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CORE PRESENTATION EVENING English Language and English Literature

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

ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE – What does that involve? Paper 2: Paper 1: 19C and 21 st C Non-fiction Modern Fiction • Explorations in Writers’ • Explorations in Creative Viewpoints and Perspectives Writing and Reading • Questions on language, • Questions on language, structure, evaluating structure, evaluating effectiveness effectiveness • Qu 5 - 50% is non-fiction, • Qu 5 - 50% is creative writing for audience and writing purpose • SPAG • 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

Ask for practice ENGLISH LANGUAGE GCSE questions for – How can we help? the questions they find most difficult. 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!

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 on? • Are they timing themselves? • Are they handing in answers for feedback?

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

ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE – What does that involve? Paper 1: Paper 2: Shakespeare and 19C novel Modern Texts and Poetry • Section A – Macbeth • Section A – An Inspector • SPAG Calls • Section B – A Christmas • SPAG • Section B – Poetry – Carol Power & Conflict • Worth 40% of GCSE • Section C – Unseen poetry plus comparison

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 of weakness? • Ask them about context • What was the writer’s political motivation?

ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE – How can we help?

ENGLISH LITERATURE GCSE – How can we help? Ask them about practice papers • Do they have any? • What questions are they focussing on? • Are they timing themselves? • Are they handing in answers for feedback?

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