Higher English Exam Countdown by Ms. Robb

Create a paragraph critical essay plan, using the support word document, for the question:

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Choose a novel or short story in which there is a character who could be considered responsible for their own suffering and/or fate. By referring to appropriate techniques, explain the extent of the responsibility and discuss how this contributes to your appreciation of the text as a whole. (2019)

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Set 45/50 minutes on your phone, in airplane mode. Write a timed critical essay to the question:

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Write a timed, 5-6 minute intro, to the question:

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Analyse the below quotations for 1) specific literary techniques e.g. WIST, symbolism, foreshadowing (zoom in). 2) what they reveal about character and theme (zoom out).

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1) ‘‘he stretched out his arms towards the dark water …. Distinguished nothing except a single green light that might have been at the end of a dock.’
2) ‘it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which is not likely I shall ever find again.’
3) “Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers, and set it back in place”
4) ‘They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such – such beautiful shirts before.’
5) There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams—not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion.’
6) 'Her voice was full of money'
7) 'Mr. Nobody from Nowhere'
8) "Your wife doesn't love you," said Gatsby. "She's never loved you. She loves me.”
9) “Oh, you want too much!” she cried to Gatsby. “I love you now—isn’t that enough? I can’t help what’s past.” She began to sob helplessly. “I did love him once—but I loved you too.”
10) “They’re a rotten crowd…you’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”
11) ‘They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
12) Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter – tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther’.

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1. Write down the 'formula for answering w/choice questions.
2. Watch this video for a recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DbaSPXbZyM

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Try these word choice questions:

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'War Photographer'

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1. Create cue quote cards for 5-6 key quotations from the poem in TEA format.
2. Complete the 'War Photographer' tasks from this PDF.

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Write a timed, 5-6 minute, introduction to the question:

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Choose a novel or short story in which the setting in time and/or place is important to your understanding of the text. By referring to appropriate techniques, explain the nature of the setting and discuss how it is important to your understanding of the text as a whole. (2018)

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Analyse the four key settings of the play using the questions below:

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1. East Egg - write a paragraph about why this setting is important. Find 2 key quotations to support your answer.
2. West Egg - write a paragraph about why this setting is important. Find 2 key quotations to support your answer.
3. Valley of Ashes - write a paragraph about why this setting is important. Find 2 key quotations to support your answer.
4. New York - write a paragraph about why this setting is important. Find 2 key quotations to support your answer.

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Create a paragraph critical essay plan for the following question (use the document to support you):

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Set 45/50 minutes on your phone and write a timed critical essay to the question:

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RUAE: In Your Own Words Questions

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1. Write down the formula for 'In Your Own Words' Questions.
2. Watch this explanation on 'In Your Own Words Questions.
3. Supplement with 'Understanding' Section of Scholar.

Supplement with completing 'Word Choice' section of Scholar.

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Complete passage 1 of the following booklet:

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'Originally'

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1. Create cue quote cards for 5-6 key quotations from the poem in TEA format.
2. Complete the 'Originally tasks from this PDF.

Task 1: Make a mind map showing all the ways in which the theme of American Dream is shown in the novel.

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Challenge: Add quotations from the text to your spider diagram.

Task 2: Write a timed, 5-6 minute, intro to the question:

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Choose a novel or short story that deals with a theme of moral or social significance. With reference to appropriate techniques, explain how the writer develops this theme and discuss why its development adds to your appreciation of the text as a whole. (2016)

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Create a critical essay plan to the question:

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Task 1: Sentence Structure

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1. List as many sentence types as you can think of.
2. List as many sentence patterns as you can think of.
3. List as many different types of punctuation as you can think of.
4. Write down the formula for answering 'Sentence Structure' questions.

Task 2:

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Watch this video on sentence structure.

Task 3: Complete this worksheet on sentence structure.

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Task: Complete this worksheet on In Your Own Words.

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Task: Complete passage 2 of this booklet.

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In Mrs Tilscher's Class

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1. Create cue quote cards for 5-6 key quotations from the poem in TEA format.
2. Complete the 'In Mrs Tilscher's Class' tasks from this PDF.

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Task 1: Imagery

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1. Write down the formula for an imagery question.
2. Watch this video for how to answer imagery questions.
3. Supplement with Imagery Questions on Scholar.

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The Great Gatsby Key Incident

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1. Create a mindmap of Chapter 7. Include the following:

- dramatic tension in luncheon pre NY visit.
- Daisy's child
- symbolism of cars
- pathetic fallacy of the heat / weather
- characterisation of Tom
- characterisation of Daisy
- characterisation of Gatsby
- characterisation of Nick
- consequences of key incident (death of Myrtle, death of Gatsby).

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2. Write a timed, 5-6 minute, introduction to the following question:

Choose from a novel or short story an incident which is a turning point in the future events of text. Explain briefly what the turning point is and discuss, with reference to appropriate techniques, its significance to the text as a whole. (2016)

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Write a timed 45/50 minute critical essay in response to the question:

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Choose from a novel or short story an incident which is a turning point in the future events of text. Explain briefly what the turning point is and discuss, with reference to appropriate techniques, its significance to the text as a whole. (2016).

Plan out a critical essay in response to question:

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Your Higher exam is in 7 days from this point. If you have completed all tasks, you will have:

- four critical essays to revise from for character, theme, key incident and setting.

- revised all 6 poems, have 5-6 key quotes per poem.

- completed commonality grid for 10 marker.

- revised all question types for RUAE.

For the next few days, make use of the practice papers on SQA website and on Teams.

Good luck - go smash it!

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RUAE: Tone.

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1. Write down the formula for answering Tone questions.
2. Watch this video on Tone questions.

Complete passage 3 of the following booklet:

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RUAE Link Questions:

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1. Write down the formula for linking questions.
2. Watch the following video on link questions.

Complete passage 4 of the following booklet:

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Scottish Text: The Way My Mother Speaks

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1. Create cue quote cards for 5-6 key quotations from the poem in TEA format.
2. Complete the 'The Way My Mother Speaks' tasks from this PDF.

Gatsby Key Quote Task

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Scottish Text: Valentine

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1. Create cue quote cards for 5-6 key quotations from the poem in TEA format.
2. Complete the 'Valentine' tasks from this PDF.

RUAE: The Final Question

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Scottish Text: Mrs Midas

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1. Create cue quote cards for 5-6 key quotations from the poem in TEA format.
2. Complete the 'Mrs Midas' tasks from this PDF.

RUAE: Full Practice Paper Timed

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Scottish Text: Commonality Grid

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Complete this commonality grid for all 6 Scottish Text poems.

1.Explain how each poem deals with the focus, in your own words.
2. Find 2-3 quotations that relate to this focus.

Collate all your quotations you've used in your essays into quote cue cards in the following format:

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1. Quote.
2. Key literary techniques (word choice, sentence structure, imagery, tone, symbolism, pathetic fallacy, foreshadowing etc.)
3. What does it reveal about character?
4. What does it reveal about theme?
5. Critical essay question you'd use this quote in.

Example:

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1. Revise your chosen formula for the final question.
2. Watch this video on the final question.

Complete passages 7 and 8 of this document:

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Complete this SQA past paper, timed. Set 1 hour 30 mins on your phone, airplane mode.

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Full RUAE Unit

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