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GCSE Engli lish- the year ahead

Two qualifications from AQA GCSE English Language GCSE English Literature

Stamina

The ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort.

• Reading stamina
• Writing stamina
• Paper 2 English

Literature 2 hours 15

• minutes. The other 3

exams are 1 hour 45 minutes. 7 months until 13th May English Literature

• Paper 1: Shakespeare and 19th Century

Novel- 13th May 2020

• Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry- 21st

May 2020 English Language

• Paper 1: Explorations in creative writing

and reading-2nd June 2020

• Paper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and

perspectives- 5th June 2020

Engli lish La Language – Two 1 Hour and 45 Min inute Exams

English Language Paper 1 - Fiction Tuesday 2 June 2020

Section A – Reading Q1 – information retrieval (4 marks) Q2 – language analysis (8 marks) Q3 – structural analysis (8 marks) Q4 – critical evaluation (20 marks) Section B – Writing Creative Writing – description or narrative

English Language Paper 2 – Non-fiction Friday 5 June 2020

Section A – Reading Q1 – information retrieval (4 marks) Q2 – comparison summary (8 marks) Q3 – language analysis (12 marks) Q4 – comparison of methods used to convey perspectives (16 marks) Section B – Writing Non-fiction writing – letter, speech, article, leaflet

Engli lish Lit iterature- Paper 1- 1 Hour 45 minutes

13th May 2020 Section A- Shakespeare Macbeth One question with a printed extract: Starting with this moment in the play, explore how Shakespeare presents the attitudes of Macbeth and Banquo towards the supernatural. Write about:

• how Shakespeare presents the Macbeth

and Banquo towards the supernatural in this extract

• how Shakespeare presents the attitudes
• f Macbeth and Banquo towards the

supernatural in the play as a whole. (30 marks) A04 (4 marks) Section B- 19th Century Novel One question with printed extract: Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in A Christmas Carol. Write about:

• how Dickens presents what Scrooge is

frightened of in this extract

• how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in

the novel as a whole. (30 marks)

Engli lish Lit iterature- Paper 2- 2 Hours 15 minutes

21st May 2020 Section A- Modern Prose or Drama An Inspector Calls Choice of two questions. Answer 1 question only. How far does Priestley present Mrs Birling as an unlikeable character? Write about:

• what Mrs Birling says and does in the

play

• how Priestley presents her by the way

he writes. (30 marks) A04 (4 marks) Section B- Poetry Power and Conflict and Unseen

• Answer 1 question from the cluster

studied in class

• The named poem will be printed with

the other poems studied listed underneath

• The question will be phrased in the

following way: Compare how the poet presents ______ in (named poem) and in one other poem from the power and conflict anthology. (30 marks)

Engli lish Lit iterature- Paper 2- 2 Hours 15 minutes

Section C- Unseen Poetry Two questions

• Write an analytical essay about an unseen poem:

In ‘Autumn’, how does the poet present the effects of the season of autumn? (24 marks)

• Compare the similarities and differences between the two unseen poems

named in the question. (8 marks) In both ‘Today and ‘Autumn’ the speakers describe attitudes towards the

• season. What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the

poets present these attitudes?

Revisio ion Tip ips

• Get them talking about their texts.
• They should practise writing an essay a week- L drive.
• The can attend English Club on a Thursday. The schedule is on the English door.
• They need to know quotations off by heart. Involve peers, family and friends. Try

revising quotations that are linked to key themes from the text.

• Encourage them to create a mind map/character profile/ theme page using a

revision guide.

• Support them in creating cue cards for key information and test them every day.

Repetition works.

• Practise reading unseen Language texts together (non-fiction)- newspapers and L

drive resources.

• Re-read/watch Literature texts together (Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An

Inspector Calls, Power & Conflict Poetry).

L Driv ive & suggested revis isio ion guid ides

• L:\English\2. GCSE
• CGP revision guides are available on

Amazon.co.uk.

• There are also various YouTube channels such

as Mr Bruff and Stacey Reay which help students to revise GCSE English.