This summary is quite long so I suggest downloading it and printing it. Follow the links below (first is Microsoft Word, second is Mac Pages)
Archive for the ‘Junior Certificate’ Category
9 Feb
Of Mice and Men – Context and Plot
Cultural Context Of Mice and Men was published by John Steinbeck in 1937 and is set in the Salinas Valley of California during the Great Depression. in 1936 Steinbeck took a journalistic assignment for the San Francisco News investigating the migrant working situation in California. The stories and circumstances he discovered are reflected in Of [...]
9 Feb
Of Mice and Men – Characters
George Milton George is a good guy with a good heart, but he has developed a hard edge, likely due to tough times. He is occasionally mean to Lennie, complaining about everything he misses out on by having to travel with someone like Lennie. Still, it’s clear he enjoys Lennie’s company, as he’s quick to [...]
21 Jan
Mid-Term Break – Questions
For Analysis of the poem click HERE Contrast the reactions of the two parents – how does the reader react to this? With whom, do you think, is the mother angry? How does the poem contrast the fuss of the homecoming with the calmness of the scene when Seamus sees his brother’s body? What do [...]
21 Jan
Mid-Term Break – Seamus Heaney
Rhyme & Form: Iambic Pentameter Tone: Sombre Imagery: Death, Grief Themes: Death, Frailty of Life, Growing up Poetic Techniques: Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Assonance, Simile, Metaphor Summary A boy sits in the school’s medical area waiting to be given a lift home – the ringing of the school bell further enhance the fact that he is waiting [...]
17 Dec
Protected: Sample Answer: English HL 2008 Paper 1 Question 1
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17 Dec
Exam Paper: English Higher Level 2008 Paper 1
Click on the Adobe PDF Folder to view the 2008 Junior Cert Paper 1
4 Oct
Junior Certificate Essay Writing
Clicking on the PowerPoint button below will take you to an online presentation detailing how to write an essay with the marking scheme (two versions are available: PowerPoint 2007 and an earlier version). You can also download the file by clicking the appropriate button
3 Oct
Junior Certificate Essay Plan
This sample essay plan revolves around sport and has an alternate ending depending on the essay title. Usually you can use this essay plan on most papers, the alternate ending will help with some tricky titles. Click on either link below to open or save the plan to your computer as a PowerPoint presentation. The [...]
23 Sep
Junior Certificate English Paper 1 – Reading
Writing Styles There are many reasons why a writer would write in a certain style, whether to evoke fear when writing a horror novel (Stephen King) or to stir up feelings of love and affection (Mills and Boon). The same is the case for the Reading Section of Paper 1: Describing something – an experience [...]
Damien Gallagher
