1. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide Revising for the Year 10 exam

2. Click to edit Master title style What will my child need to revise for this year? Literature Paper 1 (June 2011) Section A: Of Mice and Men or To Kill a Mockingbird Section B:Comparison of two unseen poems Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide

3. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide www.shmoop.com Shmoop is a student friendly website that uses a conversational tone and contemporary cultural references to try and engage students in classic literature. It provides a synopsis of the text, key quotations, themes, characters and study questions. It is also available as an I-phone app!

4. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide http://www.shmoop.com/literature/ http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/

5. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/prose/ofmice andmen.htmhttp://www.universalteacher.org.uk/prose/ofmice andmen.htm http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/prose/tokilla mockingbird.htmhttp://www.universalteacher.org.uk/prose/tokilla mockingbird.htm Written by Andrew Moore, this site offers lots of really useful analysis and comment on both texts. It is organised under useful headings such as theme, character, viewpoint and language. It is particularly useful for those students aiming for A and A*.

6. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide BBC Bitesize http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ Bitesize is aimed directly at GCSE students studying English Language and English Literature. It provides a synopsis of the text, key quotations, themes, characters and sample questions. It uses video clips to make the texts come to life and allows students to test their knowledge. It also includes ‘Audio Bites’ which provide short, concise information to aid revision.

7. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_lit erature/prosemicemen/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_lit erature/prosemockingbird/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/

8. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide Englishbiz http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/ Written by English guru Steve Campsall, Englishbiz focuses on exam techniques, the writing triplets and ways to improve spelling, punctuation and grammar. It has a student friendly style but is less ‘all singing, all dancing’ than Shmoop or Bitesize. It allows students to download PDF versions of the webpages.

9. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide Youtube www.youtube.com Youtube is more than just music videos and ‘you’ve been framed moments’. With a bit of digging you can find some in-depth, interesting or unusual resource materials. The multimedia element of the content tends to appeal to students and helps it feel less like revision. This is another resource that can be accessed by many mobile phones allowing students to revise on the go.

10. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GJIDR9J5eg&fe ature=related A video revision guide by website Sparknotes which provides a synopsis of ‘Of Mice and Men’. http://www.youtube.com/user/60SECONDRECAPc om#p/c/23FAA2A0DD98411E 60SecondRecap provides short burst of revision on the key aspects of ‘Of Mice and Men’ & ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’.

11. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5063FCAH8mM&feature=related The BBC’s ‘Of Mice and Men in Context’ provides some wonderful contextual background to the novel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsGVqcwxjOE&playnext=1&list=PL5 FEB702B0D0079A6 GCSEpod provides clips of podcasts about the texts which can be downloaded from the GCSEpod website to use on I-pods. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFFCFRvYURo&feature=related Enotes provides brief overviews of character and theme in To Kill a Mockingbird.

12. Click to edit Master title style Year 10 – GCSE English Literature Revision Guide Also attached to this email are two sample examination papers. One is foundation tier and the other is higher tier. Your child will know which one he or she is entered for.