Preparing for start of the Junior Cycle exams in Marian College, Ballsbridge, Dublin, on Wednesday. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillJunior cycle students faced a challenging start to the exams, with the two-hour English paper examining a wide range of topics and skills, teachers have said. “But the course is much bigger than the old Junior Cert, so it is difficult to cover topics in a lot of depth. “Very specific questions around costumes illustrating character traits were challenging, but then balanced out with broader, student-friendly, relationship questions,” she said. The imagery question in the studied poetry section could have led to confusion among some students due to the film terminology employed,” she said.

Source: The Irish Times June 05, 2024 16:46 UTC