English literature paper 1: How to plan your Shakespeare essay LIKE A BOSS...

1. English literature paper 1: How to plan your Shakespeare essay LIKE A BOSS... Insert Question Here: Extract taken from: 1) What’s your initial response to this theme/ relationship/ character across the WHOLE play? (How important is it to the play? To the development of the plot? To the audience?) And how do you know? (Think EVALUATION + WHOLE play!) 2) Now look at the extract. What’s the purpose of it? (Is it PIVOTAL? Does it reinforce an idea? Teach us something? Make us realise something? Why is it in the play? Why is it happening NOW?) 3) Take a closer look at the extract. What else does Shakespeare show us about the relationship/ character/ theme named in the question? 4) Take another look at the extract. What else does Shakespeare tell us about the relationship/ character/ theme in the question? 5) Now think about the text as a whole again-- are the ideas you’ve just discussed CONSISTENT in the rest of the play? If not, why not? Are there moments that show this particularly well? Where? (Repeat this box x2) 6) Finally, what is so important about this theme to Shakespeare/ his audience/ us as an audience?

2. English literature paper 1: How to plan your C19th NOVEL essay LIKE A BOSS... Insert Question Here: Extract taken from: 1) What’s your initial response to this theme/ relationship/ character across the WHOLE novel? (How important is it to the novel? To the development of the plot? To the reader?) And how do you know? (Think EVALUATION + WHOLE text!) 2) Now look at the extract. What’s the purpose of it? (Is it PIVOTAL? Does it reinforce an idea? Teach us something? Make us realise something? Why is it in the novel? Why is it happening NOW?) 3) Take a closer look at the extract. What else does the author show us about the relationship/ character/ theme named in the question? 4) Take another look at the extract. What else does the author tell us about the relationship/ character/ theme in the question? 5) Now think about the text as a whole again-- are the ideas you’ve just discussed CONSISTENT in the rest of the novel? If not, why not? Are there moments that show this particularly well? Where? (Repeat this box x2) 6) Finally, what is so important about this theme to the author/ their audience/ to us as an audience?

3. English literature paper 2: How to plan for the modern text question (LIKE A BOSS…) : Date: 1) What’s your initial response to this theme/ relationship/ character across the WHOLE novel? (How important is it to the novel? To the development of the plot? To the reader?) And how do you know? (Think EVALUATION + WHOLE text!) Consider what it would be like to gain a bird’s eye view over the whole novel/play 2) Now, consider one moment/ character in the novel/ play and consider: What’s the purpose of it/them? (Is it/are they PIVOTAL? Do they represent/ reinforce an idea? Teach us something? Make us realise something? Why is it in the novel? Why is it happening NOW?) 3) Think again about another aspect of the text (could be a character/ theme/ idea). What else does the author show us? WARNING: Does this point LINK directly to the question? Check again! 4) Think again about another aspect of the text (could be a character/ theme/ idea). What else does the author show us? WARNING: Does this point LINK directly to the question? Check again! 5) Now think about the text as a whole again-- are the ideas you’ve just discussed CONSISTENT in the rest of the novel/play? If not, why not? Are there moments that show this particularly well? Where? (Repeat this box x2) 6) Finally, what is so important about this theme to the author/ their audience/ to us as an audience?

4. English literature paper 2: How to get a clear stance on an anthology poem (LIKE A BOSS…) : Extract taken from: 1) What’s your initial response to this theme/ idea within the named poem? (How important is it to the poem? To the reader? What does the poet aim to explore in relation to this idea?) And how do you know? (Think EVALUATION + WHOLE text!) 2) Now look at the poem. Identify the main ideas about the poet’s attitudes towards the theme in the Q. Name four of his/her thoughts and feelings: 1) 2) 3) 4) 3) Are these thoughts and feelings shared by another poem you have studied? Are they the same or different? 1) 2) 3) 4) Next, go back to your poem and remember the poem you’ve decided to compare it to. Find evidence from the poems to support your points (don’t forget, you need at least two pieces of evidence for each point). DON’T NEGLECT THE FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE POEM- THESE ARE OFTEN KEY IN COMMUNICATING THEIR MEANINGS. Now, start writing. Don’t forget to compare throughout and consider the IMPACT and EFFECT of the poets’ choices. Do they teach us something? Remind us of something? Force us to realise something? 6) Finally, what is so important about this theme to the poem/ their audience/ to us as an audience?

5. English literature paper 2: How to get a clear stance on an anthology poem (LIKE A BOSS…) : Extract taken from: 1) What’s your initial response to this theme/ idea within the named poem? (How important is it to the poem? To the reader? What does the poet aim to explore in relation to this idea?) Which poem makes a good comparison and why? Briefly tell the story of the two poems I-D-H-W Poem 1 I-D-H-W Poem 2 I-D-H-W Poem 1 I-D-H-W Poem 2 I-D-H-W Poem 1 I-D-H-W Poem 2 Why= context/ ideas and perspectives/ what do they teach us, tell us or make us realise? 6) Finally, what is so important about this theme to the poem/ their audience/ to us as an audience?

6. A LEVEL English literature Paper 2: Responding to an unseen poem Question: : Name: Thesis- answer the question in the opening paragraph. Mention the ‘story’ of the poem and the form of the poem. How does the poem explore that particular theme? First point (I-D-H-W) Second point (I-D-H-W) Third point (I-D-H-W) Forth Point (I-D-H-W) Conclusion Feedback:( in red pen)