Year 7 Poetry Exam When is the exam
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Year 7 Poetry Exam When is the exam? 4 th – 15 th January (first two weeks back after Christmas) How long is the exam? 45 minutes What will I have to do? You will be asked a ‘how’ question about one of the poems you have studied. • 'How does (poet) present his/her feelings towards ______ in the poem _______ • You should: q Explore the use of language, structure and form q Use relevant quotations to support your interpretations q Use relevant subject terminology ü You will be given a clean (blank) copy of the poem. ü You will NOT have your anthology with you in the exam. ü You will need to answer using PEE
Year 7 Poetry Exam What will the exam be marked on? The exam will be marked for AO 1 and AO 2 (each AO will be weighted equally, 50% each) • AO 1 Literature: Use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations. • AO 2 Literature: Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
AO 2 Literature: Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate. Complete the following definitions in your poetry glossary. language – The words that have been chosen and the effect of them. form – The physical structure/shape of the poem: the length of the lines, their rhythms, their system of rhymes and repetition. What poetic forms do you already know? structure – The way a poem is organised. The order of the poem.
How can I revise? 1) Read through the poems you have studied in class and your annotations. 2) Try and predict what the question could be for each poem. 3) Practise PEE paragraphs answering a how question such as: 'How does (poet) present his/her feelings towards ______ in the poem _______ You should: • Explore the use of language, structure and form • Use relevant quotations to support your interpretations • Use relevant subject terminology
Practice Exam Question How does Betjeman present the mouse in ‘Diary of a Church Mouse’? Most ‘how’ questions in English will need to be answered using PEE. Point – make a clear point that directly answers the question Evidence – support your point with evidence (a quotation from the text) Explain – explain clearly using your own words what your evidence shows/suggests to the reader.
