Of Mice and Men Themes Setting Characters Literary Techniques Contextual knowledge Sunlight on the Grass Themes Characters Setting Literary techniques Relationships Poetry Themes Attitudes and ideas Literary techniques English Language: Use the sample paper booklet to test yourself on different tasks. Ms Murphy may have already directed you toward a response to try over Easter in you 1-1 this week. LO: to learn different revision strategies to help with revision. A reminder: Literature- 2 papers Of Mice and Men and Sunlight on the Grass Relationships Poetry and Unseen Language- all one paper

Settings across the plot Setting one Key quotations for events, characters, themes Setting two Key quotations for events, characters, themes Setting three Key quotations for events, characters, themes

Characters Potential Questions ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE: KEY THEMES: How they Relate to Others How they Relate to Others Links between the two Key Quotations Key Quotations

Theme/ Idea ONE CHARACTER/ SETTING- how they are linked and quotations and literary devices identified (and context if needed) ONE CHARACTER/ SETTING- how they are linked and quotations and literary devices identified (And context if needed)

Other strategies to help with revision: Past paper answers write down 3 sentences you’d use in an intro. Then bullet point the body of your essay. Swap with a friend and write each other’s essays. At the end, swap back and highlight your ideas in one colour and additional in a second. Cue cards/ fan and pick Include important information for focus topic- ask someone to test you. Summarise Put everything you need to know about a text onto one A3 piece of paper. Re-write it reducing the words to A4, then A5. Brain dumping Revise part of a text and set alarm at a random time of the day 2 days later. When the alarm goes off you have 10 minutes to write down everything you can remember… Mind maps Colour coding theme/ technique is useful for this. Pair 15 minute challenge Devise 15 questions on a topic- starting easy and getting harder. Swap with someone and you then have 15 minutes (without a copy of the text) to answer them. Pyramids Convert the text into a pyramid. The top is the key idea, middle the main points, the bottom is the detail of the main points.