Don't Expect Success, Prepare for it!
Examination breakdown
Leaving Certificate English is made up of two examination papers.
Paper One is a language paper - Paper Two is a literature paper.
Paper 1
Section I, Question A:
• Choose one Question A from the three texts
Section I, Question B :
• You are not allowed do Question A and Question B from the same TEXT.
• Question B will involve writing one of the following: letter, diary, speech, article, report or review for 50 marks.
• When answering this question be aware of using the correct type of language (NARRATIVE, PERSUASION, ARGUEMENT, NARRATIVE, AESTHETIC)
Section II – Composition:
• This is your most important question in the whole of the two papers because it is worth 100 marks – 25% of your total exam result.
• Choose one out of seven questions – there will be a personal essay, the text of a talk, argument or speech, and a short story.
Paper Two:
Section I - The Single Text ~ A Doll's House
• Know your chosen text well in terms of PLOT, CHARACTER and THEMES
Section II - Comparative Study ~ Juno directed by Jason Reitman, Foster by Claire Keegan
• Know your TWO texts well – PLOT and CHARACTER
• Study your texts under the headings (i) Relationships (ii) Theme (iii) Hero, Heroine, Villain
Section III - Poetry
• The Unseen poem
• Prescribed poetry
BISHOP, Elizabeth
The Fish
The Prodigal
Filling Station
BOLAND, Eavan
Child of Our Time
This Moment
Love
DONNE, John
The Flea
Song: Go and catch a falling star
DURCAN, Paul
Wife Who Smashed Television Gets Jail
Parents
Sport
ELIOT, Thomas Stearns
Preludes
Aunt Helen
HOPKINS, Gerard Manley
Spring
Inversnaid
KEATS, John
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
PLATH, Sylvia
Poppies in July
Child
The Arrival of the Bee Box
Leaving Certificate English is made up of two examination papers.
Paper One is a language paper - Paper Two is a literature paper.
Paper 1
Section I, Question A:
• Choose one Question A from the three texts
Section I, Question B :
• You are not allowed do Question A and Question B from the same TEXT.
• Question B will involve writing one of the following: letter, diary, speech, article, report or review for 50 marks.
• When answering this question be aware of using the correct type of language (NARRATIVE, PERSUASION, ARGUEMENT, NARRATIVE, AESTHETIC)
Section II – Composition:
• This is your most important question in the whole of the two papers because it is worth 100 marks – 25% of your total exam result.
• Choose one out of seven questions – there will be a personal essay, the text of a talk, argument or speech, and a short story.
Paper Two:
Section I - The Single Text ~ A Doll's House
• Know your chosen text well in terms of PLOT, CHARACTER and THEMES
Section II - Comparative Study ~ Juno directed by Jason Reitman, Foster by Claire Keegan
• Know your TWO texts well – PLOT and CHARACTER
• Study your texts under the headings (i) Relationships (ii) Theme (iii) Hero, Heroine, Villain
Section III - Poetry
• The Unseen poem
• Prescribed poetry
BISHOP, Elizabeth
The Fish
The Prodigal
Filling Station
BOLAND, Eavan
Child of Our Time
This Moment
Love
DONNE, John
The Flea
Song: Go and catch a falling star
DURCAN, Paul
Wife Who Smashed Television Gets Jail
Parents
Sport
ELIOT, Thomas Stearns
Preludes
Aunt Helen
HOPKINS, Gerard Manley
Spring
Inversnaid
KEATS, John
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
PLATH, Sylvia
Poppies in July
Child
The Arrival of the Bee Box
Language Genres
It is important that you know and recognise the features of each language genre.
It is important that you know and recognise the features of each language genre.
Single Text - A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen