✨ Examiner’s Guide: Mastering Question A (Paper 1) Want to boost your marks in Question A (Comprehension)? Here’s exactly what examiners are looking for — broken down into clear, student-friendly steps 👇 🎯 What Examiners Want At the core, we are looking for: Each part of Question A is a separate task — treat them Read More …
📘 The Examiner’s Playbook: Securing Top Marks in Leaving Cert Poetry Hello there. As an SEC examiner, I’ve read hundreds of scripts. Let me be clear: the difference between an H1 and an H3 is rarely about how much a student knows about a poet. It’s about how effectively they respond to the marking scheme. Read More …
How to Secure a H1 in Macbeth: The Examiner’s Playbook As an SEC examiner, I’ve spent years looking at hundreds of scripts. Most students know the play well, but very few know how to play the game. To get that H1 in the Single Text section, you need to stop writing “everything you know about Read More …
✍️ Leaving Cert English Paper 1 How to Write a High-Scoring Short Story (From the perspective of an examiner 👀) 📌 What I’m Looking For As an examiner, I don’t expect perfection — but I do expect control. A strong short story shows: If your story feels real, controlled, and purposeful, you’re already heading toward Read More …
✍️ How to Write a H1 Personal Essay (Leaving Cert English) The personal essay is the crown jewel of Paper 1 — worth 100 marks (25%) of your grade. This is your chance to stop sounding like a student… and start sounding like a writer. Here’s your step-by-step guide to mastering the Reflective Narrative 👇 Read More …
📖Fiction: Of Mice and Men Revision Notes 📖Fiction: The Outsiders Revision Notes 🎭Drama: The Merchant of Venice Revision Notes 🎭Drama: Blood Brothers Revision Notes ✍️Key Writing Skills for Junior Cycle ✒️Poetry: But You Didn’t by Merrill Glass ✒️Poetry: Digging by Seamus Heaney ✒️Poetry: Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen ✒️Poetry: When all the Others Read More …
🔥Get a H1 in Macbeth 🎭Macbeth Notes for Single Text 🎭Sive Notes, Summaries and Revision Guides 📖Comparative: Small Things Like These 📽️Comparative: The Shawshank Redemption ✍️How to get Top Marks in Leaving Cert Poetry 📖How to Answer Question A: Comprehension 📖Get Top Marks in your Leaving Cert Personal Essay ✍🏻How to Write a H1 Short Read More …