Make the grade
English Literature
Student:______________
Target grade:
Key dates
Assessment:
Modern Text:
A Christmas Carol:
Macbeth:
There will be an in-class poetry assessment after Easter
Exam dates:
English Literature Paper 1 (Shakespeare and 19th Century)
Monday 22nd May 2017 - 1 hour 30 minutes
English Literature Paper 2 (Modern Texts and Poetry)
Friday 26th May 2017—2 hours 15 minutes
Extra support Available
English Literature revision session in the Lecture Theatre 3:10-4:10:
Monday 15th May– Literature Revision.
Pre-exam revision 1.05-3.05 on Thursday 28th May 2017:
Student invitations will be sent out early May.
Teacher support: Students’ Individual class teachers are also available to give extra support where needed–
students can email the class teacher or speak to them after class to arrange an appropriate time.
Make the grade
English Guide Revision Programme 2016-17
Week start
06. 03. 17
Topic
A Christmas
Carol
Revision tasks
Revise Scrooge at the start of Stave 1– how is he presented?
Online resources
http://www.litcharts.com/lit/a-christmas-carol/
stave-1
Revise Stave 2 ( The Ghost of Christmas Past, Belle, Fezziwigg) How does Dickens present Scrooge’s change? QUOTES
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/christmascarol/
section1.rhtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/
z84k87h/revision/3
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/christmascarol/
context.html
A Christmas
Carol
Revise Stave 3 ( The Ghost of Christmas Present , Cratchit’s household, Fred’s Christmas, Ignorance and Want) QUOTES
20.03.17
A Christmas
Carol
Revise Stave 4 : Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. ( Focus on the description of the ghost, Scrooge sees how people view him,
people steal from him after he’s dead., and the fact that Scrooge finally sees the errors of his ways.)
http://www.shmoop.com/christmas-carol/stave4-summary.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/christmascarol/
section4.rhtml
27.03.17
A Christmas
Carol
Revise Stave 5: Focus on the reincarnation of Scrooge: Scrooge apologises to everybody and dramatically changes– how?
What is Dickens message to its readers? Revise ALL key quotations :)
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/christmascarol/
section5.rhtml
03.04.17
Macbeth
Act 1: Revise aspects of the supernatural/ representation of women
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/m/
macbeth/character-analysis/lady-macbeth
13.03.17
Explore characters and context: Class differences, social differences
Focus on: Scene 5 and 7- Lady Macbeth femme fatale a stereotypical woman/ female dominance and role reversal.
Act 2 Scene 1: Murder of King Duncan and Lady Macbeth’s behaviour
Act 5 Scene 1: Lady Macbeth’s downfall.
10.04.17
Macbeth
Revise the character of Macbeth; the rise of MacbethAct 1: Macbeth’s morals and loyalty to the King.
Act 2 Scene 1: Macbeth Kills Duncan
Scene 5: His inevitable death– how does it happen? Is he to blame?
17.04.17
Modern text
Create a mind map exploring the different themes in your modern text– apply key quotes to each theme and link context.
24.04.17
Modern text
Revise plot summaries, key quotations and then plan answers to potential questions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/english/
macbeth/char_l_macbeth/revision/1/
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/m/
macbeth/character-analysis/macbeth
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/
macbeth/sketchofmacbeth.html
http://www.shmoop.com/macbeth/literarydevices.html
You can make these up as you could get a question on ANY main character, setting or theme.
01.05.17
Poetry
Revise all 15 poems using the links. Watch the clips and makes notes.
http://conflictandpower.blogspot.co.uk/
Consider how conflict/power or love is presented– what quotes are important in each poem?
http://loverelationshipspoetry.blogspot.co.uk/
08.05.17
Poetry
Continue to revise poems using the links. What are the main themes of each poem? Which poems are similar and which are
different?
http://conflictandpower.blogspot.co.uk/
15.05.17
Poetry
Research the unseen aspect of the exam using the link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/
z3gfg82/revision
Past papers: Revision
English Lit paper 1 and paper 2
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/
exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-markschemes