There are 10 non-fiction pieces in Part 1 of the Anthology. Read and learn them!
You need to know the details of all of them for best success in the final exam. You will answer a short essay style question on one of them for Question 4 of the paper. You will then use the same text to compare with the paper's unseen extract on a related theme in Question 5.
These are the highest tariff questions for the reading section on the paper. Question 4 is worth 12 marks while Question 5 is worth 22 marks. This comprises 34 / 45 marks (75%) of this section of the paper! Do well here, and you're set for success. Skip on your revision, and you could suffer on the mark scheme.
Reading and annotating the texts is an excellent start and your teacher will offer comprehensive guidance with this process. However, regularly re-reading them, watching short video lectures, testing yourself on the techniques and finally writing short practice essays on the will perfect your technique here.
Here are Knowledge Organisers about all of them, in one document:
Click on the links below to go directly to the key pages on each text, including resources and short video lectures for revision: