How do you revise for GCSE English language and literature (9-1)

FOR ENGLISH LIT
Create Quote Banks.
Group quotes by Acts/Chapters. Then by characters. Then by themes. Then by structural or language devices that are relevant.
Do this by creating mindmaps or a table (use MS Word if you can).

Create Character Trackers
This is basically a line graph where you track a variable of a character or theme throughout a novel or a play. For example: Macbeth's descent into a tyrant or The prescence of the Supernatural in An Inspector Calls. Use quotations from your quote bank to give evidence.

Heres an example of one of mine.

FOR ENGLISH LANG
There were two main contributing factors which enabled me to get a 9 in English Lang and these were:
- Past Papers
- Reading books (A Lot, I mean A LOT.)

TRUST ME, before my GCSE English Lang I would never consider even picking up a book but after reading novels (our school made compulsory to read) I found that by reading I developed a further understanding of the mechanics of writing, you'll pick up on writers traits and subjunctions that you could emulate in your creative writing. As well as a new found fluency in your analysis.

Hope this helps.

What if it's too late to read? My Eng. Lang. Paper 1 is in one day!!!!!!

FOR ENGLISH LANG
There were two main contributing factors which enabled me to get a 9 in English Lang and these were:
- Past Papers
- Reading books (A Lot, I mean A LOT.)

TRUST ME, before my GCSE English Lang I would never consider even picking up a book but after reading novels (our school made compulsory to read) I found that by reading I developed a further understanding of the mechanics of writing, you'll pick up on writers traits and subjunctions that you could emulate in your creative writing. As well as a new found fluency in your analysis.

Hope this helps.