English subject workshop
Year 10 Information Evening
How the courses break down
English Language (4705):
Unit 1: Non-fiction exam (60%)Unit 2: Speaking & Listening (compulsory unit)Unit 3: Controlled Assessment portfolio (40%)
English Literature (9715):
Unit 1: Modern texts exam (40%)Unit 2: Poetry exam (35%)Unit 3: Shakespeare & poetry Controlled Assessment (25%)
Work Completed thus far
Controlled Assessments• Creative Writing (7.5%)• Extended Literary Text study(15%)
The rest of Year 10• Autumn term:
– Creative writing skills and controlled assessment (7%)
• Spring Term:– Spoken language study (10%) and Speaking & Listening skills– Commencement of Language Unit 1 reading and writing skills– Creative writing controlled assessment (7%)
• Summer Term:– Language Unit 1 reading and writing mock exam (representative of 60%)– Begin Literature Unit 2 Poetry anthology set poems (23%)– Mock-exam debrief– Creative writing controlled assessment (7%)– Literature Unit 1 set texts (modern novel) set as holiday reading (20%)
• = English-only & English Language GCSE• = English Literature GCSE
Year 11• Autumn term:
– Shakespeare and ELH poetry controlled assessment (25%)– November mock exams: Language Unit 1 (60%) and Literature unseen poetry (12%)– Commence teaching of Literature Unit 1 modern text (20%)
• Spring Term:– Complete Literature Unit 1 modern text (20%) and Speaking & Listening skills– Revisit Of Mice and Men for Literature Unit 1 Exploring Cultures (20%)– Complete study of Literature Unit 2 Poetry texts and skills (35%)– Rolling revision programme for Language Unit 1 exam (60%)
• Summer Term:– Final in-class revision sessions, exam debrief and target setting– May 2016 = Literature Unit 1 and Unit 2 exams (total 75%)– June 2016 = Language Unit 1 exam (60%)
• = English-only & English Language GCSE• = English Literature GCSE
What extra support do we offer?• Twice-weekly lunchtime ‘English Clinic’ on Tuesday and Thursday
(with exam-specific guidance for mock-exams)• All homeworks geared towards boosting independent learning skills
(all resources and available on ShowMyHomework each week)• Past exam papers and mark schemes are all available on the AQA
website.• All English teachers available for advice in face-to-face conversation
or via email• Recommended wider-reading texts through the use of our new book
trees.
Book Trees
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
Joseph Addison
What can you do to support your child?
English Language
Encourage them to read broadsheet newspapers
Challenge them to identify presentational devices in leaflets and to explain their effect
Encourage them to take an interest in current newsStories and to think about how they are reported
See if they can highlight the key pointsin a text
What can you do to support your child?English Literature
Invest in study guides for the settexts
Watch film versions (many are available in The school library)
Encourage the use of sites, likeGCSE Bitesize to support revision
Ensure they read the set texts! Ask them what the text is about…
What can you do to support your child in English Language and Literature
Encourage them to read broadsheet newspapers
Challenge them to identify presentational devices in leaflets and to explain their effect
Encourage them to take an interest in current newsStories and to think about how they are reported
See if they can highlight the key pointsin a text
Invest in study guides for the settexts
Watch film versions of novels and plays (many are available in the school library)
Encourage the use of sites, likeGCSE Bitesize to support revision
Ensure they read the set texts! Ask them what the text is about…