YEAR 11 ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SUGGESTED REVISION PLAN
You should be spending 3 hours per week on revision or English homework in
order to achieve your potential. If you don’t know where to start, use the suggested
guide below to help you organise your revision. If you have completed one exercise or past
paper all ready, substitute it for another.
Remember- everything you need for the English GCSE, IGCSE and Literature
exam is on the school website.
Week commencing Foundation WJEC
7th April
WJEC Paper 2
Summer 2011Antarctic Adventure
14th April
Higher WJEC
November 2012Unit 1- Fair trade
Unit 2- Leisure
Centre
IGCSE
IGCSE Paper 1
November 2012Winter in Madrid
Punctuation Practice
Punctuation Practice
Punctuation Practice
Mind map main
characters in
Literature novel
WJEC Paper 2 June
2010- Children Need
Risk to survive
Mind map main
characters in
Literature novel
June 2011 Unit 1Manchester
Unit 2- New
supermarket
proposal
Mind map main
characters in
Literature novel
IGCSE Paper 2
November 2012Console kids
Research 10 new
words and create 10
sentences using
them.
Mind Map main
themes in Literature
novel
Revise poetic termspoetry guide on
website
21st April
WJEC Paper 2 June
2009- Braving the
Seas
Research 10 new
words and create 10
sentences using
them.
Mind Map main
themes in Literature
novel
Revise poetic termspoetry guide on
website
Unit 1 January 2012Cycling
Unit 2- Olympic
Games
Research 10 new
words and create 10
sentences using
them.
Mind Map main
themes in Literature
novel
Revise poetic termspoetry guide on
website
IGCSE May 2012 –
Crow Lake
Punctuation practice
Punctuation practice
Punctuation practice
Mind Map main
Mind Map main
28th April
characters in
Literature play
Mind Map main
characters in
Literature play
characters in
Literature play
WJEC Paper 2 2009Food Waste
Unit 1 May 2012Urban fox
Foundation writing
task- letter about
lunch
IGCSE May 2012Dogs
Practice speed
writing tasks
Mind map main
themes in the
Literature play
Practice speed
writing tasks
Mind map main
themes in the
Literature play
Practice speed
writing tasks
Mind map main
themes in the
Literature play
5th May
WJEC Paper 2 2008Bradford
Practice Poems for
Year 10 poetry
revision guide- on
website
Work through
Revision Pack for
Literature texts- see
website
12th May
Unit 1 Reading 2013South Pole
Unit 2- 2013Writing- Friend
becoming a teacher
Practice poetry from
Year 10 Poetry guide
on website
19th May
Literature Unit 1Summer 2013- on
website
2012 Unit 1 and 2jam sandwiches,
letter about lunch.
Unit 1 Jan 2013Lewis Hamilton
Unit 2- school show
Practice Poems for
Year 10 poetry
revision guide- on
website
Work through
Revision Pack for
Literature texts- see
website
Past paper Higher
2010 – on website
Literature Unit 1Summer 2013- on
website
Practice poetry from
Year 10 Poetry guide
on website
Past Paper Higher
2009- on website
Old Paper 1 higher
November 2011other Side of the
Bridge
Practice Poems for
Year 10 poetry
revision guide- on
website
Work through
Revision Pack for
Literature texts- see
website
Old Paper 1 Nov
2011- Incident by
George Bailey
Literature Unit 1Summer 2013- on
website
Practice poetry from
Year 10 Poetry guide
on website
Old Paper 1 May
2011- Catch 22
Literature Unit 1Summer 2013- on
website
Literature Unit 1Summer 2013- on
website
20th May- English
Literature Exam 1
20th May- English
Literature Exam 1
22nd May- English
Literature Exam 2
2011 Unit 1 and 2Simon Cowell and
supermarket chain.
22nd May- English
Literature Exam 2
Past paper Higher
2008- on website
22nd May- English
Literature Exam 2
Old Paper 1
foundation May
2011- Blind Bill
Research 10 new
words and create 10
sentences using
them.
Punctuation Practice
Punctuation Practice
Punctuation practice
Research 10 new
words and create 10
sentences using
them.
Research 10 new
words and create 10
sentences using
them.
Re read revision
guide
Re read revision
guide
Re read revision
guide
Re read revision
guide
Re read revision
guide
Re read revision
guide
Exam 3rd June
Unit 1 and 2
Exam 3rd June
Unit 1 and 2
Exam 3rd June paper
1 IGCSE
Exam 5th June- Paper
2 IGCSE
Literature Unit 1Summer 2013- on
website
20th May- English
Literature Exam 1
26th May
2nd June
It may not be possible for your English teacher to give you feedback on every past paper but the
importance of the activity is for you to practice the questions and get used to writing under timed
conditions, using all the techniques that you have practiced in class.
Useful websites to help you revise
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english
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http://www.wjec.co.uk- lots of past papers ( either Unit 1 or 2 or old English paper
2)
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http://www.englishbiz.co.uk This site is helpful for revising grammar and the
writing tasks.
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http://www.gcse.com/english/ A useful site for general English skills
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http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/english A helpful site in terms of writing styles
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http://www.educationquizzes.com/gcse/english/ Lots of quizzes to help with
punctuation and writing styles
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www.universalteacher.org.ukAnother good resource for revising Literature texts
especially. Also some advice for comprehension skills
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https://www.gradesaver.com/- Detailed guides on all Literature texts
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http://www.sparknotes.com- For help with all your literature texts
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www.guardian.co.uk- Probably best newspaper resource online. Excellent
preparation for Unit 1 with its media bias.