Year 11 Improvement Programme

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Year 11 Improvement Programme

• Aim is to help those students who have the
  potential to attain at least a C in English
  and/or Maths but are currently performing below
  this level
• Study Skills Day (October 16th) focused on target
  setting.

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The Plan!

• In the 3 weeks leading up to Study Leave,
  students will follow a weekly revision programme.
• Students will be assigned to a mentor.
• November 14th Year 11 Consultation Evening.
• November 19th mock exams begin.

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Feedback

• December 17th proposed results day (pm only).
• January 14th Target Setting for Year 11 based
  on revised predictions in all subjects.
• Letters home re progress of targeted students and
  revised targeted students list.

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Spring Term

• Further weekly revision programme in Maths and
  English.
• Proposed Easter revision programme available for
  all GCSE students wishing to have sessions.

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Student Identification

• English and/or Mathematics
• Compare GCSE Prediction with Year 10 Grade.
• GCSE Prediction Fischer prediction.
• Year 10 Grade End of year exam coursework.

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Student Identification

• Students selected have
• Predicted grade C or better.
• End of Year 10 overall grade low D or below.
• English and/or Mathematics teachers confirm/check
  all selections

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Parental Support

• Be aware
• Be supportive
• Be involved/encourage involvement
• Be an extra mentor
• Place to study
• Time to study
• Resources/equipment

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Schedule

• When?
• Thursdays, 1/11, 8/11 15/11
• Where?
• Y2
• Timing?
• 3.15 4.15pm

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English Mock ExaminationsAQA Paper
1Specification B

• Strategies to help you reach your potential

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Be fully aware of what each paper involves

• In your mock examinations this time, you will be
  completing Paper 1. The focuses of this paper
  are
• Pre-Release Media texts
• Unseen non-fiction
• Writing to Argue, Persuade and Advise

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Media Texts

• The first part of the examination tests students
  skills of analysis when considering pre-release
  media materials. Students will have access to
  these texts before the examinations so will have
  plenty of opportunity to study them, both at
  school and in revision.

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Unseen Non-Fiction

• The second part of the examination focuses on an
  unseen text. Students are expected to read this
  text, which will be in some way linked to the
  pre-release media texts from the previous
  section. They will be asked to analyse this text
  using the skills they have learnt.

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Argue, Persuade, Advise

• In the last section of the examination, students
  will be tested on their writing skills.
• They will need to apply their skills in Writing
  to argue, persuade and advise to respond to an
  issue.
• This is the only section in which SPG (spelling,
  punctuation grammar) is marked.
• Looking at past questions is very helpful for
  this section. Ask your English teacher or visit
  the AQA website.

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Study Guides AQA

• The AQA study guide Reading non-fiction and
  media texts has very useful revision materials.
  However, the summary of the examination and
  sample answers p40-55 are not what you will be
  completing as we answer questions from a
  different specification.
• The Glossary on p56-57 is very useful and can be
  applied to any non-fiction that you decide to
  read in revision.

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Writing Skills

• You should also use the GCSE Writing skills
  book to revise section 3 of the paper. Section 9
  of this book is particularly helpful with these
  skills.
• As well as revising your skills, you should also
  practise your sentence structure, punctuation and
  attempt to develop your vocabulary

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Coursework

• To improve your English grade further before the
  summer examinations, consider rewriting any
  pieces of coursework in which you feel you could
  achieve a better grade. Consult your English
  teacher in order to do this.

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