REVISE EDEXCEL GCSE English REVISION WORKBOOK

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1 REVISE EDEXCEL GCSE English REVISION WORKBOOK REVISE EDEXCEL GCSE English REVISION WORKBOOK THE REVISE EDEXCEL SERIES For the full list of titles, including our Revision Guides, go to Retail Price T F A LW AY S L E A R N I N G CVR_ENGL_WB_GCSE_4428_CVR.indd 1 26/07/ :58

2 Revise Edexcel GCSE English REVISION WORKBOOK Authors: Keith Hurst, Racheal Smith The Revise Edexcel Series Available in print or online Online editions for all titles in the Revise Edexcel series are available Autumn Presented on our ActiveLearn platform, you can view the full book and customise it by adding notes, comments and weblinks. Print editions English Revision Workbook English Language & Literature Workbook Foundation English Language & Literature Workbook Higher Online editions English Revision Workbook English Language & Literature Workbook Foundation English Language & Literature Workbook Higher This Revision Workbook is designed to complement your classroom and home learning, and to help you prepare for the exam. It does not include all the content and skills needed for the complete course. It is designed to work in combination with Edexcel s main GCSE English Language and Literature 2010/2012 Series. To find out more visit: ALWAYS LEARNING A01_ENGL_WB_GCSE_4428_TP.indd 1 27/07/ :06

3 Published by Pearson Education Limited, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2JE. Copies of official specifications for all Edexcel qualifications may be found on the Edexcel website: Text Pearson Education Limited 2012 Designed and typeset by Juice Creative Limited, Hertfordshire Cover design by Pearson Education Limited Cover illustration by Miriam Sturdee The rights of Racheal Smith and Keith Hurst to be identified as authors of this work have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act First published British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library In order to ensure that this resource offers high-quality support for the associated Edexcel qualification, it has been through a review process by the awarding organisation to confirm that it fully covers the teaching and learning content of the specification or part of a specification at which it is aimed, and demonstrates an appropriate balance between the development of subject skills, knowledge and understanding, in addition to preparation for assessment. While the publishers have made every attempt to ensure that advice on the qualification and its assessment is accurate, the official specification and associated assessment guidance materials are the only authoritative source of information and should always be referred to for definitive guidance. No material from an endorsed revision workbook will be used verbatim in any assessment set by Edexcel. Endorsement of a revision workbook does not mean that the revision workbook is required to achieve this Edexcel qualification, nor does it mean that it is the only suitable material available to support the qualification, and any resource lists produced by the awarding organisation shall include this and other appropriate resources. ISBN Copyright notice All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner, except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6 10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS ( Applications for the copyright owner s written permission should be addressed to the publisher. Printed in Slovakia by Neografia Acknowledgements Extracts on pages 32, 40, 42, 50 from Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Penguin, 2000, copyright 1937 by John Steinbeck, renewed 1965 by John Steinbeck. Reproduced by permission of Penguin Books Ltd and Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.; and Extracts on pages 33, 40, 42, 50 from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, published by William Heinemann, copyright 1960 by Harper Lee, renewed 1988 by Harper Lee. Reproduced by permission of The Random House Group Limited, Aitken Alexander Associates and HarperCollins Publishers. Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of material reproduced in this book. Any omissions will be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publishers. Z01_ENG_WB_GCSE_4428_IMPR.indd 96 27/07/ :12

4 Contents Introduction 4 English Unit 2 Section A: Shakespeare Lesson 1 Answering a question on character 6 ResultsPlus Build better answers 12 Lesson 2 Answering questions on performance 14 ResultsPlus Build better answers 20 Lesson 3 Answering questions on themes in Shakespeare 22 ResultsPlus Build better answers 28 English Unit 2 Section B: Different Cultures Lesson 4 Answering character questions 30 ResultsPlus Build better answers 36 Lesson 5 Answering questions on language 38 ResultsPlus Build better answers 44 Lesson 6 Answering questions on theme and context 46 ResultsPlus Build better answers 52 English Unit 2 Section C: Writing Lesson 7 Making the right decisions 54 ResultsPlus Build better answers 60 Lesson 8 Choosing the right word 62 ResultsPlus Build better answers 68 Lesson 9 Choosing sentences 70 ResultsPlus Build better answers 76 Lesson 10 Making best use of paragraphs 78 ResultsPlus Build better answers 84 3 A02_ENG_WB_GCSE_4428_PREL.indd 3 26/07/ :27

5 1 Answering a question on character I need to: show that I understand a character recognise the techniques that writers use to create a character refer to relevant evidence from the extract to support my points. In this section of the examination, you will be given a short extract from the play you have studied. Part (a) of the question will ask you to explain what you learn about a particular character from this extract. You will not be able to take a copy of the text you have studied into the examination. Build your skills Fill in the RAG table below to show how confident you are in the following areas: R A G I can recognise the techniques that writers use to create a character I can identify evidence from the extract which is relevant to use in my answer I can comment effectively on evidence identified in order to support my answer I can put together all the points to write a clear answer Activity 1 You will need to know about how the characters in the play you have studied are portrayed in order to prepare for the examination question on an extract. 10 MINS 1 Read the description of either Macbeth (Macbeth) or Romeo (Romeo and Juliet) and use the words in the box to fill in the gaps. Look up any words you are unfamiliar with. Romeo and Juliet Romeo s role as a romantic lover is and in general we feel sympathy towards him in the play. His love for Juliet is passionate. After he meets Juliet, he forgets Rosaline immediately. This shows that he is. He is a friend to Mercutio. His attempts to make peace with Tybalt are. His decision to fight Tybalt shows he is and. He rarely considers the consequences of his actions. He is brave in fights but he is weak and when he speaks to Friar Lawrence. His decision to get married to Juliet in secret shows that his feelings are. His decision to leave Verona and go into exile could be seen as. sincere tragic cowardly fickle desperate loyal immature well-intentioned hot-headed 6