English examsLiterature Paper 1 AB 22 May 2018 1hr 45mins

Literature Paper 2 ABC 25 May 2018 2hr 15mins

Language Paper 1AB 05 June 2018 1hr 45mins

Language Paper 2AB 08 June 2018 1hr 45mins

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Revision schedule

• Revising is essential – 100% exam

• Study guides on the student shared area for each paper

• Expectation of weekly essays – handwrite them in time restriction

• Independent revision on Google Classroom and Team Drive

• All lessons are revision driven

• Extended support sessions lunchtime/after school

• Students can arrange one to ones with individual teachers

Paper 1 40% Paper 2 60%

Section A: Shakespeare

E.g.- MacbethThe Tempest

Section B: 19th Cent Prose

E.g. A Christmas CarolFrankenstein

Total exam time: 1 hour and 45 minutes

Section A: Modern Texts

E.g. An Inspector CallsAnimal Farm

Blood Brothers

Section B: Anthology poetry-Power and Conflict

-or-Love and relationships

Total exam time: 2 hours and 15 minutes

AQA GCSE English Literature

Section C: Unseen Poetry

Literature Paper 1AB

Shakespeare and the 19th century novel 40%

Section A - Shakespeare

Students given extract to answer 2 part question on either theme, character or setting. Students write about extract and the play as a whole

(34m=45-50mins)

Section B – The 19th century novel

Students given extract to answer 2 part question on either theme, character or setting. Students write about extract and the novel as a whole

(30m=45-50mins)

Literature Paper 2ABC

Modern texts and Poetry 60%

Section A – Modern Texts

Students given option of 2 questions on their studied text: character, theme or setting

(34m=45mins)

Section B – Poetry Anthology

Students answer comparative question on a given poem and one of their choice, from the studied cluster

(30m=45mins)

Section C – Unseen Poetry

Students answer a question on an unseen poem, then compare with a second unseen

(24m+8m=30mins+15mins)

Paper 1 50% Paper 2 50%

Section A: Reading

1 unseen literature fiction text

Section B: Writing

Descriptive or narrative writing

Total exam time: 1 hour and 45 minutes

Section A: Reading

1 non-fiction and 1 literary non-fiction text

Section B: Writing

Writing to present a viewpoint

Total exam time: 1 hour and 45 minutes

AQA GCSE English Language

Language Paper 1AB

Explorations in creative reading and writing 50% GCSE

Section AStudents given a 19th or 20th century literary extract to read4 part response required:1. List 4 things2. How does the writer use language 3. How has the writer structured the text4. Evaluate a part of the text

Section BStudents write descriptively or narratively (40m=55mins)

Language Paper 2AB

Writers viewpoints and perspectives 50% GCSE

Section A

Students are given 2 sources to read (19th and 20th or 21st C.)

4 part response required:

1. Identify 4 true statements

2. Summarise both sources

3. One source language focus

4. Comparing both sources

Section B

Students write to present a viewpoint (letter, speech, article, essay, text for a leaflet)

Student revision ideas

Summarise the texts

Jot down a quick summary of each chapter of a novel or after each poem that is read. This will ensure that students understand and absorb what they have read, as well as making it easier to go back and remember details about the texts later.

Highlighting the most important details in workbooks.

This will help students to identify and quickly reference the most important aspects. Colour-coordinate highlighting to make quickly flipping through your

notes even easier.

For example, use different colours for different literary devices: yellow for metaphor, pink for tone, green for historical details. This is particularly useful if

you are a visual learner.

Student revision ideas

Consult other sources for more information.

While taking notes on the texts, have a look at sites such as Spark Notes, York Notes, BBC Bitesize and YouTube.

These sites can offer alternate interpretations that will improve and expand notes.

Student revision ideas

Make flash cards.

Start organising notes and put them onto flash cards. Separate the flash cards into language, structure, theme, form, and context, and jot down the most

important points and quotes incorporating all your sources, including websites, personal interpretations.

Read over these as many times as possible.

Student revision ideas

Test your knowledge

Beginning well before your exam, attempt as many exam papers as possible. You can find old exam questions and practice questions in the revision guides.

Students should be completing these on a weekly basis and reflecting on the feedback.

Student revision ideas

Use the internet

Students now have access to a range of relevant resources both provided by the college and the wider teaching community.

YouTube – Mr BruffYouTube – Mr Salles Teaches English

BBC BitesizeGoogle Classroom

Student revision ideas

Parent revision ideas

• Encourage your son/daughter to ask for help at college on any parts of their work they do not understand.

• Make a revision timetable with them which includes the dates and times of their examinations. Include social time within this and have the revision timetable displayed in the house and check on their progress regularly.

• Help your child understand that it is useful to revise in small chunks of 30-40 minutes. Encourage your child to have a good break and then start again.

Parent revision ideas

• Encourage your child to use a variety of revision strategies such as spider diagrams, mind mapping, revision cards and listing key points. Reading is not enough!

• Make sure they are not revising right up to bedtime, they need to wind down before bed in order to get a good night’s sleep.

• Make sure they have got the right environment to revise. They need a peaceful, dedicated space.

• Working with a friend can be useful because it allows them to test each other and to talk about the work. You might want to encourage group revision sessions by getting some pizza, snacks etc. and making it a fun experience.

Parent revision ideas

• Have incentives linked to reasonable goals and praise them when they have studied well.

• Having mini tests at home will help your child check their understanding of a subject.

• Listen to them, let them talk to you about their work and offload their stress. Be comforting and reassuring.

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

• Encourage healthy eating, especially brain foods like fish and super foods such as; bananas, broccoli, carrots, mangoes and salmon.

• Remind them about the importance of drinking water.

• Make sure they eat breakfast. (If you have not eaten by 10.30am you have the reaction speed of a 70 year old!)

• Take breaks, but no computer games, between revision, only physical exercise.

• Ensure they get adequate sleep. They need to be in bed no later than 10.30pm.

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