about his work. The heaney piece was beautifully descriptive with fair questions but one would worry that students may have used knowledge from the study of his poetry in answering question 3: ‘one of heaney’s gifts as a writer was his ability to make complex and profound ideas accessible to the general reader’, said elaine dobbyn. It reads exactly like a paper 2 poetry question and while it reminds them to focus solely on the extract some students may have strayed off the path.

O’connor said students who were not up to higher level standard would have found the paper particularly challenging. This year’s english paper one was based around the theme of influence , which anne gormley. The exam offered an opportunity to speak about the various influences in their lives, ranging from a humorous approach to the irish obsession about the weather to the more serious topic of how young people can have an influence on important global issues. Students were given comprehension questions based on an extract from the novel canada by pulitzer prize winner richard ford. This piece also featured a very challenging question asking for analysis of ford’s ‘engaging narrative, lyrical beauty and concrete realism’ which is a lot for a student to cover in one question, said ms. Students were also given an extract from an article in the guardian newspaper which focused on writing about video games and music.

Students all seemed to find an essay title that suited them with one of mine especially thrilled with the short story ‘in which a ghostly presences plays a significant part,’ said ms. A student at lauren hill fcj said that she was happy with the exam but was surprised that there were very few questions on images this year. This morning’s ordinary level paper was sat by 15,996 students, and featured comprehension questions on roy keane and malala yousefi. The pakistani girl who was shot by the taliban for campaigning for girls’ education. Exams 115,0 second level students facing examinations the state examinations commission has decided to postpone leaving certificate english paper two, both higher and ordinary levels, after it emerged that students in one centre have already seen the paper. The error was immediately spotted and the papers were taken back, according to the state examinations commission.

In a statement, the examinations commission said that in ‘fairness to all candidates’ taking the subject and ‘in order to protect the integrity of the examination process’ the leaving certificate english paper two, higher and ordinary level, is being deferred. It says that the compromised papers have been replaced and the leaving certificate english paper two examinations will now take place on saturday, 6 june 2009 from 9.30am to 12.50pm. The commission stressed that all of the other examinations scheduled for tomorrow are going ahead as planned. Meanwhile, minister for education batt o'keeffe said the decision to defer the exam was made in consultation with the education partners. He said that the commission's decision has, by necessity, been taken in a very restricted time frame. He added that the department of education is making arrangements with bus éireann to ensure the provision of the regular weekday post primary school transport service on saturday. A helpline number is available for students affected by the cancellation of tomorrow's leaving cert english higher and ordinary level paper 1800 713 913 and the website is w.examinations.ie.

More than 115,0 second level students began their leaving and junior certificate exams this morning. The students will be examined in almost 100 different subjects and more than 3m exam papers have been printed. Changes this year include a leaving cert timetable tweaked for a second time to relieve the pressure complained of for years by students. Most candidates should now get at least one half day free between now and the weekend. Tasks and timing in paper 1 on both the higher and ordinary level papers, you have 2 hours and 50 minutes to read three texts, select a question a, a question b and a composition title, and jot down preliminary plans for each all of which should take 20 minutes then you must answer one question a for 50 marks 35 minutes , answer one question b for 50 marks 35 minutes and write one composition for 100 marks 80 minutes.

In 2006, this was pretence at higher level and fear of the unknown at ordinary level. Since every text has some purpose or other, your first task is to identify the type of text in each case. The primary purpose of an informative text, for instance, is to provide the reader with facts. The primary purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the reader to buy, do or think something specific.

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When answering question a, it helps considerably if you're very clear about what type of text you're dealing with. In 2006, higher level, text 1 was narrative, text 2 was informative, and text 3 combined visual images with an argumentative piece on pretence. In 2006, ordinary level, text 1 was informative, text 2 was narrative, and text 3 combined visual images with a short opinion piece on the attraction of horror movies. Most are simple comprehension questions, asking you to elucidate and discuss the content. Some may require a short imaginative passage ranging beyond, but still related to, the given extract. question: 2006, text 1, question a, i: do you consider the first paragraph to be an example of good descriptive writing? explain your view. the marker is told to view each question as a task, which you must solve with your answer.

Here the task is to show your comprehending skills you are proving to the marker that you can read or look at a certain text and answer questions based on what you have read or seen. There are three question types used to test this: questions concerning what a written question is about, questions on the style of a written text, and questions on the style of a visual text. Text a contains three questions:

    based on your reading of the above text, outline the views of veronica chrisp and bernie wright on animal welfare in zoos. join the debate. Having considered the views expressed in the text, do you think zoos should be closed? give reasons for your decision. Select four features of argumentative and/or persuasive writing evident in the text and comment on their effectiveness.
text b contains the questions:
    david malouf evokes a strong sense of place in this extract from his short story. What impression do you get of the australian town and its people? support your answer with reference to the text.

    Do you think the boy has a good relationship with his parents? give reasons for your answer. Identify and comment on four features of narrative and/ or descriptive writing evident in this text.

text c contains the questions:
    from your reading of this text what do you understand by the term ‘the decisive moment’? refer to both the written and visual text in support of your answer. Select three features of the author’s style in the written element of the text and comment on their effectiveness.

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