Literature Exam Tuesday 9amLiterature Exam Tuesday 9am

• Objectives:Objectives:

• To learn to revise for the English To learn to revise for the English Literature Exam on TuesdayLiterature Exam on Tuesday

• To practise planning and structuring To practise planning and structuring answers to the Duffy & Armitage questionanswers to the Duffy & Armitage question

RevisionRevision

• There is absolutely no substitute for knowing the There is absolutely no substitute for knowing the stories and poems as well as you possibly can.stories and poems as well as you possibly can.

• This does not mean you go onto websites to This does not mean you go onto websites to read notes about them, it means you read the read notes about them, it means you read the texts themselves.texts themselves.

• The more times you read them, the better.The more times you read them, the better.

Mind MapsMind Maps

• Mind maps will be a useful tool to consolidate Mind maps will be a useful tool to consolidate your revision. I would always try to include your revision. I would always try to include quotations to support what you have said.quotations to support what you have said.

• You have been given pro-forma mind maps for You have been given pro-forma mind maps for the stories and the poems.the stories and the poems.

• I would try to do one per story and one per I would try to do one per story and one per poem.poem.

EssaysEssays• Later this lesson, I will give you a list of Later this lesson, I will give you a list of

past questions from the poetry section of past questions from the poetry section of the paper.the paper.

• I strongly recommend that you choose I strongly recommend that you choose one of these to answer in one hour over one of these to answer in one hour over the weekend as we have not written a full the weekend as we have not written a full answer to a poetry question for a couple answer to a poetry question for a couple of months.of months.

MondayMonday• I do not intend to teach a lesson to the whole I do not intend to teach a lesson to the whole

class on Monday’s revision lesson (p.3)class on Monday’s revision lesson (p.3)

• Each of you will have individual areas on which Each of you will have individual areas on which you feel you need to focus.you feel you need to focus.

• This time can be used for mind mapping, essay This time can be used for mind mapping, essay planning, re-reading, writing essays or anything planning, re-reading, writing essays or anything else you feel would be useful for you (in English)else you feel would be useful for you (in English)

• You should come prepared with questions about You should come prepared with questions about anything you have found difficult in your anything you have found difficult in your individual revision.individual revision.

Today:Today:

• For each of the practise questions on the For each of the practise questions on the sheet, complete the planning sheet.sheet, complete the planning sheet.

• Remember to think carefully about your Remember to think carefully about your poem choice and the order in which you poem choice and the order in which you write about your poems as this will have a write about your poems as this will have a huge impact on the quality of your huge impact on the quality of your comparison.comparison.