New Revision Guide - for Literature

Thanks to Miss George (for finding) and Kings Down School (for creating) this revision guide.

It has:

1. SUPER USEFUL key quotes to know for each character and overall for Of Mice and Men.

2. The same for An Inspector Calls.  Plus an interesting way to think about AIC as demonstrating the 7 Deadly Sins. 

3. A page of notes on each conflict poem - great for if you've missed any. 

4. Tips on how to revise generally!

You can find it here.  

Comparing Poems

Each time that we do a comparative plan, I'll try to add it to here so that we're gathering a collection of plans for a variety of combos.  

Scroll down for some general advice about comparing poems.  See this post here also plus all the individual posts for the various poems.  

Practice Question:  Compare how poets explore the importance of memory in Come on Come Back and one other poem from Conflict. 



Practice Question: Compare how poets present people in danger in Out of the Blue and one other poem from Conflict. 



Compare how poets discuss the idea of being manipulated in next to of course god America i and one other poem from Conflict. 


TOP TIPS for comparing poems:

• Think which poems did we do at the same sort of time?  They were taught in a deliberate order!
•  Flag 
•  next to of course god America i
•  Charge of the Light Brigade
•  Bayonet Charge 
•  Out of the Blue 
•  Belfast Confetti 
•  Futility
•  Falling Leaves
•  Mametz Wood
•  Poppies 
•  Come on Come Back
•  The Yellow Palm 
•  The Right Word
•  Hawk Roosting 

KEY 

Blue = patriotism 

Orange = Experience of battle/conflict 

Purple =  Death/Nature 

Green = Consequences of conflict 

Pink = power

• Remember you can compare based on similarities/differences in:
• Technique used
• Topic (what is being described - a child, a solider fighting etc) 
• Impact on the reader 
• Author's message

• Use comparing/contrasting connectives to show whether you're discussing a similarity or a difference: 

Comparing Connectives	Contrasting Connectives
And Also Furthermore In the same way Similarly Additionally In addition	But However On the other hand In a different way Contrastingly Alternatively In contrast

IGCSE Q1,2,3

UPDATE:  Click here to go to a folder with 22 past papers in it! I've also included the text-type required by Q1 as part of each files name.  This means you can target the past papers you most need to practice.  



This exam is on the 8th of May! 

1. Use this revision placemat to give you all the basic information on each question and exemplars:





2. Use this link to visit a folder with all the powerpoints we've used in class to go over Q1, 2, 3 to jog your memory or revisit various activities. 

3. Use this table to search for past papers.   

Simply, go to google and type:

"Vesuvius CIE English language"  and you'll get routed to copies of past papers.  Often it's the second link down (the first is the mark scheme). 

Still can't find them directly?  Then find them through a website called extremepapers.com  

Books are boring...aren't they?

If you don't think you can ever think of a good book to read, then try this flow-chart.  It covers MODERN books, lots of which have teenagers as their main characters and across all different genres from mystery to romance to crime.   Click here to go to the flow chart in detail:  

Revision Guides

Don't forget that we're selling revision guides for £2 (they're £5+ in the shops) so you can be independent, proactive students!

Remember, the ideas in these books do not REPLACE your ideas.  They are not superior to your ideas either. They are simply another interpretation. 

Limited stocks - so ask me ASAP for them!

     

Another AMAZING Blog discovery

Just discovered this blog:

Mr Gray's Blog

and it is AWESOME for conflict poetry (including podcast responses to FAQ) and videos that teach you on ALL poems (so especially good if you've missed any poetry lessons) and also has some stuff on OMAM. 

Please use these resources!!

IGCSE Practice Exam - delayed until Monday 17.03

Hi 11m1,

As you will know from your schedule there was supposed to be an IGCSE exam tomorrow after school (Fri 14th March) but because of Mr Morrow's leaving do it's being rearranged for next week.

So that you:

(a) don't have to do it after school

and 

(b) because Monday period 5 and 6 is a cover lesson (and therefore you wouldn't have the "benefit" of me being there anyway, 

I propose (and Chianna, Rashea, Johan, Brandon, Carl, Lauren, Bella, Cole agreed - they were those I could find in MFL to discuss this plan!) you do the mock on Monday in class.

It will be:

Q1
Q2
Q3 (b) 

in 100 minutes. 

You need to be LEADERS and make sure that regardless of who is doing the cover lesson, you sit and you do the exam paper to the best of your ability!!

I will make sure that those people who sat the previous Q1 practice last week have their papers and targets so they can ensure that they improve on them now.