March+5th+Monday

= Mock Exam Saturday 10th March =

= The mock exam is a practice exam to prepare for the real mid-semester exam on Saturday March 17th =

Writing 40 minutes
=TOTAL TIME 1 hour 40 minutes=

The mock exam will be reviewed during the week before the mid-semester exam - this will be very useful!
= What can you do to prepare for the English exams? =


 * == review the course books - Units 1 - 5 Read the Study Skills boxes particularly ==
 * == spend some time completing exercises that weren't done in class - especially the Vocabulary and Review pages at the end of each unit ==
 * == Think about the types of essay you have been writing - essays to compare and contrast; essays which give your opinion and the reasons for holding the opinion; persuasive writing; essays that describe. Think about how you would prepare to write the different kinds of essay - what words and phrases do you need to use? what is the structure of the essay? what goes in each paragraph? ==
 * == review your vocabulary books - review the spelling and meaning of content words ==

IF YOU DO NOT WRITE THE ESSAY AND GIVE IT TO ME TO BE CORRECTED THEN YOU __LOSE 5 MARKS__ FOR EACH ESSAY THAT YOU DO NOT WRITE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU CANNOT LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES.
I HAVE RECEIVED VERY FEW ESSAYS ON WAYS TO REDUCE POLLUTION - MANY OF YOU, THEREFORE, WILL GET 0 MARKS