GCSEEnglishLanguageandLiteratureOverview

EnglishLanguagePaper1 80marks 50%ofLanguageGCSE 1hour45mins

PartA:Reading 40marks25%ofLanguageGCSE

PartB:Writing 40marks25%ofLangGCSE

Q5:Descriptive/narrativewriting.AO5/AO6

Youwillneedtoexamineasourceand/orconsiderapromptinordertocreate

apieceoforiginaldescriptiveornarrativewriting.

- 40marks- 45minutes

- 5minuteplan- 35minutewrite- 5minutecheck

Q1:Listfourthings.AO1

Youneedtobeabletoretrieve

information.

- 4marks- 5minutes

Q2:Howthewriteruseslanguageforeffect.AO2

Youneedtobeabletoanalyselanguageandselectexamplesto

supportyourcomments.

- 8marks- 10minutes

Q3:Howthewriterusesstructureforeffect.AO2

Youneedtobeabletoanalysestructureandselectexamplestosupportyourcomments.

- 8marks- 10minutes

Q4:Towhatextentdoyouagree?AO4

Youneedtobeabletoevaluatetextscriticallyandselectevidenceto

supportyourcomments.

- 20marks- 20minutes

EnglishLanguagePaper2 80marks 50%ofLanguageGCSE 1hour45mins

PartA:Reading 40marks25%ofLanguageGCSE

PartB:Writing 40marks

25%ofLangGCSEQ5:Descriptive/narrativewriting.AO5/AO6

Youwillproduceapieceforaspecificaudience,purposeandform,givingyourownperspectiveonathemeintroduced

inPartA.- 40marks- 45minutes

- 5minuteplan- 35minutewrite- 5minutecheck

Q1:True/Falsestatements.AO1

Youneedtobeabletoretrieve

information.- 4marks- 5minutes

Q2:Writeasummaryofinformationfromreading.AO1

Youneedtobeabletoretrieveand

interpretinformation.

- 8marks- 8 minutes

Q3:Howthewriteruseslanguageforeffect.AO2

Youneedtobeabletoanalyselanguageandselectexamplestosupportyourcomments.

- 12marks- 12minutes

Q4:Howthewriterspresentideas.AO3

Youneedtobeabletocompareideasand

perspectivesacrosstwoormoretexts.

- 20marks- 20minutes

- 5minuteplan- 15minute

write

EnglishLiteraturePaper1 64marks 40%ofLiteratureGCSE 1hour45mins

SectionA:Shakespeare 34 marks 50minutes+5minsSPaGcheck

SectionB:19th Centurynovel 30marks50mins

Youwillanswerone essayquestiononRomeoandJuliet:1. Youwillneedtowriteaboutagivenextractfromtheplay. Youmust

focusonadetailedanalysisofShakespeare’schoiceoflanguageandthetechniquesheuses. Youmust usequotationstosupportyourresponse.Makelinkstothewidercontextinyourresponse.

2. Youwillneedtorefertothewiderplayasawhole.Youmustselectkeymoments andanalysethemindetail.

Youwill beassessedforspelling,punctuationandgrammar inthissectiononly.Youmaybeaskedtowriteabout:character,theme,imagery,languageand/orstructure,sowillneedtohaveknowledgeandunderstandingofthemall.

Youwillanswerone essayquestiononeitherJekyllandHydeorAChristmasCarol:• Youwillberequiredtowriteindetailaboutagivenextract

fromthenovel.• Youmustfocusonadetailedanalysisofthelanguageand

techniquesthatStevensonuses.• Youwillalsoneedtomakesureyoulinkyourpointsand

analysistothewidercontextofthenovel.

Youmaybeaskedtowriteabout:character,theme,imagery,languageand/orstructure,sowillneedtohaveknowledgeandunderstandingofthemall.

AO1 12marks Respondtoanextractfromtheplaytodevelopaninformedpersonalresponse.Youmustuse textualreferences,includingquotations,to supportyourideas.

AO2 12marks Analysethelanguage,formandstructureusedbythewritertocreatemeaningandeffects. Userelevantsubjectterminologytosupportyouranalysis.

AO3 6marks Showyourunderstandingofhowcontextual factors influenceourunderstandingoftheplay.

