The Ashcombe School GCSE English Language and English Literature

English Language Exam

English Literature Exams

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English Language Overview

English Literature Overview

Shakespeare and English Literary Heritage Mark Scheme

Speaking and Listening Mark Scheme

Extended Reading Mark Scheme

Creative Writing Mark Scheme

Spoken Language Study Mark Scheme

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Year 11

Year 10

English Language

English Literature

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Spoken Language Study Controlled Assessment:

60 minutes

P band: 4th October

Q band: 2nd October

English Language GCSE exam

4th June 2013 9am

2 hours 15 minutes

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• During Year 11, students will be able to order published revision guides and workbooks at discounted prices through the English department

• Re-reading set texts (and watching film adaptations) is a crucial way to reinforce students' knowledge

• A number of websites, such as BBC Bitesize (www.bbc.co.uk/gcsebitesize) and Andrew Moore's Universal Teacher site (www.universalteacher.org) offer valuable revision notes and activities

• Later in Year 11, the English department will produce and distribute a revision workbook containing numerous short exercises, as well as running after school revision sessions

Extended Reading (The Crucible or A View from the Bridge) Controlled Assessment:

2 hours

P band: 22nd November + 26th November

Q band: 27th November + 29th November

English Literature GCSE exams

Prose: 20th May 2013 9am

1 hour 30 minutes

Poetry: 23rd May 2013 1.30pm

1 hour 15 minutes

Year 10

Year 11

Shakespeare and the English Literary Heritage (Macbeth and Animal Farm):

2 hours

P and Q bands: Year 10 March exams (2 hours)

Exploring Cultures: P1 and Q1 classes study To Kill a Mockingbird; P2, Q2 and Q3 classes study Of Mice and Men. Students will have a 'clean' copy of the text with them in the final exam.

The Spoken Language Study: students analyse a transcript of a radio clip. Students have 90 minutes to write approximately 800 words.

Creative Writing 1 (TV show you love or loathe)

1 hour

P band: 22nd April

Q band: 25th April

English Language exam preparation: students will learn and practise the skills needed for the reading and writing tasks in the final exam.

Extended Reading: P1 and Q1 classes study The Crucible; P2, Q2 and Q3 classes study A View from the Bridhe. Students have 2 hours to write approximately 1200 words.

Creative Writing 2 (short story based on poem)

1 hour

P band: 20th May

Q band: 21st May

Modern texts: P1 and Q1 classes study Lord of the Flies; P2, Q2 and Q3 classes study An Inspector Calls. Students will have a 'clean' copy of the text with them in the final exam.

Shakespeare and the English Literary Heritage: all students study Macbeth and Animal Farm. Students have 3 hours to write up to 2000 words.

Unseen poetry: students will practise the skills required to answer an exam question about an unseen poem

Creative Writing: all students write two pieces - a short story based on a poem and a newspaper column about a TV show they love or loathe. Students have 1 hour for each piece, totalling around 1200 words.

In the summer term, students begin studying a poetry cluster for the English Literature final exam. This is not a Controlled Assessment unit.

Speaking and listening: students will deliver one individual presentation in Year 10