GCSE English (Eduqas Specification)
Overview: Nov Dec 2017 (4 weeks then 2 weeks Mocks, then 2 weeks) GCSE Exam Focus Skills LITERATURE Component 1 Section A 1 hour (20%) LANGUAGE Component 2 Section B 1 hour (30%) Macbeth by William Shakespeare Transactional Writing Characterisation Themes & ideas Language, structure and form Assessment by extract question end of October and December Mock Article, Review, Report, Speech Will revisit in some lessons premock then end November Mock
Pre-Christmas Mock Examinations GCSE Monday 26 th November for Literature GCSE Macbeth 1 hour One extract question (20 minutes) focus on language and structure Exam Focus one essay question (40 minutes) e.g. Theme, Character Revise quotation, analyse language and for Language GCSE Component 2 writing task (one task) 30 minutes
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Section A Macbeth 2.75 (December 2018 mock) GCSE English Literature Component 1 (40%) Section B Anthology Poetry Digital copy on google drive
GCSE English Literature Section A An Inspector Calls 2.75 Component 2 (60%) Section B A Christmas Carol 2.75 (December 2017 mock)
Jan Feb half term 2019 (6 weeks) GCSE Exam Focus Skills LANGUAGE Component 2 2 hrs 60% 19+21C Non-fiction Reading & Transactional/ Persuasive Writing Section A Close, scan and skim reading for comprehension Questions stems, e.g. how, explain, impressions, thoughts and feelings, etc. Comparison Section B Persuasive techniques/use of rhetoric Audience, structure and form LITERATURE Comp 2 (60%) (A) An Inspector Calls (B) A Christmas Carol (C) Unseen Poetry Section A: Characterisation, Themes & ideas, Language, structure and form Section B: Characterisation, Themes & ideas, Language, structure and form plus Victorian CONTEXT [Section C: Poetry analysis and Comparison possibly tbc] Assessment by full mock examination week early March (second week after half term)
GCSE English Language Component 1 & 2 Revision Guide 2.75 Student Workbook 2.75
Mar Apr Easter 2019 (6 weeks) 2 weeks or so following exams start GCSE Exam Focus Skills LITERATURE Week 1-4 pre- Easter (Anthology Poetry and Macbeth in particular) LANGUAGE & LITERATURE Week 5 onwards CORE SKILLS REVISION Exam preparation refresher on following for each text: Stories of characters Plot structure Themes & ideas Language, structure and form Also Exam paper awareness, e.g: Format/design Question types/stems Time management Pitfalls/common errors
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Access to Resources quite basic but useful for learning quotation 1. Click on Take a test 2. Then click on Please select a book 3. Choose a text, i.e. A Christmas Carol (Component 1) OR Macbeth (Component 2) 4. Choose one of the following options to test your knowledge of the text, e.g: I. Quotation learning II. Character learning III. Play your quotes right IV. Events/happenings V. Literature terminology
Additional support Action Money Time Talk about the texts with family, friends, etc. FREE +++++ Where possible get your own personal copy of each Literature text second hand will do so you can re-read and make notes in your own time VERY USEFUL Read widely little and often, i.e. pick up [and read!] a newspaper or magazine the Sport section is fine! If you don t get a paper, check them out free online at www.dailynewspaper.co.uk or access news content via your phone or tablet (Guardian newspaper is free) ++ +++++ Get hold of the CGP study guides available in school, alternatively, there are other publications available too All WJEC/Eduqas texts: Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, A Christmas Carol, Unseen Poetry AND reading and writing non-fiction are on BBC Bitesize at www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize, http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/macbeth/ Also check out S-Cool, Englishbiz, Universal Teacher, Swot Revision website, Essentially Education +++ FREE +++
English Exam Dates Summer 2019 Date (am) GCSE Content Duration Mks/Weight Wed 15 th May Tues 23 rd May Tues 4 th June Fri 7 th June LITERATURE Comp 1 (40%) LITERATURE Comp 2 (60%) LANGUAGE Comp 1 (40%) LANGUAGE Comp 2 (60%) (A) Macbeth (B) Anthology Poetry (A) An Inspector Calls (B) A Christmas Carol (C) Unseen Poetry JUNE HALF TERM (A) 20C Literature Reading (B) Creative Prose Writing (A) 19+21C Non-Fiction Reading (B) Transactional/ Persuasive Writing 1 hr 1 hr 45 min 45 min 1 hr 1 hr 45 min 1 hr 1 hr 40 mks/20% 40 mks/20% 40 mks/20% 40 mks/20% 40 mks/20% 40 mks/20% 40 mks/20% 40 mks/30% 40 mks/30%