What I need to Remember during the Exam

Of Mice and Men

Essay Question 5 minutes plan30 minutes writing5 minutes checking over40 minutes in total

Extract Question5 minutes reading and annotating 15 minutes writing 20 minutes totalMethod: Quotation + this shows that + simple meaning + this implies that + deeper meaning X6.

Unseen PoetryContent IdeasMood/AtmosphereLanguage Personal Response

ContentI think (Title) is about… Whereas I believe (title) is about…

IdeasIn (Title), one of the ideas the poet may have wanted us to think about is…I think this because the poet says (insert short quote). The word… makes me feel that…

(Insert comparison word) in (title), an idea the poet may have wanted us to think about is… I think this because the poet says (insert short quote). The word… makes me think that…

Mood/Atmosphere I think the poet creates a… mood/atmosphere in the poem (title). I think this because (insert quote). The mood is created by the word… This word makes me think…

(Insert comparison word) in the poem (title), the poet creates a… mood/atmosphere. I think this because (insert short quote). The mood is created by the word… This word makes me think…

Language One of the words/phrases/structural devices I find interesting in (title) is when the poet says, (insert short quote). I think the poet is trying to create the idea

of… I get this impression when the poet uses the words… The word…makes me think of…

(Insert comparison word) in the poem (title), a word/phrase I find interesting is when the poet uses the word/s (insert quote). I think the poet is trying to create the idea of… I get this impression when the poet uses the word… This word…makes me feel…

Personal Response Overall, I think the poem (title) is trying to tell us about…(insert comparison word) the poem (title) is trying to make us think about… I prefer (insert poem name) because…