English Literature iGCSE SESSION ONE

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English Literature iGCSE SESSION ONE
GCSE
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English Literature iGCSE

• Component 1
• MONDAYS EXAM
• Poetry and prose
• Two questions based
• on two texts
• Poetry (Poems
• Deep and Dangerous,
• anthology.)
• Prose The Strange
• Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
• 50

• Component 2
• FRIDAYS EXAM
• Drama
• Two questions based
• on two drama texts
• An Inspector Calls.
• Either Shakespeares
• The Merchant of Venice,
• Or Henry V.
• 50

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Grade boundaries
Grade A To achieve a Grade A, a candidate will be
able to sustain a perceptive and convincing
response with well-chosen detail of narrative and
situation demonstrate clear critical/analytical
understanding of the authors intentions and the
texts deeper implications and the attitudes it
displays make much well-selected reference to
the text respond sensitively and in detail to
the way language works in the text communicate
a considered and reflective personal response to
the text Grade C To achieve a Grade C, a
candidate will be able to make a reasonably
sustained/extended response with detail of
narrative and situation show understanding of
the authors intentions and some of the texts
deeper implications and the attitudes it
displays show some thoroughness in use of the
text for support make some response to the way
language works in the text communicate an
informed personal response to the text
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Poetry Revision
THE BASICS You will be given TWO poetry
questions you choose to answer ONE You will
have 45 minutes to answer the question It will
be worth 25 marks (and is worth 25 of your
Literature qualification!) Use S.M.I.L.E
Grade boundaries form last year (out of 100
marks) 25 marks per Q/ text.
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Poetry Revision TERMINOLOGY QUIZ

• TERMINOLOGY ANAGRAMS
• zansta
• lliattnionera
• ymerh
• tamhoper
• nnoste
• iilesm
• eefr seerv
• poeuclt
• geryima
• iiiooeannftrsp

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Poetry Revision TERMINOLOGY QUIZ

• TERMINOLOGY ANAGRAMS
• Stanza
• Alliteration
• Rhyme
• Metaphor
• sonnet
• Simile
• Free verse
• Couplet
• Imagery

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Past papers GET YOUR PLANNERS OUT!RAG each Q!

• November 2015
• Sonnet Rossetti ( I Wish I Could Remember) How
  does Rossetti vividly convey the speakers desire
  to revisit the past?
• Football after School - How does McCarthy
  strikingly imagine her sons teenage years in
  Football after School ?

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Past papers

• June 2015
• Sonnet 18 (Shall I compare thee.. In what ways
  does Shakespeares writing make Shall I Compare
  Thee ? such a powerful love poem?
• Follower - How does Heaney make this memory of
  childhood in Follower so vivid for you?

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Past papers

• March 2015
• Poem for My Sister How does Lochhead vividly
  convey her feelings about her sister in Poem for
  My Sister ?
• Sonnet 116 - In what ways does Shakespeare
  powerfully portray ideas about love in The
  Marriage of True Minds?
• (This was your mock exam!)

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Hints for success

• KNOWING THE POEMS WELL
• What they are about
• The central message of each one
• Who the persona is and their viewpoint
• The tone
• Some of the poetic techniques employed
• Central themes that apply to each poem
• Revision strategies Re-reading poems,
  annotations and notes, flashcards, website link,
  discussing the poems with each other/poetry
  party?!

Any that you dont know! You have 2 days!!
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Hints for success
Q In what ways does Shakespeare powerfully
portray ideas about love in The Marriage of True
Minds?
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2) STRUCTURING YOUR RESPONSE Use SMILE to help
you structure an exam response. (Put Meaning,
first though to act as an introductory
paragraph.) S M I L E
1) STRUCTURING YOUR RESPONSE You may feel
confident structuring your own response and
reacting in the exam to the question. Plan a
mindmap of your ideas, then work through these
methodically in the exam.
Remember you still need to use PEELA in each
poem to provide close analysis ?
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Sentence Starters P In the opening stanza, X
demonstrates The persona explores The
use of X is employed here to show.. The
poets use of language E For example,
This is shown in the line, . as
exemplified through, E

• Language analysis
• Zoom in In particular the word . creates.
• Offer evaluation This structure complements
• Effect on the reader This creates a feeling
  of.
• Comment on poets purpose The poet here is
• Make a link This image is later supported by .

enjambment, caesura, anaphora, quatrain, sestet,
stanza, persona, Petrarchan, Elizabethan, blank
verse, volta, irregular, pathos
REMEMBER TO BE TENTATIVE perhaps, possibly, this
could mean, this might suggest
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How does Heaney convey the idea of tradition in
Follower? SAMPLE PARAGRAPH ON IMAGERY
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Band 3 B1 www Good understanding, relevant
quotations picked out, reference to effects Ebi
More close analysis of individual words / poetic
techniques
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Poetry Revision DIAGNOSISRAG the poems
John Clare, First Love
Matthew Arnold, To Marguerite
Elizabeth Jennings, One Flesh
Christina Rossetti, Sonnet (I wish I could remember that first day)
William Shakespeare, Shall I Compare Thee?
Elma Mitchell, People Etcetera
Simon Armitage, In Our Tenth Year
William Shakespeare, The Marriage of True Minds
Seamus Heaney, Follower
Michael Laskey, Registers
Chris Banks, The Gift
Liz Lochhead, Laundrette
Liz Lochhead, Poem for My Sister
Patricia McCarthy, Football After School
Which poem do you feel LEAST confident on? Now,
watch the YOUTUBE revision clip for this.
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YouTube Analysis of the Poems
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First love
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To Marguerite
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One Flesh
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Sonnet - Rossetti
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Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
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People Etcetera
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In Our Tenth Year
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Registers
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Follower
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The Gift
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Laundrette
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Poem for my Sister
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Football after School