junior cycle
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JC English Study Guide
The following is a link to a Google Doc for JC students to use as a way to guide their study coming up to the exam in June. It is designed to be completed over 4 weeks and covers all of the studied elements of the course. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xUIvmy9q5emZNAMFP0JKUGUGweMSyfC1hPwjoWy4aiU/edit Continue reading
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Poetic Techniques Bingo
This is a nice way of encouraging students to find and comment on various poetic techniques in both unseen and studied poetry. Students tick all that apply and are then expected to provide examples from within the poem. Continue reading
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Junior Cycle Writing Advice

Here is a link to a Google Doc on improving your writing at Junior Cycle: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xli1Zx66jD3tKuCOhgw1BVllokPlbEawtDDR7HOQOg0/edit Continue reading
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Base Details Notes

Siegfried Sassoon The poem is written in the subjunctive mood, where the speaker imagines themselves as a “scarlet major” who spends his time “at the base” sending young soldiers to the front while he eats and drinks comfortably in “the best hotels”. The poem is a biting critique (a strong criticism) of the military elite Continue reading
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George Milton MindMap

Click here to enlarge https://www.mindmeister.com/map/2667967031 Continue reading
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The Wild Swans at Coole

In this poem, Yeats once more explores the natural world and his relationship with it. He describes standing on the shore of a lake at Coole Park in Co. Galway and watching the swans who populate it . Yeats is clearly fascinated by the swans but he also envies their seemingly eternal youth and beauty, Continue reading
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree

WB Yeats The Lake Isle of Innisfree was written by Yeats while he was living in London in the late nineteenth century. It describes his yearning to live alone on an idyllic island on Lough Gill in Co. Sligo where he can enjoy the island’s natural beauty and serenity. The poem opens with the emphatic Continue reading
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Dulce et Decorum Est Notes

Poem: Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen The poem is set at the Front during the First World War, a protracted and violent struggle that was characterised by trench warfare. Life in the trenches was bleak and soldiers from both sides died in their millions. Poets such as Wilfred Owen and his friend Siegfried Continue reading
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About Me
Ms. Cotter’s Class is a run by Claire Cotter, a teacher and SEN Coordinator in Christian Brothers College Cork.

