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Time for review is tentative.
After reviewing notes – close the book and answer the questions.
Keep a clean version of the poem in front of you – available in the supplementary booklet.
Passage based questions are in the supplementary booklet.
Day 1 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Poetry
Notes:
1. Nancy Fotheringham Cato, The Road’
2. Sarah Jackson, ‘The Instant of My Death’
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Describe the ways Cato depicts hope in the poem The Road?
Q2. How does the poet movingly convey the speaker’s thoughts and feelings in The Instant of my
Death?
Day 2 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Poetry
Notes:
1. Arun Kolatkar, The Bus’
2. Julius Chingono, ‘At the Bus Station’
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Explore the ways in which Kolatkar makes his experience so memorable in the poem The Bus.
Q2. How does Chingongo movingly convey the speaker’s thoughts and feelings in At the Bus Station?
Day 3 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Poetry
Notes:
1. Imtiaz Dharker, These are the Times We Live in’
2. Elizabeth Jennings, The Enemies’
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Explore the ways in which Dharker powerfully conveys the racism in These are the Times We Live
in.
Q2. How does Jennings powerfully convey the speaker’s thoughts and feelings in The Enemies?
Day 4 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Prose
Notes:
Review characters from Things Fall Apart
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 4 and answer the following question: How
does Achebe portray Okwonko at this moment in the story?
Q2. How does Achebe strikingly portray Ikemefuna in the novel Things Fall Apart.
Day 5 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Prose
Notes:
Review themes from Things Fall Apart
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 5 and answer the following question: How
does Achebe make this a powerful moment in the story.
Q2. Explore two moments in the novel that Achebe makes particularly moving.
Day 6 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Prose
Notes:
Review chapter summaries of Things Fall Apart
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 6 and answer the following question: How
does Achebe present Umumofian society at this moment in the story.
Q2. In what ways does Achebe create striking impressions of Okwonko.
Day 7 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Prose
Notes:
Review chapter summaries of Things Fall Apart
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 7 and answer the following question: How
does Achebe make this a strinking moment in the story.
Q2. How does Achebe depict the effects of colonialism in the novel?
Day 8 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Poetry
Notes:
1. Sampurna Chattarji, Boxes’
2. W H Auden, The Capital’
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Discuss how Chattarji describes city life in the poem The Boxes.
Q2. How does Auden movingly describe the disparity between rich and poor in The Capital.
Day 9 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Poetry
Notes:
1. Arthur Yap, an afternoon nap’
2. Elizabeth Smither, Plaits’
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. How does the Yap movingly convey the parent’s thoughts and feelings in the poem An Afternoon
Nap.
Q2. How does Smither movingly use symbolism and imagery to discuss societal divisions and
collaboration.
Day 10 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Poetry
Notes:
1. Elizabeth Daryush, Children of Wealth’
2. Thomas Love Peacock, ‘Rich and Poor or, Saint and Sinner’
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Explore the ways in which Daryush powerfully conveys the limitations of wealth in the poem
Children of Wealth.
Q2. Explore the ways in which Peacock makes his ideas so memorable in the poem Rich and Poor or,
Saint and Sinner.
Day 12 - Time: 1 hour 30 mins for review
Paper Topic
Review
1
Poetry
Notes:
1. Musaemura Zimunya, ‘A Long Journey’
2. Stevie Smith, ‘Touch and Go’
3. George Szirtes, ‘Song’
Practice – 2 hour 15 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. How does Zimunya make A Long Journey such a disturbing poem?
Q2. Explore the ways in which Smith makes Touch and Go such a powerfully dramatic poem.
Q3. How does Szirtes make Song such a striking poem?
Day 13 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
3
Drama
Notes:
Review characters from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 13 and answer the following question: How
does Shakespeare make this an entertaining and significant moment in the play.
Q2. Discuss how Puck affects the dramatic impact of the play?
*Keep a clean version of the play in front of you when answering questions.
Day 14 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
3
Drama
Notes:
Review characters from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 14 and answer the following question:
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare make this such an amusing moment in the play.
Q2. Discuss how Shakespeare makes Bottom such an entertaining character in the play.
*Keep a clean version of the play in front of you when answering questions.
Day 15 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
3
Drama
Notes:
Review themes from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 15 and answer the following question: How
does Shakespeare make this moment so amusing.
Q2. How does Shakespeare portray Oberon’s feelings towards Titania in the play?
*Keep a clean version of the play in front of you when answering questions.
Day 16 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
3
Drama
Notes:
Review themes from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 16 and answer the following question: In
what ways does Shakespeare dramatically convey the thoughts and feelings of the characters in this
moment of the play.
Q2. How far does Shakespeare make you sympathise with Helena in the play?
*Keep a clean version of the play in front of you when answering questions.
Day 17 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
3
Drama
Notes:
Review scene summaries from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 17 and answer the following question: How
does Shakespeare make this such a dramatic and significant moment in the play.
Q2. In what ways does Shakespeare amusingly convey Titania’s love for Bottom?
*Keep a clean version of the play in front of you when answering questions.
Day 18 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
3
Drama
Notes:
Review scene summaries from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Practice – 1 hour 30 mins – 45 mins for each question
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 18 and answer the following question:
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare makes this moment so funny.
Q2. Explore the ways Shakespeare makes the changing fortunes of Hermia and Helena so memorable
in the play.
*Keep a clean version of the play in front of you when answering questions.
Day 19 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
4
Unseen Notes:
prose
Review class notes
Practice – 1 hour
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 19 and answer the question.
Day 20 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
4
Unseen Notes:
prose
Review class notes
Practice – 1 hour
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 20 and answer the question.
Day 21 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
4
Unseen Notes:
prose
Review class notes
Practice – 1 hour
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 21 and answer the question.
Day 22 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
4
Unseen Notes:
poetry
Review class notes
Practice – 1 hour
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 22 and answer the question.
Day 23 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
4
Unseen Notes:
poetry
Review class notes
Practice – 1 hour
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 23 and answer the question.
Day 24 - Time: 1 hour for review
Paper Topic
Review
4
Unseen Notes:
poetry
Review class notes
Practice – 1 hour
Q1. Read the extract in the supplementary booklet for Day 24 and answer the question.