Year 11– Final CountdownEnglish Literature exams: Monday 24th May 2016 / Friday 27th May 2016

English Language exam Tuesday 7th June 2016

Do now – 6 minutes

Read the question and annotate the extract from Of Mice and Men, looking for 4 – 5 pieces of evidence that will help you to respond to the question.Remember to look for LANGUAGE to help you to explore the question further (an achieve a higher mark!)

The Final Six WeeksLiterature Lessons Language Lessons Intervention

Week beginning Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Power Hour

11.4.16 Of Mice and Men

Mock Assessment

Q1 and Q2 Q5 Q1,2,3OMAM CA

18.4.16 WIB / AIC Exemplar essay Q3 Q4 WIB/AIC

24.4.16*FINAL DEADLINE

Conflict Poetry Unseen poem and example

Q6 Q6 mockUnseen poem

Q4

2.5.16 Bank Holiday QUnseen poem

Unseen poetry Q6 revision and GPT from mock

Q1,2,3 mock Unseen Poetry

9.5.16 OMAM revision AIC/WIB revision

Q1,2,3 review and GPT

Q5,Q6 mock The Writing section

16.5.16 OMAM AIC/WIB Mock review GPT

OMAM/WIB/AIC

Literature Paper 1

23.5.16 Extracts andlinks to SHC

Conflict Poetry Unseen poetry NA Conflict Poetry

Lesson 1

25Objective:To understand the A/A* criteria for OMAM and use this and an example to write your own model answer.

What the examiner is looking for…

What does this mean for you?

This response achieved in the top band (6) Look for all of the features from the mark scheme you have created.

Of Mice and Men mark scheme

´ Close analysis of the extract – track the text and extract 4 – 5 pieces of evidence that you can comment on when you respond to section A of the question. Where possible, you should also look for language techniques and devices so that you can show off your extensive knowledge

´ Refer back to the reader, how do the actions in the extract (and the rest of the text) make us feel?

´ Link back to the rest of the text, how can you link what is happening in the extract to what else has happened in the novel (look at the example you have been shown)

´ Refer to the social and historical context of the time period and make sure you can link these to the events in the novel

´ Try to be as perceptive as possible, minute details and smaller pieces of evidence work better than quotes that are lengthy and unnecessary

Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

´Homework – revise OMAM in preparation for your assessment next lesson

´Use: Mr Bruff, BBC Bitesize, Lit booklets, revision materials from your email, Doddle, stay after school to work with your teacher if you are still unsure!

Lesson 2

24Objective:To write a response to the OMAM question using the knowledge from lesson 1.To peer assess, using the five-point mark criteria.

Spend 45 minutes on this assessmentRead the extract, annotate (looking for

4 – 5 points) and then respond to section A and section B. Remember to

refer to the whole text.

´ Close analysis of the extract – track the text and extract 4 – 5 pieces of evidence that you can comment on when you respond to section A of the question. Where possible, you should also look for language techniques and devices so that you can show off your extensive knowledge

´ Refer back to the reader, how do the actions in the extract (and the rest of the text) make us feel?

´ Link back to the rest of the text, how can you link what is happening in the extract to what else has happened in the novel (look at the example you have been shown)

´ Refer to the social and historical context of the time period and make sure you can link these to the events in the novel

´ Try to be as perceptive as possible, minute details and smaller pieces of evidence work better than quotes that are lengthy and unnecessary

Lesson 3

23Objective:To understand the mark scheme for Q1 and Q2 and create a student friendly version.To use your own mock exam responses and improve them using the criteria.

What are you expected to do in Q1?

Go back to your mock paper…how can you improve your response?

What are you expected to do in Q2?

Go back to your mock paper…how can you improve your response?

Lesson 4

22Objective:To understand the mark scheme for Q5 and create a student friendly version.To use an example response, highlighting and annotating good practice then going back to your own mock exam to do the same.

What are you expected to do in Q5?Remember, this is the

shorter writing task and is worth 16 marks – 10 for content and 6 for SPaG

Look at this example…

Go back to your mock paper…how can you improve your response?