English exams. English Language Paper 1-1h 45m 04 June English Language Paper 2 1h 45m 07 June 2019

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1 English exams English Language Paper 1-1h 45m 04 June 2019 English Language Paper 2 1h 45m 07 June 2019 English Literature Paper 1-1h 45m 15 May 2019 English Literature Paper 2-2h 15m 23 May 2019

2 AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 40% Paper 2 60% Section A: Shakespeare Macbeth Section B: 19 th Cent Prose A Christmas Carol Section A: Modern Texts Animal Farm Section B: Anthology poetry- Power and Conflict Section C: Unseen Poetry Total exam time: 1 hour and 45 minutes Total exam time: 2 hours and 15 minutes

3 AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 50% Paper 2 50% Section A: Reading 1 unseen literature fiction text Section B: Writing Descriptive or narrative writing Section A: Reading 1 non-fiction and 1 literary non-fiction text Section B: Writing Writing to present a viewpoint Total exam time: 1 hour and 45 minutes Total exam time: 1 hour and 45 minutes

4 GCSE ENGLISH EXAM 1hr Q1 - List implicit/ explicit information Q2 Analyse Language Q3 Analyse Structure LANG P1 Q4 Evaluate Language and structure 45m Q5 Creative writing focusing on language, structure and vocabulary

5 GCSE ENGLISH EXAM 1hr Q1 - List implicit/ explicit information Q2 Analyse Language Q3 Analyse Structure Q4 Evaluate Language and structure 45m LANG P1 Q5 Creative writing focusing on language, structure and vocabulary 1hr LANG P2 Q1 Identify true/false information Q2 Summarise key ideas Q3 Analyse Language Q4 Compare language and structure 45m Q5 Non-fiction writing focusing on language, structure and vocabulary

6 GCSE ENGLISH EXAM 1hr Q1 - List implicit/ explicit information Q2 Analyse Language Q3 Analyse Structure Q4 Evaluate Language and structure 45m LANG P1 1hr LANG P2 1hr45m LIT P1 Q5 Creative writing focusing on language, structure and vocabulary Q1 Identify true/false information Q2 Summarise key ideas Q3 Analyse Language Q4 Compare language and structure 45m Q5 Non-fiction writing focusing on language, structure and vocabulary Q1 Macbeth Analyse language, structure and context Q2 A Christmas Carol Analyse language, structure and context

7 GCSE ENGLISH EXAM 1hr Q1 - List implicit/ explicit information Q2 Analyse Language Q3 Analyse Structure Q4 Evaluate Language and structure 45m LANG P1 1hr LANG P2 1hr45m LIT P1 2h15m LIT P2 Q5 Creative writing focusing on language, structure and vocabulary Q1 Identify true/false information Q2 Summarise key ideas Q3 Analyse Language Q4 Compare language and structure 45m Q5 Non-fiction writing focusing on language, structure and vocabulary Q1 Macbeth Analyse language, structure and context Q2 A Christmas Carol Analyse language, structure and context Q1 Animal Farm Analyse language, structure and context Q2 Comparative poetry Analyse language, structure and context Q3 Unseen poetry Analyse language, structure Q4 Unseen poetry Compare language, structure

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9 Student revision ideas Summarise the texts Jot down a quick summary of each chapter of a novel or after each poem that is read. This will ensure that students understand and absorb what they have read, as well as making it easier to go back and remember details about the texts later.

10 Student revision ideas Highlighting the most important details in workbooks. This will help students to identify and quickly reference the most important aspects. Colourcoordinate highlighting to make quickly flipping through your notes even easier. For example, use different colours for different literary devices: yellow for metaphor, pink for tone, green for historical details. This is particularly useful if you are a visual learner.

11 Student revision ideas Consult other sources for more information. While taking notes on the texts, have a look at sites such as Spark Notes, York Notes, BBC Bitesize and YouTube.

12 Student revision ideas Make flash cards. Start organising notes and put them onto flash cards. Separate the flash cards into language, structure, theme, form, and context, and jot down the most important points and quotes incorporating all your sources, including websites, personal interpretations. Read over these as many times as possible.

13 Student revision ideas Test your knowledge Beginning well before your exam, attempt as many exam papers as possible. You can find old exam questions and practice questions in the revision guides. Students should be completing these on a weekly basis and reflecting on the feedback.

14 Student revision ideas Use the internet Students now have access to a range of relevant resources both provided by the college and the wider teaching community. YouTube Mr Bruff YouTube Mr Salles Teaches English BBC Bitesize Google Classroom Student support drive

15 Student Support Drive

16 Free Revision Guides

17 Weekly Essays

18 Day Monday Tuesday Wednesda y Thursday 9:00 10:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 1:00 1:00 2:35 School Day 2:35 4:00 (Revision / Intervention) 4:00 5:00 5:00 6:00 6:00 7:00 7:00 8:00 8:00 9:00 9:00 10:00 Friday Saturday

19 Day 8:30 10:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 1:00 1:00 2:35 2:35 4:00 (Revision / Intervention) 4:00 5:00 5:00 6:00 Monday English RE Brea k Tuesday Wednesda y Thursday Friday School Day Scienc e Brea k Brea k Maths Scienc e Play footbal l Brea k 6:00 7:00 7:00 8:00 8:00 9:00 Music English Relax Maths Geography English Brea k Brea k Break Business Studies English Brea k Geography Relax Maths Music 9:00 10:00 Relax Relax Relax Relax Relax Relax Maths Business Studies Relax Saturday Scienc Maths Geography Scienc Footbal Footbal Footbal Footbal Relax Relax Relax Relax

20 Parent revision ideas Encourage your son/daughter to ask for help at college on any parts of their work they do not understand. Make a revision timetable with them which includes the dates and times of their examinations. Include social time within this and have the revision timetable displayed in the house and check on their progress regularly. Help your child understand that it is useful to revise in small chunks of minutes. Encourage your child to have a good break and then start again.

21 Parent revision ideas Encourage your child to use a variety of revision strategies such as spider diagrams, mind mapping, revision cards and listing key points. Reading is not enough! Make sure they are not revising right up to bedtime, they need to wind down before bed in order to get a good night s sleep. Make sure they have got the right environment to revise. They need a peaceful, dedicated space. Working with a friend can be useful because it allows them to test each other and to talk about the work. You might want to encourage group revision sessions by getting some pizza, snacks etc. and making it a fun experience.

22 Parent revision ideas Have incentives linked to reasonable goals and praise them when they have studied well. Having mini tests at home will help your child check their understanding of a subject. Listen to them, let them talk to you about their work and offload their stress. Be comforting and reassuring.

23 Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Encourage healthy eating, especially brain foods like fish and super foods such as; bananas, broccoli, carrots, mangoes and salmon. Remind them about the importance of drinking water. Make sure they eat breakfast. (If you have not eaten by 10.30am you have the reaction speed of a 70 year old!) Take breaks, but no computer games, between revision, only physical exercise. Ensure they get adequate sleep. They need to be in bed no later than 10.30pm.

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