The document discusses organizing quotes from sources into different "accounts" or categories to use in essays. It suggests setting up accounts for things like character development, themes, setting, and imagery. Students are challenged to work in pairs to take one of these accounts, such as character development, and prepare a bank of short, relevant quotes from works like Macbeth, Dulce et decorum est, and Fern Hill that could be used in an exam. Proper formatting of the quote bank with a heading and line numbers is also advised.

1. … all the way to the bank

2. The Quotation BankYou know it’s important to include quotations as evidence in your essay…You know that you should try to include at least one per paragraph…But where do they come from?

3. Plucked from the sky like a little snowflake?Probably not…

4. If quotations are like coins…… then you need to put them into a bank, or to extend a little, you need to put them into a series of accounts (or banks, or pots, if you want!)You need to keep these ‘coins’ organised, so you can make them work best for you. It’s very important that you only use the quotes which are RELEVANT to the question and your line of thought.

5. Savings AccountsYou need to set up a few accounts, let’s say, but how could these be named so that you know which one to dip into in a time of need?Here are some suggestions:Character developmentRelationship between two charactersThemesSetting(s)Imagery (closely related to Themes!)Symbols

6. Learn ‘em!Just as you would keep an eye on your savings accounts, you need to ‘keep an eye’ on your quotes—at first this will take some time, but as time goes on, you’ll find it easier and easier to remember them:Try ‘look and copy’ first, until you remember them perfectlyMake a recording of the quotes you have selected, and play them back to yourselfHave a ‘quote-off’ duel (with or without wands, your choice)

7. Do this, not that (because you love being told what to do!)

8. Off to the bank!Your challenge:In pairs, you will take on one of the ‘accounts’Using your notes on Macbeth, Dulceet decorum est, Fern Hill, and Childhood, prepare a ‘bank’ of quotations which could be used in an exam essayThese will need to be complete by the end of tomorrow’s lesson, so you need to get cracking!

9. Tips & Further InstructionsDivide your page in two:Put a heading at the top, such as ‘Characterisation’ or ‘Character Development’ here:

10. Last tips:Remember to provide line/page numbers so you can find them again laterQuotations should be no longer than TWO LINES of verse or TWELVE WORDS of prose.Short phrases or even single words can be effectiveChoose only quotations that make complete sense