LC Business Blog

All killer, no filler for LC Business answers

by Gavin Duffy
All killer, no filler for LC Business answers
 I find myself saying this a lot in class - some students love filler, they like to repeat the heading or re-write the questions in the first line ...

Break-Even Analysis - how to with a video and worksheet

by Gavin Duffy
This post will focus in on how to illustrate a break even chart by drawing a graph. Essentially you need to be able to draw just 3 lines, and need ...

Bringing Enterprise to life! An interview with Co-owner of Happy Out Brian Hanratty

by Gavin Duffy
Bringing Enterprise to life! An interview with Co-owner of Happy Out Brian Hanratty
#Enterprise interview with Brian Hanratty #HappyOut #LCBusiness #JCBusiness #CBA #ABQ #Unit2 with a worksheet for your classes
Posted in 2019ABQ, ABQ, LCBusiness

Going from a H4 to a H1 in the ABQ #ChasingH1s

by Gavin Duffy
Going from a H4 to a H1 in the ABQ #ChasingH1s
In this blog post, we're going to look at how easily a potential H1 student can throw away marks, or if you're a glass half full kind of person, how a student can go from a H4 answer to a H1 answer for an ABQ question with some easy fixes!
Posted in ABQ, ExamTechnique LCBusiness, LCBusiness

Easy To Make ABQ Errors

by Gavin Duffy
Easy To Make ABQ Errors
Check out my YouTube video on answering the ABQ here, to play in class or in study! This week, lets put some focus on the ABQ as Mocks are fast ap...
Posted in 2019ABQ, ABQ

Make Your Headings Count

by Gavin Duffy
Make Your Headings Count

If you're too lazy to read any more than two lines, the summary of the piece is this:

Make your heading a statement, not a title.

If you want to know more, read on!

LC Business Class Tests – Making, Doing & Reflecting!

by Gavin Duffy
LC Business Class Tests – Making, Doing & Reflecting!
In this post, I’ve included a Marketing Class test that I gave recently, with some sample answers for different parts and a marking scheme used, as well as a post-exam reflection sheet given out to my class afterwards. I’ve found spending a little time creating class tests instead of using Past Paper questions and also a little time during the class test to answer some of the test myself to show the students has really helped improve understanding for my students as to what is required for full marks, and also to test them with unseen questions to make it more realistic to the Leaving Cert! Read on to for suggestions on making, doing and reflecting on class tests!
Posted in ClassTests, LCBusiness, Marketing, Reflection, Unit5

Distinguish between...

by Gavin Duffy
Distinguish between...
If you are asked to distinguish between two terms in your Leaving Cert Business exam, the examiner will look for points of difference between the two terms, not similarities.
Posted in ExamTechnique LCBusiness, LCBusiness, verbs

Enterprise Skills & Characteristics

by Gavin Duffy
Enterprise Skills & Characteristics
Below is an important list for students - it outlines what is acceptable and what isn't acceptable at HL LC Business when asked about Enterprising Skills and Characteristics - essential to know this year with Unit 2 featuring on the ABQ!

How to Define

by Gavin Duffy
How to Define
How to Define The outcome verb dictates what a student should write for their answer. All too often, a student will see a term they know in a quest...
Posted in define, LCBusiness, verbs

How To Evaluate

by Gavin Duffy
How To Evaluate

We're going to to look at what a good and bad evaluation is, and ways to help your student's develop better evaluations.

I've focused on Vodafone's Team Of Us ads, its not important what business you use, but it is important that its an ad that can arouse some feelings in your group, whether positive or negative i.e. an ad that you think they'd love or hate!

Posted in Evaluate, LCBusiness

Dealing with different LC Business Verbs

by Gavin Duffy
Dealing with different LC Business Verbs

What’s in a verb?

In Leaving Cert Business, an understanding of what is expected as an answer when presented with different verbs and context of the same topic/information is essential in order to achieve a H1.

Laid out below is a variety of styles of questions, using different verbs which would require different outcomes. I’ve picked Advertising to look at different ways a candidate could answer different styles of questions, and I’ve written out reasoning in red below each question before I’ve written a suggested solution inblue.