Unseen Paper plan

Question 1

How long is it?
What % of final grade is it worth?
How many questions do you answer?
How many marks is it worth?

Answer 1

• 2 hours
• 20%
• 1
• 20 marks

Question 2

How do you gain marks? (4)

How are the marks broken up for content, language and structure?

Answer 2

• sustained and persuasive interpretation
• excellent analysis and appreciation
• organised, with excellent structure
• language is very clear, carefully chosen and precise
• 50% each

Question 3

How long should you spend planning?

Answer 3

• 20-30 mins

Question 4

How many times should you read passage?

Answer 4

3:

• skimmed once
• read thoroughly
• read again

Question 5

Skim Reading: What do you do?

Answer 5

• gives an overview of the poem/prose

Question 6

First Proper Reading: What do you do?

Answer 6

notes on:

• voice/atmosphere/setting/tone (VAST)
• who says it?
• in which person is it written?

Question 7

Second Proper Reading: What do you do?

Answer 7

notes on:

• structure/imagery/ diction (SID)
• similes/ metaphors/ extended metaphors
• lexical field? any words out of place?
• how is it structured? circular narrative?

Question 8

Writing your Plan: Intro

Answer 8

• what angle are you going to approach the passage from?
• what is the most important overall theme/purpose?
• what is the writer trying to achieve?
• do not say “In this essay…”
• do not use as dumping ground for context

Question 9

Writing your Plan: Main Body

Answer 9

• focus on techniques must be logical
• chronological or how writer builds writing or particular techniqe
• use topic sentences
• wide range of literary terms

Question 10

Writing your Plan: Conclusion

Answer 10

• no new ideas
• sum up what you have said in a new way
• = evaluation

Question 11

Connectives

Answer 11

• further
• moreover
• laterly
• alternatively
• conversely
• subsequently
• accordingly
• consequently
• singularly
• comparatively
• contradictory
• contrarily
• contrariwise
• primarily
• finally

Question 12

Ideal para:

Answer 12

• topic sentence (themes)
• quotation
• analyse quote
• link to big theme
• second quotation
• analyse second quote
• link to big theme
• (maybe do a third)

Question 13

Tips from Molly:

Answer 13

• look for 2+ themes at tension
• look for subversion; what you thought v. what happens
• person 1st = have an opinion on what the poet thinks
• person 3rd = what you thought v. what happened
• ‘argument of the poem’ = it has a point/meaning
• don’t ignore one part of the poem