Week 2

So guys, there are only 9 weeks until the first English exam. This week in class you should have been focusing on poems from other cultures.


You will sit a mock exam on 25th March and section A will focus on a comparison of two poems from your cluster. There are lots of brilliant revision resources to help you get 'mock ready'.

Here are some of the best ones:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/poemscult/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/english/
http://www.podcastrevision.co.uk/page22/page6/page8/page8.html
http://www.podcastrevision.co.uk/page22/page6/page9/page9.html (for Miss Watt's group only)


From tomorrow you will be working on how to write a good comparative response that links two of the poems together. You'll be using many of the skills for poem comparison that you have learned so far in your preparation for the literature exam.
You have to make sure that you cover the following 4 areas in your response...there are marks set aside for each so cover every one!

What?
Ideas and feelings

How?
Techniques and their effect

Why?
Poet’s attitude and reasons

You?
Your response

By the end of the week you need to be confident that you can compare any two poems from the cluster and explain the four key points as outlined above. You will get homework and revision for this section of the exam... you have been warned!







Have a good week!