GCSE English. Language & Literature

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1 GCSE English Language & Literature

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3 GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER 1: 40% Reading: Unseen literary extracts Writing: writing to narrate/ create /describe PAPER 2: 60% Reading: Unseen 19 th and 21 st C non-fiction texts Writing to argue / persuade or advise Language exam dates: 1= 5 th June = 8 th June 2018 PAPER 1: 40% Romeo & Juliet Anthology poetry (Green student copy) PAPER 2: 60% Lord Of The Flies or Blood Brothers Jekyll and Hyde or A Christmas Carol Unseen poetry Literature exam dates: 1= 22 nd May = 25 th May 2018

4 Half- term 1 Half- term 2 Year 11 4 lessons a week What we are doing this half term? LITERATURE Lord of the Flies Blood Brothers. War poetry. LANGUAGE Analysing non-fiction extracts LITERATURE Romeo and Juliet MOCK EXAM WEEK LANGUAGE Analysing short fiction extracts MOCK EXAM WEEK TIP - READ THE TEXT YOUR CHILD IS STUDYING. TALK TO YOUR CHILD ABOUT IT.

5 English Literature GCSE Exam 1 : 40% Shakespeare / Anthology Poems Romeo and Juliet 15 poems from Eduqas anthology Buy copies of the texts so students can make their own notes many available on e-readers/ internet. Buy revision guides (CPG) - free notes on line though (Spark notes, Cliff notes, enotes, Lit charts). Watch the Animated Tales / film interpretations. Exam 2 : 60% Lord Of The Flies OR Blood Brothers. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson OR A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Unseen 20 th and 21 st Century poetry TIP - READ THE TEXT YOUR CHILD IS STUDYING. TALK TO YOUR CHILD ABOUT IT. Create REVISION AIDS: - Quote KEYRINGS / CARDS - QUOTE POWERPOINTS - Create displays at home to help them revise / remember the plot / characters / key events / key quotes / themes (post-its are very helpful). - Create podcasts Help them memorise QUOTES/ TEST THEM memory of events / plot etc. Use the Lit app and any online revision games.

6 Anthology Poems The Manhunt Simon Armitage Sonnet 43 Elizabeth Barrett Browning London William Blake The Soldier Rupert Brooke She Walks in Beauty Lord Byron Living Space Imtiaz Dharker As Imperceptibly as Grief Emily Dickinson Cozy Apologia Rita Dove Valentine Carol Ann Duffy A Wife in London Thomas Hardy Death of a Naturalist Seamus Heaney Hawk Roosting Ted Hughes To Autumn John Keats Afternoons Philip Larkin Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley Mametz Wood Owen Sheers Excerpt from The Prelude William Wordsworth

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9 Join Chesterfield s ENGLISH Google classroom What s on there? - Example papers - Example answers - Links to useful websites: Lit charts, Spark notes - Key quotes - HOMEWORK (WEEKLY) Books don t go home!! Class codes: Literature: h3bubn-lit Language:tnzrsu om/c/mjizmjexodyyofpa

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12 You can access the App using your phone, ipad or laptop/ computer. It will keep an up to date accurate picture of what you can or can t do. It can be accessed anywhere You can practise over and over again. Who will be the overall leader of the class???

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16 WHAT CAN I USE IT FOR?

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18 Game 1: Quotation Learning

19 Game 2: Character Learning

20 Game 3: Play Your Quotes Right

21 Game 4: Knowing events

22 Game 5: Know the terms

23 English Language 1. Literary- Fiction 40% A. Unseen literary extracts; Read a short part of a story and answer 5 questions. First questions find the right information Questions 2-5 analyse the writing in detail Go over pack of extracts given / classwork extracts Learning key terms /techniques definitions and how to spot them in a piece of writing. B. Creative prose writing Choice of 4 story titles, for example: The Journey. A Difficult Decision. Write about a time when you were somewhere new. Write a story which begins: If only I had known then what I know now Go over classwork writing examples Discuss five stories student portfolio Talk about funny incidents that could be turned into amusing stories for the loose exam titles. Use creative writing prompts / images to practise descriptive writing.

24 English Language 2.Non- Fiction 60% A. Unseen 1800S with 1900 non-fiction texts. Read a modern text answer 2 questions (1 comprehension / 1 analysis). Read a 19 th C text answer 2 questions(1 comprehension / 1 analysis). Compare both texts 4 mark / 10 mark B. Transactional writing 60% Two short pieces. PURPOSE and AUDIENCE will be specified in the question: - Persuade, argue, inform. - Adults, peers, interest groups INTRODUCE YOUR CHILD TO NEW VOCABULARY. TALK ABOUT WHAT WORDS MEAN. KEY FOCUS MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND DIFFICULT VOCABULARY AND UNDERSTANDS THE 1800s the Victorian era. Read old letters, diaries (see Letters of Note blog ) Help your child understand events of Victorian Britain look them up together on line. Read history text books / encyclopaedias; help them point out similarities and differences in texts. You could: visit museums, National Trust properties etc. KEY FOCUS MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS A POINT OF VIEW! Discuss world issues what do they think about what is going on in the news? Play devil s advocate with them: what would you say to someone who thinks the opposite. Show them real life articles either paper based or online newspapers and magazines Talk about them. Watch relevant documentaries.

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