1. HYCS English Language and Literature- Year 10
Natalie Dale
Assistant Headteacher/ Head of English and Media
HYCS English Language and Literature- Year 10

2. English Language (J351)= 2 exams
Communicating information and ideas
Section A: Reading information and ideas. Two unseen non-fiction texts (including a text from the 19th century)
Section B:Writing for audience, purpose and impact. Writing original non-fiction for different audiences and purposes).
2 hours

3. 2. Exploring effects and impact Section A: Reading meaning and effects
2. Exploring effects and impact Section A: Reading meaning and effects. Two unseen prose texts Section B: Writing imaginatively and creatively 2 hours

4. English Literature (J352) = 2 exams- 4 hours
Section A: Exploring modern and literary heritage texts: An Inspector Calls (J B Priestley) Section B: Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) or The War of the Worlds (H G Wells)

5. Section A: Exploring poetry and Shakespeare Poetry across time- Love and Relationships or Conflict Section B: Romeo and Juliet- William Shakespeare

6. Course outline- Y10

7. Course outline- Y11

8. OCR anthology

9. Exam schedule
Students will sit an end-of-year mock exam in June/July 2016.
Students will sit a mock in November 2016 and another mock at Easter 2017.
Students will sit their real GCSE exams in May and June of 2017.

10. Revising for English Language
Reading fiction and non-fiction texts
Reading opinion and editorial articles are always useful to explore what the writer is trying to get their audience to think and what techniques they use to do this.

11. Making cue cards

12. Analysing non-fiction texts

13. Practice questions and planning
Completed practice exam questions
Plan answers in thought showers if short of time
Use mark schemes

15. Other places to find help
Wednesday after school revision sessions 2.55pm- 4pm
Breakfast sessions from 7.30am on the day of all English exams

16. Other places to find help
There are some useful websites:

18. OCR English Language text book- Amazon.co.uk £14.99

19. CGP books

20. Preparing for Year 11
Students will need to read the following texts over the summer holiday:
Romeo and Juliet- William Shakespeare
An Inspector Calls- J. B. Priestley

21. Mocks and summer holiday work
If students achieve more than one grade below their expected grade in any mock examination they will be given a summer holiday homework pack (10 hours per subject) and will be asked to resit their mocks at the end of the summer holiday.
Parents will be invited into school in September for a progress meeting - target setting and action plans