Year 10 GCSE Information Evening

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Year 10 GCSE Information Evening

• English LanguageEnglish Literature

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What Makes up the Course?

• Examination
• Of Mice and Men
• Anthology Poetry Bank
• Anthology Different Cultures Poems
• Non-fiction writing
• Paper 1 reading and writing
• Paper 2 writing skills
• Coursework
• Great Expectations
• Modern Drama
• Shakespeare
• Original Writing
• Speaking and Listening

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English Language

• Speaking and Listening Coursework
• 20 of final grade
• Written Coursework
• 20 of final grade
• Written Exam
• 60 of final grade

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English Literature

• Written Exam
• 70 of final grade
• Written Coursework
• 30 of final grade

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Written Coursework

• Students complete five pieces of written
  coursework over the length of the GCSE Course.
• Four pieces of written coursework are completed
  in Year 10 and the remaining one in year 11.
• Some pieces of coursework form part of the final
  grade for English Language, some for Literature
  and two pieces crossover both qualifications.

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Overview of the Written Coursework Schedule

• Media - Taught during second half of Autumn
  Term in Year 10. Deadline for
  completion - December 2008
• Shakespeare - Taught during the first half of
  Spring Term 2008 in Year 10. Deadline for
  completion Easter holiday 2009
• 20th Century Drama - Taught during second half of
  Spring Term in Year 10. Deadline for
  completion May half-term 2009
• Original Writing - Taught during first half of
  Summer Term in Year 10. Deadline for
  completion Summer holiday 2009
• Prose Study - Taught during first half of
  Autumn Term in Year 11. Deadline for
  completion October half-term 2009

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Plagiarism

• Plagiarism is submitting the work of someone else
  and passing it off as your own.
• This includes
• copying the work of another student in your year
  group or in previous year groups.
• Copying and pasting writing from the internet or
  books.
• The consequences of plagiarising can be very
  severe.
• The best case scenario will be that you will be
  made to re-write your piece in controlled
  conditions with no opportunity to redraft.
• However we have entered a zero mark for
  candidates that have plagiarised.
• It is also not in your best interest to
  plagiarise as there is no guarantee that the work
  you are copying is of a high quality and you will
  always be caught in moderation.

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How Can I Support my Child?

• Be aware of the deadlines for the completion of
  coursework.
• Encourage them to keep up with the deadlines as
  it is very difficult to write about a text when
  returning to it after sometime.
• Take an interest in what they are doing.
• Share your own (positive) experiences of studying
  classic texts such as Great Expectations.
• Help them to proof-read their work before they
  hand it in. A fresh pair of eyes can often see
  what a tired pair misses.
• Encourage them as readers of both fiction and
  non-fiction. Those who read on a regular basis,
  on average do 20 better than those who dont.
• Buy a broadsheet newspaper every day and
  incorporate the reading of this into your daily
  routine (modelling good reading habits).