GCSE English and English Literature

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GCSE English and English Literature

• Coursework
• Examinations

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Coursework

• Five pieces of written coursework in total for
  both English and Literature
• Three Speaking and Listening assessments
• Most of the written coursework is completed in
  Year Ten
• Examination skills and texts will be taught
  throughout Years Ten and Eleven

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Written Assignments

• Prose Study an essay on a pre-1914 novel, e.g.
  Dickens Great Expectations
• Original Writing
• Media
• Shakespeare
• Drama a play written post-1914 (The Crucible,
  An Inspector Calls, Blood Brothers)

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Speaking and Listening

• Group Interaction e.g. a debate or discussion
• Drama focused
• Extended individual contribution
• SL is worth the same marks as the written
  coursework for English

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English Examination Paper One

• Reading Non Fiction and Media Texts
• Writing to argue, persuade, advise

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Reading Non-fiction and Media

• There will be two or more texts to read.
• Students need to show that they
• understand what the texts are about
• can follow an argument
• can write about how material is presented
• can select the right information to answer the
  questions

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Writing to argue, persuade, advise

• A choice of four tasks Students choose ONE
• It could be a letter, advice sheet, speech,
  leaflet

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Writing skills

• Students will be marked for their ability to
• Write to suit the required audience and purpose
• Use paragraphs to organise ideas
• Use a variety of sentence types
• Vary sentence openings
• Use a range of punctuation
• Use correct spelling

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English Examination Paper Two

• Poetry from Different Cultures and Traditions
• Writing to inform, explain, describe

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The Poetry Collection

• Students will compare two poems from the
  collection and write about the themes or ideas
  presented.
• They will be expected to write about
• The type and structure of the poems
• The style of language and the techniques used to
  interest the reader

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Writing to inform, explain, describe

• Students choose ONE task
• It could be a letter, a magazine article, a piece
  of description, or a personal recount
• The writing skills required are the same as for
  Paper One

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GCSE English Literature

• Modern novel
• Poetry from the Anthology

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English Literature Examination

• Students will answer one question on each of the
  literature texts
• The Literature Poetry collection A selection of
  both pre and post-1914 poems which are linked by
  themes
• A novel written after 1914, from a selection
  approved by the exam board

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What needs to be revised!

• English
• Poems from the Anthology
• How to read and respond to non-fiction and media
  texts
• Writing skills
• Literature
• Poems from the Anthology
• Literature novel
• Techniques for writing about literary texts

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How you can help

• Encourage your child to read as much as possible
  newspapers, books, web pages
• Discuss articles and opinion pages
• Discuss advertisements and their effectiveness
• Encourage use of a dictionary to look up words
  and check spelling
• GCSE Bitesize Revision
• Revision Guides available from school