•Don’t worry – it will be okay!•You can do this stuff!•You have been developing these skills since Y7!•There is a BIG overlap between your AQA exams and this.•You are a clever year group!

Welcome

Warm-up

Warm-up!Let’s ‘Dice & Slice’ our Timings into Sections

Which vegetable has all the right answers?

10.5?12?

What is:7 x 1.5 = ?

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What is:7 x 1.5 = 10.5

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What is:120 / 3 = ?

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40?25?

What is:120 / 3 = 40

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What is:10 x 1.5 = ?

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19?15?

What is:10 x 1.5 = 15

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There are three sections to your exam:How long should you be spending on Section A?

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15?40?

There are three sections to your exam:How long should you be spending on Section A?

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15?40!

There are three sections to your exam:How long should you be spending on Section B?

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40?25?

There are three sections to your exam:How long should you be spending on Section B?

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40!25?

1A

1B 1C

7A

7B

7C

Section C

Seven leaps in 2 hours! You must get to the last Lily pad!

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Seven leaps in 2 hours! You must get to the last Lily pad!

1A

1B 1C

7A

7B

7C

Section C

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40mins

5mins checking Time at the end

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Section ARomeo and Juliet

Section BOf Mice and Men

Section CWriting

24 marks24 marks

48 marks

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What is the red circle telling you?

Warm-upNew digital clocks will make keeping track of time in the exam much easier…

What you must do:• Write the start and end times in the

margin of your paper for each of your answers to make sure you finish on time and move on!• This means that your timings do not ‘slip’ and that you keep track of where you are

Fin: 10.53

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Section A: Romeo and Juliet

Section A Section B Section CRomeo and Juliet Of Mice and Men Writing

A Character question

Character question

A choice of two questions. Choose only one!B Performance

questionLanguage question

C Another part of the play

Another part of the novel

Down to the nitty gritty…There are three sections to your exam:

Section A: Romeo and Juliet?

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Section A: Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet Rap

Romeo and Juliet Plot Rap Summary – good!

Section A: Romeo and Juliet a) Character – 7 marks – 10 mins • Focus purely on the extract given• Use PEEE or PEEEEEE• If you’re running out of time, then

list lots of adjectives to describe the character

• Don’t forget to use quotes to back it up!

• KEY WORDS: suggests, shows, reveals, indicates

Section A: Romeo and Juliet b) Performance – 7 marks – 10 mins• PAVE?• Back up with quotes• Give explanation of HOW they

should perform and reasons WHY• Key words: symbolises, indicates,

suggests, hints, infers

Section A: Romeo and Juliet c) Theme in another part of the play

– 10 marks – 15 mins• Context – which part of the play

have you chosen, explain it briefly and reasons why

• Characters – how the theme affects the characters in this scene

• Consequences – what consequences this theme and scene has on ending of the play

Section B: Of Mice and Men

Section A Section B Section CRomeo and Juliet Of Mice and Men Writing

A Character question

Character question

A choice of two questions. Choose only one!B Performance

questionLanguage question

C Another part of the play

Another part of the novel

Down to the nitty gritty…There are three sections to your exam:

?Section B: Of Mice and Men

Section B: OF Mice and Mena) Character – 7 marks – 10 mins • Focus purely on the extract given• Use PEEE or PEEEEEE• If you’re running out of time, then

list lots of adjectives to describe the character

• Don’t forget to use quotes to back it up!

• KEY WORDS: suggests, shows, reveals, indicates

Section B: Of Mice and Men

b) Language – 7 marks – 10 mins• Pick out words Steinbeck has used• Back up with quotes• Give explanation of HOW they are

used and reasons WHY• Comment on what Steinbeck was

trying to show• Key words: creates the impression,

suggests, reveals, shows

Section C: Of Mice and Men

c) Theme in another part of the novel – 10 marks – 15 mins

• Social and Historical Context – Relevant part of the 1930s

• Part of the novel – Explain which part you have chosen and how it links to theme and context

• Consequences – what consequences this theme and scene has on ending of the novel/characters

Section C: Writing

Section A Section B Section CRomeo and Juliet Of Mice and Men Writing

A Character question

Character question

A choice of two questions. Choose only one!B Performance

questionLanguage question

C Another part of the play

Another part of the novel

Down to the nitty gritty…There are three sections to your exam:

?Section C: Writing

Section C: Writing

?Section C: Writing

Section C: Writing Features• Spend at least 5 minutes planning and checking your writing• Sentence variety – in length (short and long), and sentence

starters• Use a one-word sentence, and a one-sentence paragraph.• Like this.• Use AFOREST features (alliteration, RQs, statistics etc.)• their/they’re/there and your/you’re• Use all of the punctuation marks you can : ; ( ) … “” . , • CHECK YOUR CAPITAL LETTERS AND FULL STOPS!!• Opening and Ending Links/Bomb sentences• Try to use more ambitious vocabulary, even if you can’t spell

it! You still get credit.

Any questions?

Top Tips

1) Time yourself using the digital clocks and your margin

2) Choose rich quotations3) Section A and B: Always

explain what the quotation is saying

4) C: Variety of sentences, AFOREST and vocabulary

Seven leaps in 2 hours! You must get to the last Lily pad!

1A

1B 1C

7A

7B

7C

Section C

11mins

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15mins

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40mins

5mins checking Time at the end

Top Tips

Good Luck!

Good Luck Y11!

Show them what you can do!