Well, that's just not true, is it.....
Here are a list of questions for you to use. These are all aimed at candidates sitting the Higher English Literature paper.
There's no other way of revising effectively, sorry. Pick a question and get on with it. Only use your notes if you're really struggling - remember, you won't have annotated copies in the exam of your texts, so it's best to practice without them too. The first time you do an exam question with a blank text should NOT be in the exam!!
For Short Stories:
Q1a: Write about the ways that attitudes to parents are presented in Anil
Q1b: Write about the ways that attitudes to others are presented in another short story.
Q2a: Write about the ways that the relationship between the boy and his father are presented in 'Compass and Torch'.
Q2b: Write about the ways that a relationship is presented in one other short story.
Q3a: Write about the ways that Carla is presented in 'My Polish Teacher's Tie'.
Q3b: Write about the ways that a main character is presented in one other short story.
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For Poetry (character and voice).
Q1: Compare the ways that powerful characters are presented in My Last Duchess and one other poem from the anthology.
Q2: Compare the ways that strong emotions are presented in Medusa and one other poem from the anthology.
Q3: Compare the ways that ideas about identity are shown in 'The Clown Punk' and one other poem from the anthology.
Q4: Compare the ways that isolated characters are portrayed in 'The Hunchback in the Park' and one other poem from the anthology.
Remember to bring these into school for your English teacher to look at, or email them a typed up version. If you're stuck on these, email forrestera@cockermouthschool.org for support or to have some feedback on what you've written.
More exam papers can be found by following this link: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-literature-9710/past-papers-and-mark-schemes
You will all be sitting Unit 1 and Unit 2. Unit 1 is Short Stories and Of Mice and Men and Unit 2 is poetry and unseen poetry. To practice answers for Of Mice and Men and unseen poetry, you are best placed to access these on the above link so that you have the extracts of text from Of Mice and Men and the poem for the unseen question.
Good luck - remember, you only get one chance at these exams. Work hard now and you will be successful.
Monday 16 March 2015
Year 11 - GCSE Exam Dates
It's crucial that you know when each English exam is so that you are scheduling you're revision appropriately, but also so that you bring the RIGHT BOOKS with you on THE RIGHT DAYS!!!
So.....the dates are:
18th May - English Literature 1- Short Stories and Of Mice and Men
22nd May - English Literature 2- Poetry - Moon on the tides poetry cluster and unseen poetry (a poem you get in the exam paper)
2nd June - English Language - THE BIG ONE!!
One thing that's really useful is that the killer exam, the English Language, is after the half term break, which gives you plenty of time to get some of that extra revision in. Make sure you timetable plenty of revision into that week - it could make all the difference!
Please remember that for the exams, you will have to bring your own CLEAN COPIES of the texts that you have been given by your English Teacher. If they are not clean, or you have written in them, it is your responsibility to fix the issue. Either make sure you teacher knows in advance of the exam that your text has writing in it and they will change it for you, or if you have written in it yourself, it is your responsibility to buy a new one and return this one to the school. If you arrive at the exam with a book that has notes in it, and the invigilator notices this, your exam will be invalid, with the potential for the rest of your exams with that exam board to be invalid as well. Don't make the wrong choice! Make sure you read the copy you have at least one more time before the exam - it's good revision but it also makes sure you're checking your copy for any notes. If you are in any doubt, see your English teacher well before the exam. If you turn up to the exam without a copy of the book, we are unable to provide you with one and you will have to sit your exam without it - NOT a position you want to find yourselves in! So get organised now, and then you have nothing to worry about!
So.....the dates are:
18th May - English Literature 1- Short Stories and Of Mice and Men
22nd May - English Literature 2- Poetry - Moon on the tides poetry cluster and unseen poetry (a poem you get in the exam paper)
2nd June - English Language - THE BIG ONE!!
One thing that's really useful is that the killer exam, the English Language, is after the half term break, which gives you plenty of time to get some of that extra revision in. Make sure you timetable plenty of revision into that week - it could make all the difference!
Please remember that for the exams, you will have to bring your own CLEAN COPIES of the texts that you have been given by your English Teacher. If they are not clean, or you have written in them, it is your responsibility to fix the issue. Either make sure you teacher knows in advance of the exam that your text has writing in it and they will change it for you, or if you have written in it yourself, it is your responsibility to buy a new one and return this one to the school. If you arrive at the exam with a book that has notes in it, and the invigilator notices this, your exam will be invalid, with the potential for the rest of your exams with that exam board to be invalid as well. Don't make the wrong choice! Make sure you read the copy you have at least one more time before the exam - it's good revision but it also makes sure you're checking your copy for any notes. If you are in any doubt, see your English teacher well before the exam. If you turn up to the exam without a copy of the book, we are unable to provide you with one and you will have to sit your exam without it - NOT a position you want to find yourselves in! So get organised now, and then you have nothing to worry about!
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Miss Forrester's Year 9s
The Dirty Thiry Spellings!
Link 1 - to help you remember the ones you struggle with: http://www.spellzone.com/blog/The_Dirty_Thirty-cc_Part_1.htm
Link 2- help for spellings 11- 20 http://www.spellzone.com/blog/The_Dirty_Thirty-cc_Part_2.htm
Link 1 - to help you remember the ones you struggle with: http://www.spellzone.com/blog/The_Dirty_Thirty-cc_Part_1.htm
Link 2- help for spellings 11- 20 http://www.spellzone.com/blog/The_Dirty_Thirty-cc_Part_2.htm
“The
Dirty Thirty”
- accommodation
- beautiful
- because
- beginning
- believe
- business
- ceiling
- decided
- definitely
- disappear
- disappointed
- embarrass
- extremely
- friend
- immediately
- minute
- necessary
- neighbour
- nervous
- opportunity
- persuade
- queue
- queueing
- quiet
- quite
- receive
- separate
- sincerely
- surprised
- until
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