Lit paper

• The Literature exam has two sections: Section A is "Of Mice and Men" and Section B is "Poetry from Heaney, Clarke and the Pre-1914 poets".

• OF MICE AND MEN: Revision.

1. Make sure you know the novel well and can easily find key sections such as the death of Curley's Wife.
2. Make sure you understand who each character is and what role they play in the novel.
3. Revise the key themes (DREAMS, LONELINESS, VIOLENCE, NATURE etc).
4. Practise writing a paragraph on each theme, using a quote from the novel.
5. Re-read your notes in your exercise book.

• Poetry (Heaney, Clarke, Pre-1914): Revision.

- Re-read all the poems you have studied so far.

- Concentrate on your key poems for each cluster. These are:

Higher Paper:

Heaney - At a Potato Digging, Storm on the Island, Digging, Death of a Naturalist.

Clarke - Cold, Knap Lake, A Difficult Birth, Catrin, The Field Mouse.

Pre 1914 - Patrolling Barnegat, The Affliction of Margaret, On My First Sonne, Sonnet.

Foundation Paper:

Heaney - Mid Term Break, Follower, Digging, Death of a Naturalist.

Clarke - Babysitting, On the train, Catrin, The Field Mouse.

Pre 1914 - The Eagle, Song of the Old Mother, On My First Sonne, Sonnet.

- Carefully look at your annotations and make sure you understand what each poem is about.

- Make sure you can identify three or four key images in each poem.

- Remind yourself of the key themes (NATURE, VIOLENCE, PARENT/CHILD, DEATH, LOVE).

- Practise comparing two or three poems at once. Always give quotes and examples from a few poems in a paragraph.

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