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Paper 1 revision: poetry

As the May examinations fast approach, this week we have added another student revision page for Paper 1 with a poem and guiding question.  There is an accompanying quiz that takes students through a series of questions to help them annotate and unpack the poem in response to a specific guiding question.  This page is focused on the poem 'The Letter' by Dana Gioia

The new revision page can be accessed via the link below and the others can be accessed by the link beneath that.  All allow for direct student access.

The more practice students have with analysing a range of unseen literary extracts, the more confident and skilled they will become in developing responses to any given text.  

Paper 1 revision: poem2

On this page is another addition to our series of Paper 1 revision pages for students. These pages seek to address the myth that you cannot revise for Paper 1 as it is an unseen examination. While there...

Paper 1 Student revision pages

Paper 1 student revision pagesLinked from this page are a series of pages designed for students with the aim of helping you to revise for paper 1. There is a myth that you cannot revise for Paper 1 as...

 

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