English Language: CAs 40% CAs – Four in total together worth 40% 60% Exam – Two taken in Year 11 worth 60% English Literature: CA 25% CA – One worth 25% 75% Exam – Two taken in Year 11 worth 75%

The English Language & Literature Course Outline: Year 10 – What students have done this year... All CAs for English Literature and Language have been completed. All CAs for English Literature and Language have been completed. Re-takes can be done in Year 11

The English Language & Literature Course Outline: Year 11 – Exam skills and Literature texts are covered.

English Language Exam (60%) Two Papers – ONE hour each taken in succession: Reading: 4 questions that fall into Tracking and Retrieving, HOW and Comparison types. Each one should take 12.5 minutes and you need to make 10 points for each. If you don’t stick to the timing, you won’t finish the paper. Writing: 2 non-fiction writing tasks that take 30 minutes each. You need to divide the 30 minutes into: Planning – 5 minutes. Writing – 20 minutes. Proof Reading – 5 minutes. Remember – SSPS is worth 35% of your GCSE grade. English Literature Exams (75%) Two Papers taken on different days: Paper 1 (2 hours) – Of Mice and Men / Poetry: 1 hour - Of Mice and Men (Extract and Essay) – must show contextual knowledge) 1 hour – Poetry Paper 2 (2 hours) – A Christmas Carol / Blood Brothers: 1 hour – Christmas Carol (Extract and Essay) 1 hour – Blood Brothers (Extract and Essay) Extract Questions (20 minutes) 3 quotations from across the extract using WAC) Essay Questions (40 minutes) The 40 minutes is divided into: Planning – 5 minutes. Writing – 30 minutes. Proof Reading – 5 minutes. Remember – SSPS is still graded on Literature.

Language Tracking and retrieving skills Accuracy Good vocabulary Knowledge of persuasive devices. Knowledge of different types of non-fiction texts.Literature Knowledge of the set texts and memorising of key quotations. Ability to analyse language, characters, themes and plot. Accuracy – up to 4 marks out of the 20. Accuracy – up to 4 marks out of the 20.

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