PIP3 – Revision Guidance

What is in your PIP3?

• Your PIP3 will be on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

• You will have 10 multiple choice questions on plot,
context and identifying language techniques.
• You will then be asked to explain your impression of a
character, using the PETAL paragraph structure.
• You will be given one extract you have covered in class.
• You will NOT be expected to learn quotations off by
heart.
• The extract will have the translation to support you but
you MUST ONLY refer to the SHAKESPEAREAN language.
• The following slides will give some guidance on how you
can revise for the assessment.
Some basic questions you should be able to
answer about the play:
• What is the genre of the play?
• When was it written? If you are stuck on
any, please have a
• Who are the main characters in the play? search online or refer
to the scheme of
• Who was the audience of the play? (what time period was it learning, uploaded on
written in?) Google Classroom.
• What is a patriarchal society?
• What Greek stories inspired the play?
• What are some of the comedic elements of the play?
• What elements of magic and fantasy can you see within the
play?
Plot Revision
• Make sure you have a secure
knowledge of the plot of the play.
• Perhaps create a story board of the
key plot events.
Know your characters!
• Make sure you know who the key
characters are.
• You will need to be able to explain
your impression of one of these
key characters:
- Helena
- Hermia
- Demetrius
- Lysander
• You could make a character map or
character profiles to revise.
Forming Impressions Look back in your notes for
any impressions tasks you
have completed, to aid your
revision!
• Part of your assessment will be to
explain your impression of a
character.
• Try to revise your impressions of
the characters we have read.
• Try to learn some ambitious words
to describe your impressions. For
example Helena is in obsessively
in love with Demetrius so we
might call her infatuated.
 Useful Language
You will be tested on analysis so make sure Techniques

you have practised identifying language

techniques, like we have done in class.

One way to revise

is to look through
key scenes we
have read and
practice answering
these 4 questions!
 • We have been learning the PETAL paragraph structure this year.

Writing PETAL paragraphs • Make sure you know this structure and revised some of the generic
sentence starters to make sure your response is detailed!

Success Criteria:
POINT In this scene, Shakespeare presents Lysander
as…
Write a clear point using
the language of the
question.
EVIDENCE This is particularly evident in “….”
Embed a quotation.
Identify a language
technique.
TECHNIQUE He has used a …. to indicate…. Explain how the language
technique supports your
answer.
ANALYSIS This effectively suggests to the audience… Zoom into a key
word/word class and
explain the effect.
Explain the effect on the
LINK TO Shakespeare is therefore highlighting that… reader
CONTEXT  Link your paragraph to
anything you know about
the context of the play.
Useful Revision Links
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxgcwmn
• https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/msnd/
• https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/a-midsummer-nights-dre
am-shakespeare-introduction-and-act-1-2912

• https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/a-midsummer-nights-drea
m-shakespeare-act-2-3c74
• https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/a-midsummer-nights-dre
am-shakespeare-act-3-1e51
• https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/a-midsummer-nights-dre
am-shakespeare-act-4-5-0af7

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HALEIcLFqM
How does
Shakespeare
use language
to present
Hermia in this
scene?
How does
Shakespeare
use language
to present
Helena in this
scene?
How does
Shakespeare
use language
to present
Titania in this
scene?
How does
Shakespeare
use language
to present
Demetrius in
this scene?