1. GCSE English Revision
GCSE English Language

2. The details Exam board – AQA 2 exams Both exams: 1 hour 45 minutes
Tuesday 6th June 2017
Monday 12th June 2017
Both exams: 1 hour 45 minutes
Section A: Reading
Section B: Writing

3. Skills English Language is a test of skills
Skills are best developed through practice
Practise reading
Practise writing
Do homework properly – spend time on it

4. Revision books
Use the revision books.

5. Practise Reading The exam includes fiction and non-fiction:
Newspaper articles
Web articles
Novels
Nineteenth century non-fiction

6. Practise Reading – use the internet
The main news websites are good sources of non-fiction texts, and are often used to provide texts for the exam
15 minutes reading serious stories on any of these sites would be valuable

7. Practise Reading – use the internet
The main news websites are good sources of non-fiction texts, and are often used to provide texts for the exam
15 minutes reading serious stories on any of these sites would be valuable

8. Practise Reading – use the internet
The main news websites are good sources of non-fiction texts, and are often used to provide texts for the exam
15 minutes reading serious stories on any of these sites would be valuable

9. Practise Reading – use the internet
The main news websites are good sources of non-fiction texts, and are often used to provide texts for the exam
15 minutes reading serious stories on any of these sites would be valuable

10. Practise Reading – use the internet
The main news websites are good sources of non-fiction texts, and are often used to provide texts for the exam
15 minutes reading serious stories on any of these sites would be valuable

11. Practise Writing Half the marks come for writing
To practise this treat all writing, for all subjects, as though it’s for an exam:
Be neat
Be accurate
Be organised
Be detailed

12. Practise Writing
One effective way to practise writing is to keep a diary
No-one has to see this
Aim to write for at least ten minutes about what has happened in your day
It’s hard at first… it gets easier
It encourages you to be detailed thoughtful and observant in your writing

13. Practise Writing Practise exam answers
There are also revision websites like GCSE Bitesize, which will give you ideas.

14. Online revision
There are a number of people producing online revision videos
Just be careful you are looking at AQA exams, 2017
There is some old, out of date material
Two popular YouTube channels:

15. Online revision
There are a number of people producing online revision videos
Just be careful you are looking at AQA exams, 2017
There is some old, out of date material
Two popular YouTube channels:

16. Online revision
There are a number of people producing online revision videos
Just be careful you are looking at AQA exams, 2017
There is some old, out of date material
Two popular YouTube channels:

17. GCSE English Literature
GCSE English Revision
GCSE English Literature

18. The details Exam board – AQA 2 exams
Paper 1:Shakespeare and the 19th century novel
Romeo and Juliet – Shakespeare
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Stevenson
Paper 2: Poetry Across Time
An Inspector Calls – JB Priestley
Poetry Anthology
Unseen poetry

19. The Best Revision Read the books

20. You can read the books as well…
Talk about: - what happens in the novel - what the characters are like and how you know this - why they behave in the way they do - ask your child questions about how the characters are presented

21. Other ways of reading Download audio versions of the books
Audio readings are available on You Tube
Watch the DVD – together.

22. Use the internet - research
Search the names of the books + revision
Search on YouTube for revision videos
Follow us on

23. Other ideas… Make Posters & Mind Maps, illustrate the poems
Read the poems aloud, Learn one by heart
Revise with a friend – devise quizzes for each other, or challenge them to recognise a quotation form a poem
Practise answering questions
Make a comic strip version of the book
Do homework thoroughly

24. Other ideas… Make Posters & Mind Maps, illustrate the poems
Read the poems aloud, Learn one by heart
Revise with a friend – devise quizzes for each other, or challenge them to recognise a quotation form a poem
Practise answering questions
Make a comic strip version of the book
Do homework thoroughly

25. Other ideas… Make Posters & Mind Maps, illustrate the poems
Read the poems aloud, Learn one by heart
Revise with a friend – devise quizzes for each other, or challenge them to recognise a quotation form a poem
Practise answering questions
Make a comic strip version of the book
Do homework thoroughly

26. You can buy commercial revision guides from bookshops and online.

27. Free Resources
We have also supplied all students with revision notes and materials that we have produced.

28. Other ideas… Make Posters & Mind Maps, illustrate the poems
Read the poems aloud, Learn one by heart
Revise with a friend – devise quizzes for each other, or challenge them to recognise a quotation form a poem
Practise answering questions
Make a comic strip version of the book
Do homework thoroughly

29. And in my experience as a parent…
Keep nagging – they need, want and expect you to
Support and encourage - praise
Offer small rewards
What they like for tea
Snacks
Make them a coffee
Take them to the cinema…
Tell them to stop or have a night or day away from it all if it’s getting too overwhelming