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1 Penrice Academy English Faculty Year 11 Quotation Calendar 1. Remember each literature exam is a closed book exam so you will need to learn key quotes to help you demonstrate a thorough understanding of each text. 2. Learn the quotations for each text on the days listed; during the half term a quote is provide for each set text; use weekends to review and test prior knowledge- you can add quotes to the calendar; during the Easter holidays you should be consolidating the quotes already learnt; after Easter quotes will be repeated to further consolidate your revision alongside some new ones. 3. Don t just try to repeat the quotation; get people to test you e.g. missing words. 4. Make sure you know the importance of the quote as well as what you could analyse e.g. language terminology to apply. The 19 th Century Novel A Christmas Carol Shakespeare Macbeth Modern Text An Inspector Calls Poetry Power and Conflict January 2018 Monday 29 th brave Macbeth well he deserves that name We don t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other as solitary as an oyster Tuesday 30 th And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: decrease the surplus population Wednesday 31 st Fair is foul, and foul is fair Marley was dead, to begin with. probably armed, possibly not. OR End of story, except not really.

2 February 2018 Poetry Quotations Can you recall which poem each of these quotations come from? If not, make sure this is part of your memorising! Monday 5 th We are yet but young in deed But these girls aren t cheap labour; they re people There were a boy and girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish. Monday 12 th Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us hard- headed practical man of business Is this a dagger which I see before me,/the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee I wear the chain I forged in life, Tuesday 6 th flashing silver as their bellies/ swivelled towards the sun Come, you spirits,/that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here/and fill me from the crown to the toe topfull/of direst cruelty about fifty, rather cold, her husband s social superior Tuesday 13 th Dem tell me not quite as easy; half-shy, half-assertive Stay, you imperfect speakers. Tell me more It was a strange figure- like a child; yet not so like a child as like an old man, Wednesday 7 th Two vast and trunkless legs of stone/stand in the desert What, can the devil speak true? Probably a socialist or some sort of crank They are Man s Wednesday 14 th Went heaving through the water like a swan rather too manly to be a dandy, very much the easy well-bred young man-about town By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. It was clothed in one simple deep green robe, or mantle, bordered with white fur. Thursday 1 st unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable A poor excuse for picking a man s pocket every twentyfifth of December. Cannon to right of them,/ Cannon to left of them,/ Cannon in front of them Thursday 8 th sun-stunned, sandsmothered land OR bloodshadow Wake Duncan with thy knocking: I would thou couldst Assure me that I may yet change these shadows you have shown me by an altered life? Thursday 15 th Marks of weakness, marks of woe a pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited I fear/thou played st most foully for t It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing visible save one outstretched hand. Friday 2 nd he no longer existed We will proceed no further in this business I will live in the Past, Present, and the Future. Friday 9 th All the world wonder d: The lighting should be pink and intimate There never was such a goose Friday 16 th Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows One Eva Smith has gone but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us There s daggers in men s smiles Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like a coal.

3 Monday 19 th Let not light see my black and deep desires every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. Look at the pair of them the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can t even take a joke Monday 26 th Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/that summons thee to heaven or to hell I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year Her father embarked at sunrise Tuesday 20 th Macbeth hath murdered sleep She was young and pretty and warm-hearted- and intensely grateful I carving out me identity Tuesday 27 th Running children in nightmare heat A little water clears us of the deed I consider I did my duty Wednesday 21 st vaulting ambition You were the wonderful Fairy Prince. and I choose/never to stoop. Wednesday 28 th Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,/till thou applaud the deed all mixed up together like bees in a hive Dem tell me about de dish ran away with the spoon Thursday 22 nd I gave commands;/then all smiles stopped together. A solitary child, neglected by his friends. You seem to be a nice-wellbehaved family. Friday 23 rd Out, out, brief candle Exploding comfortably another idol has displaced me ARE YOU REVISION READY? Make sure you ve got everything you need: Example papers Copies of texts Revision guides Your anthology/ exercise book

4 March 2018 THE FINAL FRONTIER: You should know most of these quotations now; make sure you are thinking about how to analyse as well terminology, effects, links to themes/character etc. Monday 5 th There's every excuse for what both your mother and I did King, honour, human dignity etcetera your welfare Monday 12 th promote her into what we call a leading operator. If it were done when tis done, then twere well/it were done quickly Men s courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead. Tuesday 6 th You re squiffy a winter coat or reinforcements of scarfs, gloves. live a coward in thine own esteem Tuesday 13 th We hear a sharp ring of a front door bell. Hie thee hither,/that I may pour my spirits in thine ear/and chastise with the valour of my tongue but nothing happens Wednesday 7 th She s got a nasty temper sometimes- but she s not bad really. Paper that lets the light shine through, She died a woman, said the Ghost, and had as I think children. Wednesday 14 th The telephone rings sharply The treadmill and the Poor Law are full vigour, then? Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear. Thursday 1 st So foul and fair a day I have not seen Mankind was my business -that a man has to mind his own business and look after himself. Thursday 8 th I am branded by an impression of sunlight. You know your own degrees; sit down There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that s all. Thursday 15 th never shake/thy gory locks at me. Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest- He should be made a public example of. Friday 2 nd Valour s minion We are prepared: "Scrooge's offences carry their own punishment. Who suffers? Himself!" Friday 9 th stand not upon the order of your going/but go at once. Bright ball- room as you would desire to see upon a winter s night. Burnt her inside out, of course. Friday 16 th Macduff was from his mother s womb/untimely ripped. I have no passport, there s no way back at all Scrooge was better than his word.

