“You can’t revise for English.” Lizzi Fox Lead Practitioner

Striking the right balance... Nagging Encouraging

See your GCSEs as a guide to where your strengths lie. A word from me... See your GCSEs as a guide to where your strengths lie.

There are two separate GCSEs here... English Literature Paper 1: Macbeth and An Inspector Calls Paper 2: Great Expectations, Conflict poetry and unseen poetry English Language Paper 1: Fiction and Imaginative writing Paper 2: Non-fiction and Transactional writing

English revision looks different!

Little and often

Revision Teams

Talk!

But what else (Language)? Read (5/10 minutes per day) Read the newspaper/a news app Learn some high level vocabulary (10 positive and 10 negative words) Practise planning exam answers Practise writing exam answers (aim for TIMED conditions) Practise proofreading Ensure you know WHAT is being assessed in your answer to each question (A0s) Write one creative sentence per day Learn the sentence starters Invest in a word-a-day or word-a-week app

But what else (Literature)? Re-read your Literature texts Listen to audio versions Watch film adaptations Buy and use the York Notes revision guides Plan out answers Write answers (aim for TIMED conditions) Learn your terminology Learn quotations Mind-map themes Mind-map characters

Breakdown of each exam. Revision tips and tasks for each individual component of each individual exam. Advice on how to re-read texts. Specific requirements for each question. Sample exam papers. Advice on which revision guides to get. Advice for parents.

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You know your child better than anyone else does. Most importantly You know your child better than anyone else does.

’t You can revise for English l.fox@stokesleyschool.org