2. Welcome to Outwood Academy Ormesby’s Year 11 Information Evening
GCSE English Language and
GCSE English Literature
Head of English
Angela Garbutt

3. GCSE English Literature
The English course leads to two GCSEs
GCSE English Language
GCSE English Literature

4. The Countdown Has Begun…
Year 11 Overview

5. Your Child Is The Centre Of Everything We Do
One to one or small group tuition
Intervention in the classroom
High quality English lessons – 5 members of the department are examiners
Your Child
Tutoring in VMG time
Support from home
After-academy enrichment and support

6. Course Content - Literature
Component 1
2 hours
Component 2
2 ½ hours
Macbeth
Post-1789 poetry (from an anthology supplied by WJEC)
= % of qualification
An Inspector Calls
A Christmas Carol
Two unseen poems
= 60% of qualification

7. Revising the Texts Audio books Watch the films
Read the plays in small revision groups
Themes
Relationships
Sequence of events
Language – key quotes
Homework set from the revision books
BBC Bitesize
Apps - LitCharts

8. Revision at Home Take notes home Put them up around the house
BBC Bite size
Apps - LitCharts
YouTube – readings/analysis
Re-read the poetry in the anthology
Read to others then test their knowledge
Take notes home
Put them up around the house
Add additional notes to them
Use them – you could quiz them too!

9. Course Content - Language
Component 1
1 hour 45 mins
Component 2
2 hours
Questions on a fictional 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 and one 21st Century)
Two transactional writing tasks
= 60% of qualification

10. The Key Writing Messages
Creative Writing
Transactional Writing
Opening
Ask the reader a question
Introduce yourself as the narrator
Set the background to the story
Build-up
Go straight to where the problem happens
Describe the place and atmosphere
Build up to the problem
Problem
Describe the moment in slow motion
Reaction
How do you react? How do others react?
Your body’s physical reaction
Make the reader feel your pain!
Resolution
Looking back, the long term impact
PACS
4-ideas and a spare
Topic sentence and development
Link phrase
ACCURACY

11. How to make progress… please encourage your child to…
Attend and engage in every lesson
Try their best at Key Indicators and mock exams
Respond actively to Key Indicator feedback
Use revision books
Attend after school sessions on a Monday
Ask for extra help

12. The English exam dates are …
Literature
Component 1 = Wednesday 15th May 2019 (PM)
Component 2 = Thursday 23rd May 2019 (AM)
Language
Component 1 = Tuesday 4th June 2019 (AM)
Component 2 = Friday 7th June 2019 (AM)

13. Please remember…

14. Thank you for your time.
If you have any questions, please feel free to speak to me after the presentation.