Year 11 GCSE English Parental Information Evening Wednesday 16 September 2015 Helen Care (Director of Language and Literacy) Matthew Vellensworth (Acting Head of English)

Aims To offer support to you (parents/carers) in helping your child to achieve their potential in English To provide further information and guidance for parents regarding the June 2016 exam To answer any questions you may have

GCSE English Tuesday 7 June 2016 Reading Skills Exam Paper: I hour – 4 questions Writing Skills Exam Paper: I hour - 2 questions Tuesday 7 June 2016 In June 2016, the exams will be worth 60% of the GCSE; Controlled Assessments will be worth 40%

English Literature Unit 1 exam: Monday 23 May 2016 (2 hours) Unit 2 exam: Friday 27 May 2016 (2 hours) Students study 3 full texts: Of Mice and Men, Blood Brothers and A Christmas Carol or Lord of the Flies There are two papers, each paper is 2 hours. Students will answer for one hour on each of the texts They also have to write a comparative essay on two unseen poems The exams are ‘closed book’; this means no books can be taken into the exam. The students must be reading the set texts throughout the year

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