True or False?True or False?

You remember You remember more of what you more of what you read than what you read than what you writewrite

You can’t revise for You can’t revise for EnglishEnglish

The best way of The best way of revising is reading revising is reading through your notesthrough your notes

The best way of The best way of revising for English revising for English is to practise exam is to practise exam questionsquestions

It’s best to revise in It’s best to revise in blocks of an hour blocks of an hour longlong

You CAN (and must) You CAN (and must) revise for English!revise for English!

The question is: The question is: howhow??

Paper 1APaper 1A

One hour to read One hour to read 2 media / non-2 media / non-fiction texts and fiction texts and answer answer questions. questions.

Look at how Look at how many marks are many marks are available!available!

Paper 1A: How to Paper 1A: How to ReviseRevise Take a newspaper / magazine and find an article / Take a newspaper / magazine and find an article /

advert, and answer the following questions:advert, and answer the following questions:

What is the What is the purposepurpose of it? Who is it aimed at? of it? Who is it aimed at?

What What presentational devicespresentational devices are used? (eg images, are used? (eg images, headings, fonts) How are they headings, fonts) How are they effectiveeffective??

What sort of What sort of languagelanguage is used? How is this effective? is used? How is this effective?

Are Are factsfacts and and opinionsopinions used? How do they influence used? How do they influence the reader?the reader?

Paper 1BPaper 1B

45 Minutes45 Minutes

Argue / persuade (don’t choose Argue / persuade (don’t choose advise!) advise!)

Paper 1B: How to Paper 1B: How to ReviseRevise

Try writing in short bursts: Try writing in short bursts:

Pick a topic and a definite audience. Eg your Pick a topic and a definite audience. Eg your local council; you want them to build a new local council; you want them to build a new park.park.

Now you could spend short bursts of time Now you could spend short bursts of time writing one or two paras that persuade them to writing one or two paras that persuade them to do what you want. do what you want.

These paras may be the intro/conclusion. Or These paras may be the intro/conclusion. Or they may be two of the main paras. Do a they may be two of the main paras. Do a variety to stop getting bored!variety to stop getting bored!

Paper 2APaper 2A

PoetryPoetry

One question you must answerOne question you must answer

Important to Important to COMPARECOMPARE poems poems and their techniques / meaningsand their techniques / meanings

Paper 2A – How to Paper 2A – How to reviserevise DrawDraw the poems and the the poems and the imageryimagery used. used.

LabelLabel the imagery (metaphors? the imagery (metaphors? Personification?)Personification?)

ExplainExplain the effect of them and how it the effect of them and how it relates to the message in the poem. relates to the message in the poem. Perhaps do this on Perhaps do this on post-it post-it notes.notes.

Paper 2BPaper 2B

Inform / explain / Inform / explain / describedescribe

DescribeDescribe is often easiest – especially if is often easiest – especially if you are you are imaginativeimaginative..

Don’t be afraid to Don’t be afraid to lielie. If the question is . If the question is ‘Describe the room you are in now’, ‘Describe the room you are in now’, the examiner is hardly going to require the examiner is hardly going to require photographic evidence….photographic evidence….

Paper 2B: How to Paper 2B: How to ReviseRevise Find pictures off the internet; try describing 5 Find pictures off the internet; try describing 5

things in the picture (a para on each, 45 things in the picture (a para on each, 45 minutes).minutes).

Spend 10 minutes trying to Spend 10 minutes trying to write a good write a good paragraphparagraph on something in the on something in the roomroom you are you are in, using the in, using the sensessenses. .

Write 2 paragraphs in the same room – at Write 2 paragraphs in the same room – at different timesdifferent times of the day. of the day.

Try Try doing this in different placesdoing this in different places – bending the – bending the truth regarding what you can see!truth regarding what you can see!

Some other ideas…Some other ideas…

Use Use post-itspost-its around your room/house around your room/house to remember key techniques / ideas.to remember key techniques / ideas.

Create Create collagescollages of the poetry, using of the poetry, using images form the internet.images form the internet.

Record a Record a podcastpodcast: perhaps explaining : perhaps explaining the meaning of a poem and the the meaning of a poem and the techniques used. techniques used.

So how are YOU going So how are YOU going to revise?to revise?