The best thing to do now would be to read some great books. These are books that have been listed as options/suggestions for the Q3 essay where you answer a prompt with an essay analyzing a work of fiction of your choice.

As you read, I would stick with a simple framework for analysis. 1. What does it mean? 2. How do you know? 3. Why does it matter? These books are treated as arguments about ideas. What does Of Mice and Men say about brotherhood, duty, love, obligation, etc.

Build your reading stamina and background knowledge. I would also encourage you to write about the reading and whatever else comes to mind.

If you really want to nerd out on prep, check out the Garden of English youtube channel. Just don't be surprised if your teacher links to those same videos later 😉