What to revise When to revise it How

• What to revise • When to revise it • How to revise English Literature Exam: 22 nd May English Language Exam: 5 th June

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE REVISING… REVISION TIMETABLE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE READING ENGLISH LITERATURE WRITING UNSEEN POETRY COMPARATIVE POETRY OF MICE AND MEN YOUR REVISION FOR EACH SECTION NEEDS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE CONFIDENT WITH: • • analysing the language & structure in all 10 of the anthology non-fiction texts for Q 4 & 5 understanding and analysing the unseen nonfiction text for Q 1 -3 & 5 • • using a range of persuasive devices to argue your opinion effectively writing with a secure command of spelling and grammar • • reading an • unseen poem and understanding the meaning identifying and analysing • language, imagery and structural devices used to support the meaning • comparing any two of the sixteen poems in the anthology in • terms of their meaning comparing and analysing language, • imagery and structural devices used to support the meaning the plot, characters and themes of the novel analysing the language and structural techniques used by Steinbeck integrating appropriate references to the historical context

REVISION TIMETABLE FOR ENGLISH HOW YOU SHOULD BE REVISING… Studies show that the best way to revise and ensure you KNOW STUFF is by regularly QUIZZING yourself. You can do this by making flashcards, using the ‘look, cover, write, check’ method or using apps such as memrise or quizlet. The best way to make sure that you can APPLY that knowledge successfully is through DELIBERATE PRACTICE. This involves practising planning and writing key paragraphs and then checking your work against model examples and seeing if you can make improvements. Finally to ensure that you can confidently PERFORM at your best under examination conditions, you need to practise writing TIMED RESPONSES. This involves setting a timer and writing a full exam response within the specified time. Remember to check over your work afterwards to see where the gaps in your knowledge are.

FIRST THREE WEEKS (STILL AT SCHOOL), WEDNESDAY 25/4 & TUESDAY 1/5 ARE HOLIDAYS Sun 15/4 Mon 16/4 Tues 17/4 Wed 18/4 Thurs 19/4 Fri 20/4 Sat 21/4 Non-Fiction 1 Poems 1&2 quotes & KO practice question character question Poems 1 -4 Sun 22/4 Mon 23/4 Tues 24/4 Wed 25/4 Thurs 26/4 Fri 27/4 Sat 28/4 Non-Fiction 1&2 Poems 1 -5 quotes & KO Practice Paper 1 Q 5 Unseen Poem 1 Sun 29/4 Mon 30/4 Tues 1/5 Thurs 3/5 Fri 4/5 Sat 5/5 Poems 1 -7 Non-Fiction 1 -3 practice question theme question Poems 1 -9 Poem 1 Practice Paper 1 Q 1 -3 Wed 2/5 quotes & KO Poems 1 -6

NEXT TWO WEEKS: STUDY LEAVE AND EXAMS Sun 6/5 Non-Fiction 1 -5 Mon 7/5 Poems 1 -10 Tues 8/5 Wed 9/5 Thurs 10/5 Fri 11/5 Sat 12/5 character question Non-Fiction 1 -7 Poems 1 -11 Practice Paper 2 Q 1 -3 Unseen Poem 2 Practice Paper 2 Q 5 Quotes & KO EXAM: COMBINED SCIENCE Sun 13/5 Non-Fiction 1 -9 Mon 14/5 Poems 1 -13 Practice Paper 3 Q 1 -3 Practice Paper 3 Q 5 Tues 15/5 Non-Fiction 1 -10 Wed 16/5 Thurs 17/5 Fri 18/5 Sat 19/5 Poems 1 -13 practice question theme question Poems 1 -16 quotes & KO Unseen Poem 3 EXAMS: ICT & COMPUTER SCIENCE EXAMS: FRENCH & BIOLOGY Poems 1 -12 EXAM: PE EXAMS: CHEMISTRY & COMPUTER SC Unseen Poem 4 EXAMS: PE & DRAMA

NEXT TWO WEEKS: STUDY LEAVE AND EXAMS Sun 20/5 Mon 21/5 Unseen Poem 5 Poems 1 -16 Tues 22/5 Theme/Character Non-Fiction 1 -10 Thurs 24/5 Fri 25/5 Sat 26/5 Non-Fiction 1 -10 practice question Non-Fiction 1 -10 Practice Paper 4 Q 1 -3 EXAMS: ENGLISH LITERATURE & GEORGRAPHY Poems 1 -16 Sun 27/5 Wed 23/5 Mon 28/5 Tues 29/5 Practice Paper 4 Q 5 EXAMS: BUSINESS STUDIES, PHYSICS & COMBINED SCIENCE EXAM: MATHS Wed 30/5 Thurs 31/5 Fri 1/2 Sat 2/6 practice question Practice Paper 5 Q 4 practice question Non-Fiction 1 -10 Practice Paper 6 Q 4 practice question Practice Paper 5 Q 1 -3 Practice Paper 6 Q 1 -3 Non-Fiction 1 -10 Practice Paper 5 Q 5 Practice Paper 6 Q 5

FINAL WEEK FOR ENGLISH Sun 3/6 Mon 4/6 TOP TIPS FOR REVISION Tues 5/6 AVOID THE WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION Practice Paper 7 Q 4 practice question EXAMS: ENGLISH LANGUAGE Practice Paper 7 Q 1 -3 Practice Paper 7 Q 5 Non-Fiction 1 -10 EXAM: HISTORY • • • LOOK AFTER YOURSELF: Get enough sleep Take regular breaks Make sure you eat well Get some fresh air Exercise Plan fun activities SWITCH OFF YOUR PHONE, UNPLUG YOUR CONSOLE AND DISABLE THE WIFI!

LANGUAGE READING EXAM CHECKLIST NON-FICTION TEXTS TO REVISED LANGUAGE WRITING EXAM CHECKLIST SECURED The Danger of a Single Story A Passage to Africa quiz yourself on the key language and structural device sin each text The Explorer’s Daughter Explorers or Boys Between a Rock and a Hard Place Young and dyslexic? direct practice a Q 4 direct practice one of the practice questions A Game of Polo time yourself and complete a Q 4 response in 25 minutes time yourself and plan and complete a written response in 35 minutes Beyond the Sky and the Earth H is for Hawk Chinese Cinderella PRACTICE READING PAPERS 1 COMPLETED 2 1 – The Letter ‘A’ and Young an Dyslexic 3 2 – Fingers in the Sparkle Jar & H is for Hawk 4 3 – Chief Scout & Explorers or Boys 5 4 – Mallory and Irvine & Rock and Hard Place 5 – The Old Cricketer & Explorer’s Daughter 6 - Siberia & Beyond the Sky and Earth 7 – Running Away & Chinese Cinderella 8 – Late Daddy & A Game of Polo 9 – A Sad Farewell & A Passage to Africa 10 – He for She & Danger of a Single Story PRACTICE QUESTIONS direct practice Qs 1 -3 &5 6 time yourself and complete Q 1 -3 in 20 minutes and Q 5 in 35 minutes 8 7 9 10 11 COMPLETED

SECTION B COMPARATIVE POETRY LITERATURE EXAM CHECKLIST A direct practice a question time yourself and complete a plan and response in 35 mins PRACTICE QUESTIONS COMPLETED quiz yourself on KO, quotes and context direct practice a theme or character question quiz yourself on the key language and structural devices in each text direct practice time yourself and plan & a question write essay in 40 mins SECTION UNSEEN POETRY SECTION C OMAM POETRY TEXTS TO REVISE If Prayer Before Birth Blessing Search for my Tongue Half-past Two Piano REVISED SECURED time yourself and plan & write essay in 45 mins OMAM TO REVISED KO (Knowledge Organiser) Key Quotes Historical Context CHARACTERS George Lennie Curley’s Wife Crooks 1 Hide and Seek Candy 2 Sonnet 116 Slim 3 La Belle Dame Sans Merci The Boss 4 Poem at Thirty-Nine Carlson/Whit 5 War Photographer The Tyger 6 The Tyger 7 My Last Duchess Power 8 Half-Caste Loneliness 9 Do not go gentle Friendship 10 Remember Inequality THEMES SECURED