Easter Revision

Hello Year 11,

Things have been a bit hectic recently, and with the rush to finish the Of Mice and Men assessment (damn that fire drill!) I didn't really get much time to talk to you all about Easter revision.

Now that I've caught up with a bit of sleep and feel half human again, my intention is to do a daily revision blog over the rest of the Easter holidays. Sad, I know.

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To kick off, here is my advice about your priorities for revision:

A major focus for Easter should be poetry. It's been a while since you studied the poems, and when you get back we'll be looking at how to compare them. I've been asked how to approach poetry revision. Here are my suggestions (from easiest to most demanding):

1) Read the poems (ignore the notes) over and over. This is the MOST IMPORTANT thing you can do.
2) Go over your notes and work in ex. books.
3) Use BBC Bitesize and this blog. 
4) Use the study guide I emailed out.
5) Write up revision notes / cue cards etc. Research suggests that writing by hand has a greater impact on memory than reading or typing notes. I've seen some amazing revision notes in form time recently!
6) Fill out comparison grids on pairs of poems (see below).
7) Try a past paper!

Here's the poetry comparison grid. If you can fill one of these out about a pair of poems, then you will be able to write about them in the exam:



Advice about how to compare poems in the exam:



Coming soon: EXAM GUIDES


Happy revision (and Easter),


Mr M