Revision Notes for Leaving Certificate English Students. Prescribed Poetry. Bishop - 'First Death in Nova Scotia', 'The Fish', 'The Prodigal', 'The Filling Station'.
Leaving ertificate English: Poetry ourses for examination.
Well, it was bothering me a lot so I rang a friend of mine who corrects Honours Leaving Cert English (I don’t correct the state exams because I’d end up eating too many gluten-free chocolate fingers and getting really really fat!!!) and he reckons as long as the student engages directly and consistently with the question, they’ll probably get away with using the passive voice.Some students have trouble getting their heads around the difference between a short story and a personal essay. If you write a personal essay then YOU aged 17 or 18, doing the Leaving Certificate, are writing about yourself. You can exaggerate, even make stuff up, but ultimately you are tied to offering the perspective of an Irish teenager.This is a personal essay (I found it in an old foolscap a few years ago) from when I was in Leaving Cert. It’s not terribly original and the ending just kind of tails off pathetically but rather than fix it up I decided to leave it as I had written it at 17.
Three sample personal essays I wrote during my study for Leaving Cert English. My essays include; The tension between everyday treadmill and the gilded promises of life. Short Story on the theme of courage and Short Story on Locked In Syndrome.Leaving Cert History is a challenging course and requires essay style answers. Good English skills, the ability to do research and an interest in History are all important if you do this subject. Up to 20% of your final result will be based on your research project done before the exam.
