exam tomorrow haven't revised?!?!?!

hey all, i have a WJEC GCSE english exam on may 20th, it is of mice and men + unseen poetry and i havent revised for it, because of my other more important science exams!

anyway, my question is what do i do to revise? i can memorise well so my plan was memorise about 2-3 quotes per character. will that be enough? i am good at constructing and also have straight A*'s in coursework to push my grade up!

thanks :smile:

any tips for unseen poetry?

Reply 1

sparklingTurkey

surely memorising page numbers would be more efficient? Good luck, i have my AQA english tomorrow too :P

Reply 2

mickel_w

Original post by sparklingTurkey

surely memorising page numbers would be more efficient? Good luck, i have my AQA english tomorrow too :P

WJEC applicants don't get copies of the texts

feel sorry for them :tongue:

Reply 3

CharlotteMcD

I'm in the same situation - and my class have only had two one hour lessons on poetry ! AH!

Reply 4

Angelo12231

Original post by sparklingTurkey

surely memorising page numbers would be more efficient? Good luck, i have my AQA english tomorrow too :P

whats on your exam? inspector calls? of mice and men? if so, can you help me with page numbers :frown:

, i have some perceptive comments that may help you

Reply 5

kelefi

what?!

you guys actually get the book to use?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!

i have to memorise it :frown:

Reply 6

poejollard

Dunno if this will help but I was in the same situation a couple years ago when I was doing GCSE's.. I was with AQA but I found the BBC Bitesize website really helpful for quick note making and summaries. It may not be for you but it's worth taking a look, I managed to get an A doing it! :smile:

good luck

Reply 7

ozzie2

Original post by kelefi

what?!

you guys actually get the book to use?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!

i have to memorise it :frown:

That sounds like torture all I need to do is remember certain pages/chapters.

Reply 8

kelefi

oh god! that seems so unfair :frown:

i need to cram in so much detail!

Reply 9

kelefi

any tips for unseen poetry?

Reply 10

sparklingTurkey

Original post by Angelo12231

whats on your exam? inspector calls? of mice and men? if so, can you help me with page numbers :frown:

, i have some perceptive comments that may help you

I'm doing of mice and men and Woman in black :tongue:

Do you think the poetry exam will be better? I think of mice and men is great because of how much there is to write about but i'm not too keen on woman in black :/

Reply 11

sparklingTurkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-bD2r_S8hM

Reply 12

Saammmyy

Im doing the same exam tomorrow, 2/3 quotes won't be enough. I have almost 10-15 for each character. Try make plans for possible themes and character questions.

Reply 13

kelefi

i've heard that 3 quotes is enough to get an A*. i mean, i have pulled an A off with just a single quote before. i hope the exam will be easy for meee and you all
! *fingers crossed*

Reply 14

poejollard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKSujjIo2Y0

Reply 15

3sandsevens

I wouldn't worry about it, I don't do WJEC English (edexcel) but if you have to choose another part of the book, then it might be a good idea to look up extracts you could use for different themes. Maybe you could try a practise essay tonight - you can't specifically 'revise' for English as such, just make sureyou know the structure of the book etc and how to answer the questions - you'll be fine. :smile: