Revision

[Ivelliis]

I have exams coming up (first one on Tuesday, English Lit) and I need some revision tips.

I haven't started yet.

The bit I'm struggling with is Lord of the Flies, our novel to write about.
I have a book of notes and sheets on symbols, characters, themes and settings, but can't bring myself round to revising even though my exam is in the next 48 hrs.

Tips would be most welcome!

[Bozos of Bones]

It's been ages since I've read tha book. I think it's great, but not for young minds(I was 13 or so at the time, left me troubled for quite a while).
Basically, it's about kids going mad, but now I see a whole new sociological analysis level of the book. If you're comfortable spewing random shyte and just improvising, this book is a great opportunity

[Aragorn1]

Pro-plus and cramming!

TBH at about that time blind panick used to get me to revise for A-levels etc.

(First Uni exam in 9h 45 mins )

[Lucern]

Presumably....you've got a specific question that the exam will pose? Do you know it?

Whatever it is, you'll want to explore its meaning right? Meaning is interpretive, but to keep you from going off on tangents that the teacher won't like, maybe you could go in with 2-3 established interpretive frameworks, or even 1 central concern that's complex enough to give you something to write about. Bozos suggested one - sociological analysis. Now, English and sociology are like fish and the Sahara. The two rarely meet , but the author is still making a statement about society. This statement is probably complex. I don't really recall. Perhaps there are multiple shades the author's point about society, reflected in different characters and events? A passable essay might start with the statement about society that you believe the author is making, then go on to explore and complicate it with examples in characters or events.

This way you'll have proved you've analyzed the work as a piece of literaure rather than giving a summary like a news report.

Or maybe the question makes all this completely irrelevant lol.

[Dragonshadow]

I have three exams on tuesday. Two of them at teh same time o.0 Bad organisation

[robertthebard]

Yeah, it sounds like it.

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

Ah, revision, something I must say I don't do much of.

Ehm, best thing to do would be to skim over your text and re write notes into an organised form so when you get your question you can pick the pieces out that you need (in your head). Also look over past exemplar essays to give you an idea how your essay should assemble.

[Jaradu]

I haven't started yet.

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Hey, are you with the AQA examination board? If so, what poems are you writing about? The novel we've been studying was Mockingbird, and at this stage there's not a lot of revision you can do on a novel. It's not like you can re-read it one day lol. The best thing, IMO, is just to learn 3+ key quotes for each major character off by heart and understand any symbolism.

I'm not too worried about exams this week. I.T. should be fairly easy and R.E. is just regurgitating facts. I'm really scared about next week, though, when the maths, science, geog/hist papers kick in...

Ah well, good luck!

[Dragonshadow]

I just need to find teh book I am meant to be reading. And curse them for not letting us take annotated poem anthologies into exams anymore.

[Hivetyrant]

Heheh, I probably should not have, but back in year 10 when we read the lord of the flies, I went and hired the movie to nail the story into my head.

During my entire school life, I only studied about twice.... I was a good crammer, but I think if I studied I could have done just a bit better

SO STUDY HARD!