Balearic Islands PAU Catalan Language and Literature II study plan
Balearic Islands PAU Catalan Language and Literature II · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Text comprehension and analysis & Commentary on prescribed literary works
Identify the thesis, structure and argumentative progression of an unseen Catalan expository text in under 25 minutes.
Annotate one prescribed work chapter by chapter, marking theme, narrator voice and key passages with page numbers.
Build a personal glossary of 40 textual-analysis terms (coherència, cohesió, tema, subtema, tesi, progressió temàtica) and use each in a sentence.
Write a 150-word summary of an unseen text without copying source phrasing.
Your checkpoint
One full comprehension exercise (summary + thesis + structure outline) on an unseen text, plus a completed annotation sheet for the first third of a prescribed work.
Text comprehension and analysis & Commentary on prescribed literary works
Distinguish and practise the four PAU-style comprehension question types: information location, inference, vocabulary in context, and authorial intention.
Map the characters, setting and chronological vs narrative order of the second prescribed work.
Paraphrase 15 marked lexical items from unseen texts using Catalan synonyms only.
Draft a 200-word reasoned opinion responding to an unseen text's central claim, with two supporting arguments.
Your checkpoint
A timed 60-minute comprehension mock (unseen text, all question types) scored against a self-made rubric, plus a character/timeline map of the second work.
Commentary on prescribed literary works & Literary history and periodization
Summarise plot, themes and formal features of each prescribed work on a single comparison grid.
Place each prescribed work in its literary period and name three contemporary authors or movements it dialogues with.
Select and memorise 12 short quotable fragments per work, with exact wording and location.
Write a thesis statement for five different possible commentary prompts on the same work.
Your checkpoint
A one-page comparison grid of all prescribed works plus a quotation bank of at least 36 verified fragments.
Commentary on prescribed literary works & Literary history and periodization
Produce a full literary commentary (introduction, analysis, interpretation, conclusion) on an extract in 45 minutes.
Order the main periods of Catalan literature from the medieval chronicles to the 20th century and attach two defining features and one representative author to each.
Explain how historical context (Renaixença, Modernisme, Noucentisme, avant-garde, post-war realism) shapes a work's themes.
Self-assess two commentaries against a checklist of structure, textual evidence and terminology.
Your checkpoint
Two timed literary commentaries on unseen extracts from prescribed works, each self-assessed with a written improvement list.
Written expression and composition & Grammar, syntax and lexical competence
Plan and write a 300-word argumentative essay in 40 minutes with a clear thesis, two developed arguments and a conclusion.
Apply connectors of contrast, consequence and concession correctly in 20 original sentences.
Diagnose and correct the ten most common Catalan interference errors (per/per a, sinó/si no, doncs, hi/hi ha, pronominal clitics).
Revise a first draft for register, cohesion and lexical variety, documenting every change.
Your checkpoint
One polished 300-word argumentative essay submitted with its first draft and an annotated correction log.
Grammar, syntax and lexical competence & Literary genres and rhetorical figures
Analyse the syntax of 15 complex sentences: identify main and subordinate clauses, verbal periphrasis and pronominalisation.
Identify and define 25 rhetorical figures and locate one authentic example of each in the prescribed works.
Classify literary texts by genre (narrative, lyric, drama, essay) and justify the classification with three formal criteria.
Rewrite five clumsy sentences to eliminate calques and redundant pronouns.
Your checkpoint
A syntax-and-figures workbook: 15 parsed sentences plus a 25-figure table with sourced examples.
Written expression and composition & Text comprehension and analysis
Complete a full timed mock exam under PAU conditions: comprehension, essay and literary commentary.
Allocate time across sections and record actual minutes spent versus planned.
Rewrite the weakest section of the mock to a higher standard and compare the two versions.
Reduce comprehension reading time to 15 minutes without losing accuracy.
Your checkpoint
One complete timed mock exam with a scored breakdown per section and a rewritten improved version of the weakest answer.
Commentary on prescribed literary works & Written expression and composition & Literary history and periodization
Consolidate the quotation bank and comparison grid into a single two-page revision sheet.
Rehearse three commentary openings and three essay openings until they can be produced from memory in five minutes.
Review all logged errors and confirm each has been corrected at least twice in writing.
Simulate a final half-exam and verify timing, handwriting legibility and section order.
Your checkpoint
A final two-page revision sheet plus a half-exam simulation scored against the week-7 mock to show measurable improvement.
Milestones
Week 2: Complete a 60-minute comprehension mock on an unseen text, answering all question types with cited line references.
Week 4: Write two full literary commentaries in 45 minutes each and score at least 70% on your own structure-and-evidence checklist.
Week 6: Parse 15 complex sentences correctly and match all 25 rhetorical figures to authentic examples from the prescribed works.
Week 8: Score higher on the half-exam simulation than on the week-7 full mock, with every logged error corrected twice in writing.