5 Monday 19 th My hands are of your colour; but I shame to wear a heart so white. Make up the fires and buy another coal-scuttle before you dot another I, Bob Cratchit. it s my duty to keep down labour costs Monday 26 th If there s nothing else, we ll have to share our guilt look like th innocent flower,/but be the serpent under t "I see a vacant seat. The child will die" Tuesday 20 th his gashed stabs looked like a breach in nature the little fishing boats/strung out like bunting. It frightens me the way you talk. Tuesday 27 th You re not the kind of father a chap could go to "One child: true! your nephew!" If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me. Wednesday 21 st You lack the season of all natures, sleep but most beware this boy, Bandage up me own eye with me identity. Wednesday 28 th I ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hacked "Scrooge was conscious of a thousand odours floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts and hopes and joys long long forgotten." Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges. Thursday 22 nd until the inspector arrives, and then it should be harsher and brighter. growing still in stature the grim shape/towered up between me and the stars. Ghost of the Future! He exclaimed. I fear you more than any other spectre I have seen. Thursday 29 th have plucked my nipple his boneless gums,/ And dashed the brains, had I so sworn "I have come to bring you home dear brother.. home, home, home!" You think young women ought to be protected against unpleasant and disturbing things? Friday 23 rd I will tomorrow/(and betimes I will) to the Weyard Sisters. Bullets smacking the belly out of the air It s I. Your Uncle Scrooge. I have come to dinner. Will you let me in Fred. Friday 30 th this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen As they all stare guiltily and dumbfounded, the curtain falls. God Bless Us, Everyone.

6 April 2018 Monday 2 nd Tuesday 3 rd Wednesday 4 th Thursday 5 th Friday 6 th Monday 9 th Tuesday 10 th Wednesday 11 th Thursday 12 th Friday 13 th Monday 16 th My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Round the decay/ Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,/ The lone and level sands stretch far away. unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable Monday 23 rd flashing silver as their bellies/ swivelled towards the sun Mankind was my business Just a knighthood, of course. Monday 30 th My hands are of your colour; but I shame to wear a heart so white. He should be made a public example of. A half-formed ghost. He remembers the cries Tuesday 17 th Cannon to right of them,/ Cannon to left of them,/ Cannon in front of them Left of six hundred. but most beware this boy, Tuesday 24 th All the world wonder d: So foul and fair a day I have not seen Not a farthing less. A great many back payments are included in it. Wednesday 18 th probably armed, possibly not. OR End of story, except not really. his bloody life in my bloody hands. A little water clears us of the deed Wednesday 25 th sun-stunned, sandsmothered land OR bloodshadow You seem to be a nice-wellbehaved family. What s done is done Thursday 19 th he no longer existed but half way there But these girls aren t cheap labour; they re people Thursday 26 th Two vast and trunkless legs of stone/stand in the desert And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish Mr Scrooge. I d give him a piece of my mind. An odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man Friday 20 th Scrooge was better than his word. look like th innocent flower,/but be the serpent under t Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges. Friday 27 th black Macbeth -that a man has to mind his own business and look after himself. I wear the chain I forged in life,

7 May 2018 ONE MONTH AND LITERATURE WILL BE OVER! Monday 7 th Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,/till thou applaud the deed If there is any person in the town who feels emotion caused by this man s death, show that person to me, Spirit, I beseech you! I wear the chain I forged in life, Monday 14 th "I have always thought of Christmas as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time" Valour s minion until the inspector arrives, and then it should be harsher and brighter. Monday 21 st "Scrooge's offences carry their own punishment. Who suffers? Himself!" Scrooge was better than his word. Macbeth hath murdered sleep Tuesday 1 st Let not light see my black and deep desires Besides, this Duncan/Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been/so clear in his great office another idol has displaced me Tuesday 8 th I have a strange infirmity which is nothing They hailed him father to a line of kings./ Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown/and put a barren spectre in my gripe. Ghost of the Future! He exclaimed. I fear you more than any other spectre I have seen. Tuesday 15 th his gashed stabs looked like a breach in nature have plucked my nipple his boneless gums,/ And dashed the brains, had I so sworn "I don't know anything. I'm quite a baby." Tuesday 22 nd English Literature Paper 1 his bloody life in my bloody hands he no longer existed She was young and pretty and warm-hearted- and intensely grateful Wednesday 2 nd Stay, you imperfect speakers. Tell me more Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes The treadmill and the Poor Law are full vigour, then? Wednesday 9 th Macduff was from his mother s womb/untimely ripped vaulting ambition They are Man s Wednesday 16 th Running children in nightmare heat We are bombarded by the empty air./strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear. live a coward in thine own esteem Wednesday 23 rd Cannon to right of them,/ Cannon to left of them,/ Cannon in front of them Two vast and trunkless legs of stone/stand in the desert It frightens me the way you talk. Thursday 3 rd And the hapless soldier s sigh/ Runs in blood down palace walls I carving out me identity Everything s alright now, Sheila What about this ring? Thursday 10 th You might be wanting to help him instead of us Exploding comfortably through capitals and monoliths Thursday 17 th Come, you spirits,/that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here/and fill me from the crown to the toe topfull/of direst cruelty and I choose/never to stoop. Every black ning church appalls Thursday 24 th We don t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other I am branded by an impression of sunlight. We are prepared: Friday 4 th You seem to be a nice-wellbehaved family. Look at the pair of them the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can t even take a joke But nothing happens Friday 11 th The telephone rings sharply She s got a nasty temper sometimes- but she s not bad really. spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade Friday 18 th One Eva Smith has gone but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us Honour the charge they made!/honour the light brigade boundless and bare/the lone and level sands stretch far away Friday 25 th English Literature Paper 2

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