1. Year 11 Information Evening
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3. GCSE English Language & GCSE English Literature
Rebecca Johnson, Head of English
Lisa Huckerby, Associate Director of English
Sam Wigfield, Associate Director of English
Responsibility for Year 11 English
Rebecca Johnson
Jolie Stead
Catherine Richards
Fiona Williams
Nicola Sharpe
Laura Fox
Ben Agar
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4. English Results 2015-2016 Actual Results A*-C – 90% A*-A – 14%
3 LoP – 92%
4 LoP – 50.4%
Rank 5 Targets
A*-C – 77% (+13%)
3 LoP – 79% (+13%)
4 LoP – 46% (+4%)
English Literature – 78%

5. English Language Course Content
Component 1 1hr 45 Exam Reading 20th Century Prose (1 hour) Writing Creative Writing (45 mins) Worth 40% of qualification
Component 2
2 Hour Exam
Reading
19th & 21st Century Non-Fiction
(1 hour)
Writing
Two transactional writing tasks
Worth 60% of qualification
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6. English Language Course Content
Component 3 Non-exam Assessment Speaking & Listening One presentation/speech delivered to an audience and to include answering questions Unweighted - worth 0% of qualification
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7. English Literature Course Content
Component 1 2 hour Exam Shakespeare – Romeo & Juliet One extract question One essay question (1 hour) Poetry Anthology – Post-1789 One question on a single poem One question comparing 2 poems Worth 40% of qualification
Component 2
2 hr 30m Exam
Blood Brothers
One extract based question
(45 mins)
A Christmas Carol
Unseen Poetry
One question on a single poem
One question comparing 2 poems
Worth 60% of qualification
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8. What support do we offer?
Consolidation period
One to one or small group tuition
Option
English
Student
Tutoring in VMG time
After school enrichment and support
A free revision guide and workbook for every YR11 student
Half term intervention sessions
Theatre
Trips
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9. Ways in which you can support at home…
Encourage your son/daughter to complete all of the activities on the English Literature Revision timetable.
Encourage your son/daughter to revise by reading and watching versions of the key texts for their Literature exam:
‘Romeo & Juliet’ by John William Shakespeare
‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell
‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens
Encourage your son/daughter to access online revision material, e.g. BBC Bitesize.
Encourage your son/daughter to attend after school support sessions and holiday revision sessions.
Encourage your son/daughter to learn their personalised spelling lists.
Encourage your son/daughter to learn the Dirty Thirty spelling list.

10. English Literature Revision Timetable

11. Provisional Trial Exam dates:
English Literature Comp 1 – Wednesday 11th January
English Literature Comp 2 – Thursday 12th January
English Language Comp 1 – Wednesday 8th February
English Language Comp 2 – Thursday 9th February
Make every second count!
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24. What can parents/carers do to help?
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26. Please feel free to discuss individual students with members of the English and Maths teams.
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