Tag: Leaving Cert 2026
Master the Personal Essay in Leaving Cert English
How to Write a H1 Personal Essay for Leaving Cert English
✍️ 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 …
Top Notes for Leaving Cert 2026
🔥Get a H1 in Macbeth 🎭Macbeth Notes for Single Text 🎭Sive Notes, Summaries and Revision Guides ✍🏼Writing Tasks for Question B 🎯PowerPoint Revision: The Five Genres of Language ✍🏼Notes on Ordinary Level Poems for 2026 🔥Comparative Tips for Cultural Context 📖Comparative: Small Things Like These 📽️Comparative: The Shawshank Redemption ✍️How to get Top Marks in Read More …
General Vision and Viewpoint
Think of General Vision and Viewpoint (GVV) as the “vibe” or the “outlook” of a story. When you’re comparing texts for the Leaving Cert, you aren’t just looking at what happens; you’re looking at the mood the author creates and whether the world they’ve built feels like a place of hope or a place of Read More …
Sive by John B. Keane
Scene Summaries and Questions Revision PowerPoint on Sive Infographic on Sive Cultural Context: Sample 30 Mark Question on Sive Key Quotes from Sive
A Hero who Faces a Difficult Decision
Question: Name one text on your comparative course and identify a hero, heroine or villain you studied. Use one or more key moments to explain whether in your opinion, this character reacted positively or negatively when faced with a difficult situation. Support your answer with reference to the text. Small Things Like These Hero A Read More …
The Shawshank Redemption: Hero and Villain
Villain: Warden Norton We first see how evil Norton is when we witness Hadley beating a prisoner to death on Andy’s first night in prison. Hadley suffers no consequences for his actions so it is clear that Norton allows Hadley to do whatever he likes to keep the prisoners in line. We see how corrupt Read More …
The Shawshank Redemption Leaving Cert Notes
📚Segment Summaries and Analysis of The Shawshank Redemption ℹ️PowerPoint: Cultural Context in The Shawshank Redemption ℹ️PowerPoint: The Key Moments in The Shawshank Redemption 🎥Video: Cultural Context in The Shawshank Redemption ✍️Sample Answer: A hero who Faces a Difficult Decision-O.L 📝Notes on Hero/Villain in The Shawshank Redemption-O.L 🛎️Teaching Resources for the 40 Mark Question (O.L) 📝Cultural Read More …
Sample Answer: A Hero in The Shawshank Redemption
Question: Name one text on your comparative course and identify a hero, heroine or villain you studied. Use one or more key moments to explain whether in your opinion, this character reacted positively or negatively when faced with a difficult situation. Support your answer with reference to the text. The text I have studied is Read More …