A brilliant website!

An excellent website well worth visiting when you are revising - lots of information, past questions and example essays:

 

http://www.theenglishzone.org.uk/page_2415645.html


 

 

 

 

 

Of Mice and Men Revision video

An Inspector Calls revision video

An Inspector Calls BBC video

English Language Unit 2 - How to revise

• Look through your yellow book at the class notes we made
• Revise language devices and make sure you can use them in your own writing
• Revise the different rules for letter writing (formal and informal), articles, speeches, reports, reviews, leaflets to ensure you get marks for setting your text out accurately
• Buy a copy of WJEC revision guide and work through the activities
• Go on BBC Bitesize and complete the writing activities and tests
• Download and print off past Unit 2 papers (H for Higher tier) and complete them timing yourself 1 hour

English Language Unit 1 - How to revise

• Look through your yellow book at the class notes we made
• Revise language devices and here
• Buy a copy of WJEC revision guide and work through the activities
• Go on BBC Bitesize and complete the reading activities and tests
• Download and print off past Unit 1 papers (H for Higher tier) and complete them timing yourself 1 hour

Unseen poetry - how to revise

Re-read your class notes from Mrs Abraham's lessons

Revise poetic devices here

Go to WJEC site and look at the past papers (Unit 1 Higher Tier)

Print out the unseen poems and annotate the meaning and poetic devices

Complete past essays in timed conditions (1 hour)

Self assess using the mark scheme

Send essays to me via my school email address

Of Mice and Men - How to revise

Re-read the book. You can access the text here if you don't have your own copy.

Complete character profiles for the main characters

Go on BBC Bitesize and complete the revision activities on character, plot, themes, context and the sample question 

Go to WJEC site and look at the past papers (Unit 1 Higher Tier)

Print out the extracts for Of Mice and Men and annotate the mood and atmosphere

Answer the extract questions (10 marks)

Plan answers for the essay question (20 marks)

Complete past essays in timed conditions (40 marks)

Self assess using the mark scheme

Send essays to me via my school email address

An Inspector Calls - How to revise

• Re-read the book. An audio reading is available on Youtube (this link takes you to part 1 of 3)
• Complete character profiles for the main characters
• Go to my An Inspector Calls blog and re-read the activities and ppts
• Go on BBC Bitesize and complete the revision activities on character, plot, themes, context and dramatic effect
• Go to WJEC site and look at the past papers (Unit 2A Higher Tier)
• Print out the extracts for An Inspector Calls and annotate the mood and atmosphere
• Answer the extract questions (10 marks)
• Plan answers for the essay question (20 marks)
• Complete past essays in timed conditions (40 marks)
• Self assess using the mark scheme
• Send essays to me via my school email address

Heroes - how to revise

• Re-read the book. You can listen to an audio version with pictures on Youtube.
• Complete character profiles for the main characters
• Go to my Heroes blog and re-read the activities and ppts
• Go on BBC Bitesize to revise character, plot, themes and the sample question (remember that context is not relevant for our exam)
• Go to WJEC site and look at the past papers (Unit 2A Higher Tier)
• Print out the extracts for Heroes and annotate the mood and atmosphere
• Answer the extract questions (10 marks)
• Plan answers for the essay question (20 marks)
• Complete past essays in timed conditions (40 mins)
• Self assess using the mark scheme
• Send essays to me via my school email address

The Exam Dates

English Literature exams
20th May am = Unit 1 (Of Mice and Men and Unseen poetry) - 2 hours
22nd May pm = Unit 2 (Heroes and An Inspector Calls) - 2 hours


English Language exams
3rd June am = Unit 1 (Reading paper) 1 hour
                        Unit 2 (Writing paper) 1 hour

Welcome!

Welcome to my English revision blog! Here you will find lots of useful ways to revise for your GCSE English Language and English Literature exams.