KEY CHANGES All Year 10 students will be entered for the entire GCSE English Language qualification in November 2013, ie November of Year 11.

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1 KEY CHANGES All Year 10 students will be entered for the entire GCSE English Language qualification in November 2013, ie November of Year 11. Therefore: All Controlled s (including Speaking and Listening) in GCSE English Language must be completed by mid-october of Year 11. All students will sit the Unit 1 exam for the first time in November of Year 11. An opportunity to re-sit the Unit 1 exam and/or re-do Controlled s will be available in June of Year 11. With the exception of 10P-EN4, 10P-EN5 and 10H-EN5 all students will follow the dual course.

2 Autumn 1 7 weeks Baseline (Unit 1B Wri2ng Task) Unit 3c CA Spoken Lang Study Unit 3c CA Autumn 1 Autumn 2 7 weeks Unit 3a CA Extended Reading (Lit Cross- Over) + Unit 2 Speaking Spring 1 6 weeks Unit 3a CA Unit 3b Crea2ve Wri2ng CA (i) Unit 3b (i) CA Spring 2 5 weeks Unit 1 Sec2on A Exam Prep Mock Unit 1A Exam Summer 1 6 weeks Unit 1 Sec2on B Prep + Mock Exam Unit 3b Crea2ve Wri2ng CA (ii) Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 2 7 weeks Unit 3b (ii) CA Literature Unit 1/2 Text Study (Poetry/Novel/ Play, etc) Summer 1 Summer 2 Unit 1 Exam Revision Units CA Re- Do and Finish Unit 1 Lang Exam Date tbc Lit Unit 1/2 Lit Unit 3 Shakes and Lit Heritage CA Lit Unit 3 CA Lit Unit 1/2 Lit Unit 1/2 Lang Re- Sit/CA Re- do Prep Lit Exams Units 1 and 2; Re- sit Lang Unit 1

3 Baseline September 2012 Unit 1B Longer Wri2ng Task 35 minutes Higher Tier Ques2on Life is too easy for young people today. They lack challenges and don t have to fight for anything. Write an ar2cle for a magazine of your choice which persuades your readers that this statement is either right or wrong. (24 marks) Founda2on Tier Ques2on Sports stars are good role models for young people. Write an ar-cle for a magazine of your choice arguing for or against this view. Remember to: Write an ar-cle Argue your point of view (24 marks)

4 AQA Tasks for Submission Nov 2013/June 2014 Controlled Catch-Up Sessions: last Tuesday of every month EN2 3:00pm One wri`en piece ( words in 2-3 hours) 10% of final GCSE English Language grade

5 AQA Tasks for Submission Nov 2013/June 2014 Eg, How does Arthur Miller present the villagers of Salem in Act One of The Crucible? Eg, How is Slim presented in Of Mice and Men? Eg, How is conflict presented in the Conflict poems? 1200 maximum word essay (completed in up to 4 hours) on one extended text : a collec2on of poems (eg Conflict), or short stories (from Anthology), or a non- fic2on text (eg autobiography), or a novel. Can use any of texts to be studied for Eng Lit exam (eg Of Mice and Men, Anthology poetry). (Context not assessed.) 15% of final GCSE English Language grade Controlled Catch-Up Sessions: last Tuesday of every month EN2 3:00pm

6 AQA Tasks for Submission Nov 2013/June 2014 Controlled Catch-Up Sessions: last Tuesday of every month EN2 3:00pm 2 wri2ng tasks from this list, totalling 1200 words in max 4 hours. (Tasks from different columns.) Opportuni2es for crossover work, eg monologue from Of Mice and Men as Recrea2on task. 2 tasks together make up 15% of final GCSE grade.

7 AQA Tasks for Submission June 2014 One essay (max 2000 words in up to 4 hours) on two linked tests: one Shakespeare and one from English Literary Heritage (or ILH, WLH) any genre. 25% of final GCSE English Literature grade. For example tasks, see next slide. Controlled Catch-Up Sessions: last Tuesday of every month EN2 3:00pm

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9 Controlled Catch-Up Sessions: last Tuesday of every month EN2 3:00pm

10 Three tasks covering one prose, one poetry and one drama, comprising a Shakespeare play, a text from English Literary Heritage and a text from another culture. (Anthology can be used.) Total word limit 1600 words in four hours max. Three tasks amount to 20% of final GCSE grade. For example tasks, see next slide. Controlled Catch- Up Sessions: last Tuesday of every month EN2 3:00pm

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12 Two wri`en tasks from two different columns, totalling 1200 words max (in up to four hours). Two tasks amount to 20% of final grade. Controlled Catch-Up Sessions: last Tuesday of every month EN2 3:00pm

13 GRADE BOUNDARIES Unit English/English Language Unit 1 Exam English/English Language Unit 1 Exam English/English Language Unit 2 Speaking and Listening English Only Unit 3 Controlled Ass English Language Unit 3 Controlled Ass Tier/Entry Date F June 2011 F Jan 2012 F June 2012 H June 2011 H Jan 2012 H June 2012 June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 Max Mark A* A B C D E F G English Literature Unit 1 Novel+Play English Literature Unit 1 Novel+Play English Literature Unit 2 Poetry English Literature Unit 2 Poetry English Literature Unit 3 CA (Macbeth/Jekyll and Hyde) F H F H H