LITERATURE AND READING COMPREHENSION REVISION SHEET

The Winter's Tale

- The Winter's Tale is a comedy that starts out looking very much like a tragedy.
Which things that happen in this play are tragic?
- Because this is a comedy most of our initially tragic stories have a happy
ending, however, this is not true for all of the stories or all of the characters.
 Please list all of the characters whose stories end happily, and
discuss their story arcs.
 Please list all of the characters whose stories end unhappily or in a
way that is bittersweet, and discuss their story arcs.
 What is the one thing in particular that happens in this play that is
completely tragic – the one thing that does not have an ending that
is even partially happy?
- Why does Shakespeare include so much tragedy in a comedy? List as many
reasons as you can think of to answer this question.
- How does this play end?
- Which things, if changed, would have caused this play to end in tragedy
instead of in happiness?
- What is the moral of this story?
- In Shakespeare we often talk about characters "getting what they deserve".
Did the characters in this play get what they deserved? List at least five
characters and talk about what happened to them and whether or not they
deserved it. Consider and discuss both whether they were properly punished
and whether they were properly rewarded.
- We discussed four different characters (three characters and one pair of
characters) each of whom is very similar to a character(s) who we have seen in
one of the other Shakespeare stories.
 List those characters and state which characters from other plays
they resemble.
 Examine these pairs of characters and discuss the differences in
way their stories proceed and in the ways their stories end.
 Why do the characters in The Winter's Tale get off so much easier
than the characters in Shakespeare's dramas?
 Are the characters in The Winter's Tale luckier than the characters
in Shakespeare's dramas, or are they morally superior to them?
 Discuss the idea of "moral luck" and what role this concept plays in
The Winter's Tale.

General Q's:
- Considering only the Shakespeare plays that we have read this term, which
sort of story do you prefer (comedy or tragedy) and why do you prefer it?
- List the morals/themes of the five plays we have read so far.
 Which moral/theme do you think is the most valuable?
 Which sort of story (comedy or tragedy) do you think does a more
effective job of teaching us a moral?
  Considering the moral/theme that you selected above as being the
"most valuable", does this moral/theme come from your favorite
play?
o If so, discuss how the story and the moral work together to
create a play that you both enjoyed and from which you
learned a lesson, and discuss why you felt this play was so
much more effective in accomplishing this than were the
others.
o If not, discuss how your favorite play and the play with
your favorite moral/theme are different and explain why
one succeeded in holding your interest but not teaching you
a lesson, and why the other succeed in teaching you a
lesson but not in holding your interest.
- Group exercise with character discussions.
 WRITING REVISION SHEET

You will be asked to write nine perfect sentences using the nine words that I give you.
If there are ANY errors in your sentence you will not be awarded a point, so be sure to
take your time, go slowly, and correct ANY AND ALL ERRORS in your sentences.
In particular, be sure to watch out for the following things:

- Make sure your sentence starts with a _____________________.

- Make sure your sentence ends with a ______________________.
- Make sure you use the correct pr_________________.
- Make sure you use the correct pu_________________.
- Make sure you have NO gr_______________ errors.
- Make sure you have NO sp_______________ errors.
- Make sure you use the correct w__________ o_______________.
 GRAMMAR REVISION SHEETS

Conditionals/Wishes
- Write five sentences that are "Type 1" conditionals.
- Write five sentences that are "Type 2" conditionals.
- Write five sentences that are "Type 3" conditionals.
- Write five sentences that express a wish about the present.
- Write five sentences that express a wish about the past.
- What are the rules that we follow in order to form the sentences properly?

Notes on Conditionals/Wishes:
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Nouns
- Review your countable and uncountable nouns.
- List ten countable nouns.
- List ten uncountable nouns.
- What is the difference between "much" and "many"?
- What is the difference between "few" and "little"?

Comparative/Superlative
- What is the difference between the comparative and the superlative?
- Chose any ten adjectives and for each one write their regular form, their
comparative form, and their superlative form.

Tenses of the Infinitive

- How many tenses are there of the infinitive?
- Chose five verbs and put each verb into all of the tenses of the infinitive

Present/Past Participles
- What is the difference between the present and the past participle?
- Write five sentences using the past participle.
- Write five sentences using the present participle.

Put/Take
- What expressions have we learned using the word "put" or "take" followed by
a pronoun?
- What do these expressions mean?
Expressing Preference
- What are the four ways that we can express preference?
- Write five sentences using the first form.
- Write five sentences using the second form.
- Write five sentences using the third form.
- Write five sentences using the fourth form.
- What are the rules that we follow in order to form the sentences properly?

Notes on Expressing Preference:

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 VOCABULARY REVISION SHEET

Practice spelling each of the following words, and put them into defining
sentences.

Example:
RESPONSIBLE: "My father is a responsible man because he always pays the bills on
time and he never forgets important dates."

1. Cope 31. Consult

2. Severely 32. Precious
3. Casualties 33. Heir
4. Significance 34. Shame
5. Tremendous 35. Inherit
6. Ceremony 36. Frequent
7. Celebrate 37. Aubergine
8. Demand 38. Prawns
9. Pilgrim 39. Chisel
10. Worship 40. Grieve
11. Praise 41. Wrap
12. Disadvantageous 42. Vile
13. Debris 43. Cruelty
14. Absorbing 44. Satisfactory
15. Consequently 45. Urgent
16. Characteristic 46. Accuse
17. Domesticated 47. Moth
18. Suspiciously 48. Examination
19. Weep 49. Presumed
20. Disguise 50. Risen
21. Carved 51. Usable
22. Occupied 52. Refilled
23. Temporarily 53. Experience
24. Vast 54. Trilogy
25. Refuse 55. Convincing
26. Invitation 56. Acceptable
27. Suspect 57. Carve
28. Suspicion 58. Admit
29. Oracle 59. Ashamed
30. Criticize 60. Shame