National 5 Revision

What to revise?Scottish Text Section: Jackie Kay poems

* Memorise key quotes for each poem.* Learn which techniques have been used in these quotes.* Memorise how to structure your answer to the 8 mark question. (Headings:

General comment, Exam poem, Other poem)

Essay Section: The Test/Saving Private Ryan/Shawshank Redemption

* Go over the notes we made on the main characters. Memorise aspects of their relationships and experiences and what they tell us about them.

* Memorise quotations/media techniques and the techniques used in each of them. Learn why they were used.

* Memorise the structure used for writing essays.* Practise selecting questions from an exam paper.* Practise writing introductions for these potential essays. * Practise mapping out what you would write for these essays. Come up with what

you would pick out in each of your 4 or 5 main paragraphs.

RUAE Section

* Memorise the answer structure for each type of question.* Read a random newspaper article and see if you can identify and comment on

uses of word choice, imagery, sentence structure…* Practise full past papers. These are available on the class website.