Revision Tasks – Poetry and Modern Novel

  • Add the numbers to your revision timetable.
  • Each task should take between 30 minutes and 1 hour

Kestrel for a Knave / 1 / Re-read the novel (focus on key events – like the English lesson with Mr.Farthing, the football match, the end of the novel etc.)
2 / Make revision poster about teachers in novel.
3 / gruoch.googlepages.com/kes.ppt Read this PowerPoint on the internet and make some notes on post-its
4 / Read ‘Exam revision notes’ sheet from Ms.K and highlight points you didn’t know. Transfer these key points into notes.
5 / Make revision poster about Billy.
6 / Do a timed essay (1 hour) ‘Billy is not a typical hero in the novel, but his flaws make him more interesting to the reader’ Do you agree?
7 / Make revision poster about the language in the novel.
8 / Do a timeline of events from the novel
9 / Do a timed essay (1 hour) ‘Billy is only surrounded by negative influences in his life’ Do you agree?
10 / Check out the notes on this website and note down any ideas you don’t have.
11 / Use yellow Kestrel for a Knave revision pack and make notes under headings.
12 / Write down sixe questions you have about the novel. Swap these with a friend – answer each others’ questions.
13 / Make revision poster about the structure of the novel.
Poetry / 14 / Do a timed essay from the ‘Other Cultures’ yellow revision pack.
15 / Ask someone to test you on the ‘Other Cultures’ poems – you must tell them two things about language, one about structure and explain the meaning of the poem.
16 /
Go on this website and see if there are any notes you can add to your anthology.
17 / Revise poem ‘Song of the Old Mother’ on bbc bitesize website (in the English literature section.) Do test bites.
18 / Do timed essay from blue poetry revision pack.
19 / Revise ‘Kid’ and ‘I’ve mad out a will..’ on bbc bitesize website (in English literature section.) Do test bites.
20 / Revise three Carol Ann Duffy poems that appear on bbc bitesize website (in English literature section.) Do test bites.
21 / Make a poster with the main language features from all the Duffy poems.
22 / Make a poster with the main language features from all the Armitage poems.
23 / Make a large revision map of the ‘Other Cultures’ poems, showing how they link up (similarities and differences.)
24 / Write out your notes for the Pre-1914 poems – using headings, colour, bullet points, images etc.
25 / Make a PowerPoint about the Duffy and Armitage poems – send it to a friend for their revision (ask them to do the same for you!)
26 / Do timed essay from blue poetry revision pack.