Welcome to Budehaven English Department

April, 2017

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To Touch Base.

• The new exams are harder and require a significant level of preparation both in the classroom and at home.

• We do believe that your son/daughter care about their exams and is working, but that there needs to be a positive shift in attitude to achieve their target grades.

• To give you some strategies to help at home.

• To arm you with knowledge about the exam expectations.

• To inform you of you revision sessions in school to support.

• To provide you with key dates.

• To answer any questions you may have.

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The English Language Exams

Component 1 – Sections A & B

Component 2 – Sections A & B

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Creative Writing

• Show don’t tell

• Remember to use all the devices they’ve learned

• Remember that they are writing for the examiner – they need to care

• Zoom in – detail

• SPaG – spelling, punctuation and grammar

The Literature Exams

Paper 1 – Sections A & B

Paper 2 – Sections A & B

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What should students be doing at home?

• Rereading their Lit texts

• Accessing the PIXL app for revision tools for Literature

• Completing the revision booklets/past papers they have access to

• Completing example answers and asking their teacher for feedback independent from lessons

• Attending Tuesday morning registration revision sessions

• Attending revision sessions

• Accessing the English Dept Facebook page for updated revision tools

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What should students be doing?

• Creating flashcards with quotes from poems and Lit texts on

• Printing off blank poems and annotating/making notes from memory

• Memorise quotes using read/look/cover/check

• Create plot and character mind maps

• Use YouTube – all of the poems are explored by qualified teachers

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MONDAY 24th TUESDAY 25th WEDNESDAY 26th THURSDAY 27th FRIDAY 28th

5 x Social Responsibility

in An Inspector Calls

Macbeth has no true power

How does Priestley

explore social responsibility in AIC? Sheila Birling is the only character that changes

5 x Lady Macbeth

To what extent is Lady Macbeth presented as tragic heroine?

Remains 5 x Remains Compare the way that poets present memories in Remains and one other poem.

To what extent is Lady Macbeth presented as a tragic heroine? 5 x Mr Birling How does Priestley use Mr Birling to explore ideas about class?

MONDAY 1st TUESDAY 2nd WEDNESDAY 3rd THURSDAY 4th FRIDAY 5th

5 x Jekyll and Hyde How does Stevenson present Hyde as a disturbed character? Poppies War Photographer

How do poets show individual experiences of war in ‘War Photographer’ and one other poem? 5 x Supernatural in MB My Last Duchess

Explore the role of the Supernatural in Macbeth. Social, historical and genre context of Jekyll and Hyde 5 x Storm on the Island

RECAP of all memory tasks Ozymandias How do poets present power in Ozymandias & 1 other poem?

How do the attitudes of of the older and younger generations differ in AIC? 5 x Sybil Birling Power of nature in The Prelude.

Memorise quotes using the Read, Cover, Write, Check method. Spend 20 minutes on this. To aid your memory, design a small doodle or icon that represents the group of quotes. It may help your recall when you are in the exam if you jot the doodle down on paper.

Write a paragraph consolidating what you have learnt. This should be between 8-10 lines and include a point/evidence/explanation sentence, at least 2 pieces of evidence, techniques or device terminology and analysis. You should spend no more than 15 minutes on this. Time yourself.

Identify 5 points you would make in response to a question. Give yourself no more than 10 minutes to do this. Go back, check your text, add additional points if needed.

Re-read and clean annotate (annotate on a clean copy of the text). Give yourself 10 minutes to do this. Go back and check your class book or texts, add additional points if needed.

How you can help

• Check revision is happening and prompt regularly

• Ensure students are attending extra sessions

• Help revise with flashcards

• Read the Literature texts alongside your son/daughter and discuss

• Help annotate poems (use internet to help)

• Encourage revision with peers – students work in pairs/groups at home

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Exam Dates

Monday 22nd May Literature Paper 1 AM 1.45 mins

Friday 26th May Literature Paper 2 AM 2.15 mins

Tuesday 6th June Paper 1 AM 1.45 mins

Friday 9th June Paper 2 AM 2.30 mins

We will be offering a Top Tips Revision Session on the morning of each exam