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Don’t panic, relax. Don’t try to learn anything new. Trust what you know.
Pick 3 likely questions for each text.
For each one, write down from memory 8-15 quotes, or moments from the text.
Number them in chronological order.
If you can’t remember the quote, write down the reference - the examiner gives loads of marks for this when you link it to your argument.
Write down 3 purposes or reasons the author had for writing. These will be relevant to every question, because the author’s purpose is always the same!
3 Essay Topics
Macbeth
Supernatural
Kingship
Lady Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Masculine behaviour
Juliet and her Capulet
Love
A Christmas Carol
Attitude to the poor
Scrooge’s transformation
Christmas, happiness, joy
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Evil (Hyde or Jekyll)
How is suspense created
Utterson
Remember
Just write down what you already know - that builds confidence and calm. You aren’t trying to learn anything new. That is stressful.
Now What?
Take a break to do something you enjoy. A run, a skateboard, 30 minutes of rubbish tv (or good tv), dinner, tell your mum that you love her …
Then test yourself on your plans - pr ask someone to test you.
Have another break - relax. Go again if you can.
Read them through one last time before bed.
Sleep
Get at least 8 hours sleep. Staying up late will make you slower tomorrow. You will get lower marks.
Be kind to yourself - you’ve got this. Go to bed.
Tomorrow Morning
Test yourself on them in the morning.
Read them over breakfast - have slow release carbs - muesli, porridge, bananas. Or, if you can, have protein - eggs! Eggs on toast, scrambled eggs, eggs the way you like them.
Don’t have sugar - sugar makes you high, and then you crash. Save the sugar for after the exam - stuff yourself then as a reward if you want. But this morning, you are going to show off all that knowledge.
In the Exam Room
Remember the tortoise and the hare - the tortoise always wins - keep plodding, writing as fast as your plod will let you, until you are forced to put your pen down.
Let me know how you do.
What to do Tonight!
Thank you for all your great help sir!
Can we please have a model essay for Sheila before the exam