National 5

1. Do you have your Study Timetable in place by now? Only 3 classes and 8 days to go! National 5 Final revision

2. Homework collection • You had a significant amount of homework over the holidays. • Please put your homework into piles: a Close Reading pile, Scottish Text pile and a Critical Essay pile. • If you emailed essays, I have printed them off! • If you did not complete your homework for today, you should be very worried. It means you were not preparing / studying over the Easter break. I will send letters home to inform parents that this was not completed.

3. Plan for the week • Today: Reviewing LOTF • Tomorrow: Reviewing Scottish Text • Thursday: Reviewing Close Reading Remember Supported Study will be on as normal Wednesday and Thursday

4. Lord of the Flies - Revision • We are learning to: • Review how to write a timed critical essay. • Review the text as a whole

5. Critical Reading Paper • Remember that you complete your Critical Essay and Scottish Text in the same exam. • This exam is 1 hour and 30 minutes. • Therefore: • 45 minutes for your essay • 45 minutes for the ST • Which paper do you do first? Try to do it in order. • You cannot rely on an invigilator to remind you of a time so beg, borrow, steal a watch from a family member / friend!

6. Questions to look for • PROSE SECTION • An important theme (savagery / decivilisation / good vs evil) Remember to pick only one theme unless the question advises you to. • Fascinating character Jack would be the fascinating character. You would discuss his descent into savagery. • A character you feel sympathy for Piggy or Simon – both are cruelly murdered despite being logical and sensible • Satisfactory ending A difficult question but you would discuss the descent into savagery and the ending is satisfactory because they are eventually rescued and Ralph ponders the evil that exists within man. • Important human issue Similar to a thematic question – you would discuss savagery, decivilisation, good vs evil or any issue mentioned in the question that suits the question the best. • Clever use of setting You would discuss how the setting breaksdowns as the boys descend into savagery

7. Remember: The Box To Help your use of analysis – look at the box! Some of you still fail to mention the use of techniques within your analysis. If you are struggling – read the box and how you could apply these techniques and features.

8. Highlight the key words (RTQ) Pick the question you think suits LOTF the best and highlight the key phrases.

9. For example • Choose a novel or a short story or a work of non-fiction which explores an important theme. • By referring to appropriate techniques, show how the author has explored this theme. Intro: Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an allegorical novel that vividly explores the theme of savagery versus civilisation.The novel tells the story of a group of young boys who are deserted on an island and plummet into savagery. Golding explores this important theme through the use oftechniques such as setting, characterisation and symbolism.

10. Example P.E.A.R (Red = RTQ GREEN = ANALYSIS) • Choose a novel or a short story or a work of non-fiction which explores an important theme. • By referring to appropriate techniques, show how the author has explored this theme. • The important theme of decivilisationis a thread which runs throughout the novel and is part of the central concern - civilisation versus savagery. The theme is first brought to our attention at the beginning of the novel when the boys gather and elect a chief. Ralph, the main character, states ‘Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things’ and an election follows, symbolisingthe firm grasp which civilisation has on the boys at this stage. This also conveys Ralph’s characterisationas a natural leader. This is further emphasised by the use of the conch, which is a symbol that represents civilisation, as whomever holds the conch gains the right to be heard in the assembly. This conveys the importance of decivilisation within the novel as civilisation is highly regarded at the beginning of the novel and contrasts with the quick plunge into savagery explored within the rest of the novel.

11. Example P.E.A.R (Red = RTQ GREEN = ANALYSIS) • Ralph and Piggy are the two strongest representatives of the important theme of civilisation versus savagerythroughout the novel as their main goal is to be rescued, therefore they are remaining civilised. This is highlighted clearly in the incident in which the signal fire goes out: ‘They let the bloody fire out’. This shows us just how important it is to Ralph that they are rescued, whilst emphasising Jack’s darker instinct to hunt and kill. Ralph is absolutely furious at Jack, who was responsible for keeping the fire going but had neglected his duties to go hunting instead. This conveys Jack’s characterisation as he is slowly descending into savagery by placing an unhealthy importance upon hunting. Ralph is so angry that he uses the worst swear word he knows. This example of word choice indicates his anger towards Jack. This is a clear example in which the important theme of civilisation versus savagery is highlighted through the characterisation of Ralph and Jack.

12. Bullet-point what you are going to discuss within your essay – this will help you develop your Points! planning Theme: savagery vs. civilisation

14. Planning • 1. Select best question for you to answer • 2. Highlight the key words to help you RTQ • 3. Quickly Plan your Essay • 4. Tick off as you write the essay

15. Turn your Plan into pears…. Point, Evidence, Analysis, Refer to question Use your quick plan to create PEAR paragraphs. Remember a good essay should have a minimum of 6 PEAR paragraphs

16. Your plan becomes your P.E.A.Rs • Begin civilised – elect a chief • Everyone has chores (Jack with hunters) • Decivilisation – hunters develop paganistic traits • Death of Simon – Christlike figure • Death of Piggy – voice of reason • Destruction of the conch – symbol of civilisation • BECOME 1. At the beginning of the novel, the theme of civilisation versus savagery is explored by Golding by the importance placed upon democracy as they elect a chief. 2. The sense of democracy is strengthened when everyone is given chores. However, it is Jack’s chore that foreshadows events to come within the novel. 3. Despite the strong sense of democracy, the important theme of civilisation versus savagery emerges when the hunters behaviour begins to disintegrate and they develop paganistic traits 4. The boys plunge further into savagery, exploring the important theme, through the death of Simon, the Christ-like figure. 5. Piggy, the character who symbolises reason and order, falls victim to the plunge into savagery as he is also cruelly murdered. 6. The last remaining symbol of civilisation, the conch, is destroyed and as a result, this demonstrates that the boys have succumbed into savagery.

17. revision You do have to study! Get onto the wiki and look at all the materials you have there at your disposal!

18. Revision of the novel • 1. Revise and remember your quotes. Get them onto post-it notes or flashcards. • 2. Review your analysis of the quotes • 3. Look at the resources on the Wiki and the revision materials you have been given throughout the year. • 4. Write timed essays (45 minutes!)

19. Feedback from your prelim • I am going to give out your Prelim papers from before the holidays. • In your planner, please make a note of the feedback you received from your Critical Essay. • Did you fail a paper? Make a note of which one in your planner – this will be a priority for your revision? • Scottish Text score? Did you do better in the questions or the 8 marker? Make a note!