1. GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature
Year 11 Parents Information Evening
Sue Thornton, Head of English
Rupert Burgess, Director of English, OGAT
20 September 2016
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2. Results 2016 GCSE English Language
A*-C %
3 levels of progress 90%
4 levels of progress 54%
Progress 8 contribution +0.67
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3. The course leads to two GCSEs
GCSE English Language
GCSE English Literature +
Both will be awarded on the new 9-1 scale
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4. Core English Literature 2hrs pw +
Core English Language
3hrs pw
Core English Literature
2hrs pw +
Core English Language
3hrs pw
Core English Literature
2hrs pw
Option English
3hrs pw + +
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5. Intervention in the classroom One to one or small group tuition
Student
Tutoring in VMG time
After-academy enrichment and support
Support from home
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6. Course content - Language
Component 1 – 1 hour 45
Component 2 – 2 hours
Questions on an extract from a 20th century short story
Creative writing (write a short story)
40% of qualification
Questions on two non-fiction texts (one 19th century, one 21st century)
Two transactional writing tasks
60% of qualification
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7. Course content - Literature
Component 1: 2 hours
Component 2: 2 hours 30
Romeo and Juliet
Post-1789 poetry (from an anthology supplied by WJEC)
40% of qualification
An Inspector Calls
A Christmas Carol
Two unseen poems
60% of qualification
ALL EXAMS ARE CLOSED TEXT EXAMS
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8. Writing is usually the tricky one – and one where support at home can make all the difference
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9. The key writing messages
PACS
4-ideas-and-a-spare
Topic sentence + development
Link phrase
ACCURACY
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10. Write an article recommending a place to visit for all the family
This is probably a grade 3 (old D grade)
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11. Write an article recommending a place to visit for all the family
This is probably a grade 5 example
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12. Write an article recommending a place to visit for all the family
This is probably a grade 8 (or possibly 9) example
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13. How you can help your child
Check your child has recorded personal spellings in his/her planner
Encourage him/her to spend some quality time several times a week learning personal spellings
Test him/her on personal spellings frequently
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14. Spellings should be recorded here
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15. Useful strategies for learning spellings
Use look-cover-write-check five times
Pronounce the word as it is spelled, e.g. bus-i-ness
Use rhymes, sayings or phrases to remember difficult parts of words, e.g. there’s a rat in separate
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16. Accurate writing is important
Not just for exams, although that is very important
Accurate writing is important for job applications
Accurate writing is important for writing to customers or clients
Accurate writing is important for being taken seriously in letters of request or complaint
It is a vital life skill that will make you stand out from others
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