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CORE PRESENTATION EVENING

English Language and English Literature

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE

What is it that they will have to do? What can we do to help?

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE – What does that involve?

Paper 1: Modern Fiction

• Explorations in Creative

Writing and Reading

• Questions on language,

structure, evaluating effectiveness

• Qu 5 - 50% is creative

writing

• SPAG

Paper 2: 19C and 21stC Non-fiction

• Explorations in Writers’

Viewpoints and Perspectives

• Questions on language,

structure, evaluating effectiveness

• Qu 5 - 50% is non-fiction,

writing for audience and purpose

• SPAG

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE – How can we help?

Encourage reading – of ANYTHING!

• Talk to them about it
• What parts do they love / hate?
• Why?
• How has the writing been put

together?

• Reading is modelling good

vocabulary and grammar

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE – How can we help?

Ask them about their PLC

• Talk to them about it
• What questions do they find tricky?
• Why?
• Can they articulate where they

struggle?

• If not, why not?

NB: They SHOULD be able to do this! Ask for practice questions for the questions they find most difficult.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE – How can we help?

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE – How can we help?

Ask them about practice papers

• Do they have any?
• What questions are they focussing
• n?
• Are they timing themselves?
• Are they handing in answers for

feedback?

ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE

What is it that they will have to do? What can we do to help?

Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry

• Section A – An Inspector

Calls

• SPAG
• Section B – Poetry –

Power & Conflict

• Section C – Unseen poetry

plus comparison

ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE – What does that involve?

Paper 1: Shakespeare and 19C novel

• Section A – Macbeth
• SPAG
• Section B – A Christmas

Carol

• Worth 40% of GCSE

ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE – How can we help?

Paper 1: Shakespeare and 19C novel

• Ask them how they are revising
• Test them on quotes – for theme as well

as character

• Ask them about context
• Ask how the audience might have felt at

the time

• Would that be different today?
• Ask them what was the writer trying to

show – political motivation?

ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE – How can we help?

Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry

• Ask them how they are revising
• Do they know which poems link to other

poems?

• Do they know their poetic terms?
• Are they using their PLC to identify areas
• f weakness?
• Ask them about context
• What was the writer’s political motivation?

ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE – How can we help?

Ask them about practice papers

• Do they have any?
• What questions are they focussing
• n?
• Are they timing themselves?
• Are they handing in answers for

feedback?

ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE – How can we help?

CORE PRESENTATION EVENING

English Language and English Literature

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