Last Minute Revision!

1. Last Minute Revision! Literature GCSE

2. Do not focus on what you know! Focus on what you don’t!

3. What are you REALLY hoping isn’t on the exam paper?

4. This is what you REALLY need to revise!

5. ‘Of Mice and Men’ Assessment Objectives

6. ‘Of Mice and Men’ Questions • These could be based on … • Attitudes, themes and ideas • Characters, their motivation, role or relationships • Steinbeck’s use of language • How the structure of the novel is used • Social and historical context and how it is relevant to the novel

7. Types of ‘Of Mice and Men’ Questions’ • You could be given a question that asks you to focus on a section of the novel. The question could ask you to read a particular section, or it may be printed in the paper. • You could be given a question with bullet points. • You could be given a question without bullet points.

8. What don’t you know about ‘Of Mice and Men’?

9. My Revision Focus

10. My Revision Focus

11. Poetry Assessment Objectives

12. The rules for pre and post 1914 poetry… • Use an A* introduction – name the poems, the poets and the key part of the question. • Refer to writers and poets by their surname and never by their first name. • Write about every bullet point. • Use clear topic sentences to introduce each section of your essay: ‘Each of the poets uses language devices to …. Firstly…. Similarly…In contrast … Alternatively …’ • Write about two pre 1914 poems, one Duffy and one Armitage poem. • Always write about the named poem first for each section. • Write about every poem for each section of your response. • PEE for every poem for each section of your response. • Compare throughout your essay, using comparison words to start sentences.

13. Questions for pre and post 1914 poetry • These could be based on … • Comparing how poets approach similar attitudes, themes or ideas. • The voice, character or persona in four poems. • The actions, emotions or other aspects of the people in the poems. • How language is used. • How structure is used. • Your opinion of why the poems are successful.

14. Question types for pre and post 1914 poetry • Your question could be … • Split in to two sections a) and b). • Ask you to compare four poems. • Offer you a list of poems to choose from. • Have no bullet points. • Have ‘unhelpful’ bullet points. • Stick to the rules and the assessment objectives and you will be fine.

15. Pre and post 1914 poetry revision • Focus on the poems for your tier. For each one, write the title in the centre of a piece of paper and brainstorm the 4 assessment areas – attitudes, themes and ideas/ language/ structure/ comparisons. • Complete extended brainstorms using a theme at the centre, then 4 poems, then ideas for each poem relating to attitudes, themes and ideas/ language/ structure/ comparisons. • How is language used in each poem? How does the structure of each poem support the way language is used? • How is structure used in each poem? How does the language of each poem support the way structure is used? • Annotate questions. • Invent some questions – then practise planning them. • Timed planning.

16. This weekend … • Reread the novel and the poems. • Learn the ‘rules’ for each paper and the assessment objectives. • Work through the Literature PowerPoints on the shared area. • Read your sample questions – practise annotating and planning questions in timed conditions. GOOD LUCK Y11 – YOU CAN DO IT!