This revision plan provides a week-by-week structure for preparing for the Leaving Cert English exam. It balances timed practice, quote learning, and skills revision across Paper 1 and Paper 2.

Structure

• Paper 1 Skills:

  • Timed Comprehension A & B practice.

  • Timed composition tasks (essays, speeches, diary entries).

  • Revision of language types and persuasive techniques.

• Paper 2 Skills:

  • Poetry: revising studied poets, learning universal quotes, timed unseen poetry questions.

  • Comparative: learning and dividing quotes into modes, planning comparative questions, writing essays under time pressure.

  • Shakespeare (Macbeth): key character analysis, soliloquies, and dramatic techniques.

Extra Support

• Includes a full list of literary and dramatic devices (e.g. metaphor, irony, soliloquy, hamartia, symbolism, enjambment, etc.) with clear definitions to reinforce Paper 1 and Paper 2 responses.

Key Features

• Designed for weekly use: 3–4 structured tasks per week.

• Balances learning, planning, and timed practice.

• Helps students avoid last-minute cramming by spreading out revision.

• Encourages integration of quotes, analysis, and exam technique.