AO4 4marks Usearangeofvocabularyandsentencestructures forclarityandeffect.

AO1 12marks Respondtoanextractfromthenovelto developaninformedpersonal

response.Youmustusetextualreferences,includingquotations,

to supportyourideas.

AO2 12marks Analysethelanguage,formandstructure usedbythewritertocreatemeaningandeffects. Userelevantsubjectterminology tosupportyouranalysis.

AO3 6marks Showyourunderstandingofhowcontextualfactors influenceourunderstandingofthenovel.

YouwillnotbeabletotakeyourcopiesofLiteraturetextsintotheexam- youwillbegivenanextract.Youmustusequotationstosupportyourresponse.

EnglishLiteraturePaper2 96marks 60%ofLiteratureGCSE 2hours15mins

SectionA:ModernText34marks45mins

+5minsSPaG check

SectionB:PoetryAnthology30marks45mins

Youwillanswerone essayquestionontheAQAAnthologyshortstoriesfrom‘TellingTales’orAnInspectorCalls:1. Youwillbegivenachoiceoftwoquestions,

butyoumustonlychooseone.2. Oneoftheshortstorieswillbenamed,you

canchoosethesecond. Writeaboutthestoriesseparately,thereisnorequirementtocomparethem.

3. Youwillthenneedtowriteabouttheauthors’choiceoflanguageandthetechniquesused. Youmust usequotationstosupportyourresponse.Makelinkstothewidercontextinyourresponse.

Youwill beassessedforspelling,punctuationandgrammar inthissectiononly.Youmaybeaskedtowriteabout:character,theme,imagery,languageand/orstructure,sowillneedtohaveknowledgeandunderstandingofthemall.

Youwillnothaveyouranthologies!!

Youwillanswerone essayquestionaboutthePowerandConflict poems:• Youwillberequiredtowriteindetailabouta

namedpoemfromthePowerandConflictpoems,andthencomparethiswithanotherpoemfromthePowerandConflictcluster

• Youmustfocusonadetailedanalysisofthelanguageandtechniquesthatthepoetuses.

• Youwillalsoneedtomakesureyoulinkyourpointsandanalysistothewidercontextofthepoems.

Youwillbeexpectedtobeabletowriteabout:subjects,themes,imagery,languageandstructurewhererelevantinrelationtothequestionandpoem.Youwillneedtobeabletomakelinksandconnectionsbetweenpoemsinthecluster,havingconfidencetodiscusssimilaritiesanddifferences.Thenamedpoemwillbeprintedbutyouwillnothaveyouranthologytolookatthe2ndpoem!!

SectionB:UnseenPoetry32marks30mins– Q110mins– Q2

Youwillanswerone questiononone unseenpoemandonequestiononanotherunseenpoem:• Youwillberequiredtoabout

thefirstpoemonlyforthefirstquestion.

• Forthesecondquestion,youwillneedtocomparethetwopoemsyouhavebeengiven.

Youwillneedtocarefullyconsiderwhatthequestionisaskingtoguideyouranalysis,thenrefertoaspectsofsubject,themes,imagery,languageandstructuretoanswerthequestions.Youshouldreadthepoemsatleasttwicethroughinordertocheckyourbestunderstanding.

AO1 12marksAO2 12marksAO3 6marksAO4 4marks

AO1 12marksAO2 12marksAO3 6marks

Q1:AO1 12marksAO2 12marks

Q2:AO2 8marks

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questions.....https://padlet.com/ds16/romeoandjuliet

https://padlet.com/ds16/christmascarolRevisionGuides• AvailableviaParentPayHomeworkPlan• EachpupilhassetweeklyhomeworkDropIn– Revision/Homework• Monday01from3.10to4.10(4Englishfacultymembersavailabletotutor)Intervention– MondayUnit4• Selectedstudentsfollowa12weekprogrammeofwritingskills(SectionBofEnglishlanguage

skills)• Onlinerevisiontool– willbesetasadditionalweeklyhomeworkRecallandDeliberateExaminationPracticeImportant• Helpstudentstolearnquotations,theorderofevents,pointsaboutcharactersandthemes–

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