English revision overview presentation
- 1. Who Says You Can’t Revise for English?
- 2. Unit 1 Paper Higher Tier Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6
- 3. Q1 What do you learn about...? Comprehension & Summary 8 marks 12 minutes A range of points Supported by quotes as evidence Makes links between connected ideas No analysis
- 4. Q2 Explain how the headline and picture are effective and how they link to the text Presentational devices & evaluation 8 marks 12 minutes Points about how image & headline reflect content of text Understanding of how headline and image work Makes connections between different aspects of text Analysis & evaluation using evidence
- 5. Q3 Explain the writer’s thoughts and feelings Inference 8 marks 12 minutes Selection of points from across extract Reading between the lines Understanding of subtext Evidence and explanation
- 6. Unit 1 Paper Foundation Tier Q1a & b Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Compares presentational devices and layout Tests reading between the lines Language analysis
- 8. Q4 Compare the ways in which language is used for effect in the two texts Analysis of language for GAP 16 marks 24minutes Choices for comparison Focus on language techniques used by writers to have effect on the reader Understanding of different types of language in different types of text
- 9. How to revise Read journalism and literary non-fiction Understand effect of language on readers Practise annotation Practise timed answers Practise making links Practise planning answers Learn language features
- 10. Q5 Inform Explain Describe Usually a type of writing you might find in real life Concise & stylish Structured, with sentences used for effect. Spelling, punctuation Word choices & devices 16 marks 24 minutes
- 11. Q6 Argue or Persuade • More developed writing • Uses conventions of argument or persuasion • Clearly organised writing • Range of sentence structures • Clear sense of audience & purpose • Formal style • Spelling & punctuation 24 marks 35 minutes
- 13. U1 Section A Question 17 In Act 2 of An Inspector Calls, Sheila says to her mother, Mrs Birling, “But we really must stop these silly pretences”. How does Priestley show, in his presentation of Mrs Birling, that she often pretends to be something she is not? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks) OR Question 18 How important do you think social class is in An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley present ideas about social class? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks) 45 mins
- 14. Unit 1 Section B Read the following passage and then answer Part (a) and Part (b) Part (a) In this passage, how does Steinbeck present Crooks? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. and then Part (b) In the rest of the novel how does Steinbeck use Crooks to present attitudes to black people at the time the novel is set? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks) 45 mins CONTEXT & PEE OR
- 15. Unit 2 Unseen poem Relationships Cluster • 15 poems • Choice of 2 questions • Named poem compared to another from the same cluster
- 16. Work Smart!
- 18. Both images show a snowman. Make your answers as much like the snowman on the right as you can: Crafted Original Detailed Precise Interesting