GCSE COURSEWORK

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GCSE COURSEWORK

• Spanish

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GCSE Coursework

• 25 of overall marks/grade
• 3 pieces submitted to exam board
• At least one completed in controlled conditions
• Draft / Final version
• 3 pieces 250 300 words Foundation
• 400 500 words Higher

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For Grade C or above

• Must show evidence of the following
• Variety of tenses (Past, Present and Future)
• Opinions and justifications (jaime.parce que)
• Lots of salt and pepper

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Source materialWhen writing your draft, you may
refer to a variety of source material

• Exercise book
• Text books
• Dictionary
• Worksheets
• Web sites (must be declared)
• For controlled pieces, only a dictionary can be
  used.

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Task Advertising my school

• Your task is to produce a piece of coursework
  that advertises your school
• Higher Level 150-200 words
• Foundation 80-120 words
• You could design a prospectus
• a poster
• a web-page
• Deadline for first draft Friday 21 November

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Suggested Plan

• A brief history of the school when it was
  built, changes to buildings, staff etc.
• Facilities (classrooms, labs, sports facilities,
  canteen, library etc.)
• Subjects studied, length of day and lesson times
• Rules and Uniform
• Any special features/strengths
• Clubs and after school activities
• Opinions of students already here
• Why parents/students should choose this school

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Vocabulario

• fue construido was built
• abrió opened
• Construyeron/ They built/added
• Hay/ Exista There is../there exists
• Tiene/tenemos... We have
• Se puede hacer/estudiar You can do/study
• Tiene que/ No tiene que You must/must not
• Está prohibido de. It is forbidden to..
• Las asignaturas obligatorias compulsory subjects
• Las asignaturas facultativas optional subjects
• Escogí I chose