Who Says You Can t Revise for English?
GCSE Breakdown English Language / English GCSE 40% Controlled Assessment - completed 60% Exam - Unit 1 (2 hrs 15 mins) 2nd June am English Literature 25% Controlled Assessment - completed 75% Exam Paper 1: Exploring Modern Texts (Of Mice and Men and An Inspector Calls) (1hr 30mins) 18th May Paper 2: Poetry Across Time (1 hr 15mins) 22nd May 2
Preparation We are ensuring high quality teaching and learning in and beyond the classroom with intensive focus on exam skills. We are using diagnostic assessment tools, specific individual feedback to students, intervention strategies and sustained focus on progression and improvement. We are creating opportunities for students to develop their exam technique (timing, writing stamina, knowledge of assessment criteria, familiarity with questions and exam structure) and improve confidence such as December mock exams, Walking talking Mocks, March Mock exams. Revision booklet, strategies and resources are provided to support students with independent revision.
A 54 page booklet of advice, guidance and tasks will be given to all students next week.
English Language Unit 1 Paper (Higher Tier) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6
Q1 What do you learn about...? A range of points Supported by quotes as evidence Makes links between connected ideas No analysis Comprehension & Summary 8 marks 12 minutes
Q2 Explain how the headline and picture are effective and how they link to the text Presentational devices & evaluation Points about how image & headline reflect content of text Understanding of how headline and image work Makes connections between different aspects of text Analysis & evaluation using evidence 8 marks 12 minutes
Q3 Explain the writer s thoughts and feelings Selection of points from across extract Reading between the lines Understanding of subtext Evidence and explanation Inference 8 marks 12 minutes
Unit 1 Paper Foundation Tier Tests reading between the lines Language analysis Compares presentational devices and layout Q1a & b Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6
Q4 Compare the ways in which language is used for effect in the two texts Choices for comparison Focus on language techniques used by writers to have effect on the reader Understanding of different types of language in different types of text Analysis of language for GAP 16 marks 24minutes
Read journalism and literary non-fiction Understand effect of language on readers Practise annotation Practise timed answers Practise making links Practise planning answers Learn language features How to revise
Q5 Inform Explain Describe Usually a type of writing you might find in real life Concise & stylish Structured, with sentences used for effect. Spelling, punctuation Word choices & devices 16 marks 24 minutes
Q6 Argue or Persuade More developed writing Uses conventions of argument or persuasion Clearly organised writing Range of sentence structures Clear sense of audience & purpose Formal style Spelling & punctuation 24 marks 35 minutes
English Literature 22nd
Unit 1: Prose and Drama Exam Section A Choice of 2 essay questions based on An Inspector Calls E.g. Question 18 How important do you think social class is in An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley present ideas about social class? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks) 45 mins
Section B - 2 part question on the novel Read the following passage and then answer Part (a) and Part (b) Part (a) In this passage, how does Steinbeck present Crooks? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. and then Part (b) In the rest of the novel how does Steinbeck use Crooks to present attitudes to black people at the time the novel is set? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks) 45 mins CONTEXT
Unit 2 Relationships Cluster 15 poems Choice of 2 questions Named poem compared to another from the same cluster Unseen poem
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Literature Revision Tips Re-read set texts and make character, theme and technique revision posters. Practise exam-style questions under timed conditions (see AQA website for past papers and English revision packs - to be given out before the Easter Holidays) 19