1. English Language English Literature
Most students will be studying for two GCSEs:
English Language
English Literature

2. Key Dates Literature Component 1 Mon 22 May 9am Literature Component 2 Fri 26 May 9am Language Component 1 Tues 06 June 9am Language Component 2 Mon 12 June 9am

3. Component 1
Section A
Fiction Reading ( lines)
Five questions
1 hour

4. QUESTION AO
KEY WORDS/PHRASES A1 /5
AO1 1a and b
Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas
Select and synthesise evidence from different texts.
Identify
List
Select
Summarise
Synthesise A2
AO2 1a and 1c
Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views.
Explain
How does the writer…?
Analyse
What impressions…? A3
/10
AO2 1a, b, c and d A4
AO2 1a, b, and d
Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using
relevant subject terminology to support their views. A5
AO4
Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references
To what extent do you agree?
Evaluate
How effective is?
What do you think and feel?

5. Component 1
Section B
Creative Prose Writing.
Choice of 4 questions
45mins

6. Component 2
Reading
Two non-fiction texts (19th and 21st Century)
5 questions
1 hour

7. QUESTION AO
KEY WORDS/PHRASES A1 /3
AO1 1a
Identify explicit information and ideas
Identify
List
Select A2
/10
AO2 1a, b, c and d
Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views.
Explain
How does the writer…?
Analyse
What impressions…? A3
AO1 1a, b, c, d
Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas
Summarise
Synthesise A4
AO4
Evaluate texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references
To what extent do you agree?
Evaluate
How effective is?
What do you think and feel? A5 /4
AO1 2a and b
Select and synthesise evidence from
different texts. A6
AO3
Compare writers' ideas and perspectives, as
well as how these are conveyed,
across two or more texts
Compare
Identify similarities and differences

8. Component 1
Section B
Transactional/Persuasive/Discursive Writing.
2 compulsory tasks
2 x 30mins

9. Supporting your child when revising for the
READING paper.
Timings – how much is each question worth?
Question types and AOs for each.
Writers’ techniques.
Encourage them to read and discuss.
Practise, practise, practise! Students have booklets of sample papers.

10. Supporting your child when revising for the
WRITING paper.
Timings – speed planning.
Spelling & Vocabulary – back to basics.
Confident use of a range of punctuation.
Sentence variety & Structure.
Appropriate register.
Practise, practise, practise!

11. Supporting your child when revising for the
WRITING paper.
Use different ways to start sentences
Revise different connectives/conjunctions.
It is important that they are reading non- fiction texts e.g newspapers and articles.
Read an article of around 500 words and try to summarise it in 100.

12. English Literature: Monday 22nd May, 2017
Paper / Component 1
Shakespeare and Poetry
Written examination – 2 hours - 40% of qualification
• Section A - (20%) Shakespeare – 1hr
Romeo and Juliet; OR Macbeth; OR The Merchant of Venice.
One extract question and one essay question based on the reading of a Shakespeare text from the above prescribed list.
• Section B - (20%) Poetry from 1789 to present day – 1hr
Two questions based on poems from the Poetry Anthology, one of which involves comparison.

13. English Literature: Friday 26nd May, 2017
Paper / Component 2
Post-1914 Prose/Drama, Century Prose and Unseen Poetry
Written examination – 2 hours and 30 minutes - 60% of qualification
• Section A - (20%) Post-1914 prose/drama – 45mins
Lord of the Flies (Golding); OR The Woman in Black (Hill); OR An Inspector Calls (Priestley)
• Section B - (20%) 19th century prose – 45mins
A Christmas Carol (Dickens) OR The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Stevenson)
• Section C (20%) Unseen poetry (20th/21st century) – 1hr
Two questions on unseen poems, one of which involves comparison.

14. 11X1
Mrs Wisby
An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
11Y1
Miss Creswick
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
11X2
 The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 
11Y2
Miss Jacobs
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
11X3
Mrs Rutty
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
11Y3
Miss Figgures
11X4
11Y4
Mr Cooke

15. Useful resources and website:
Eduqas
English Language
English Literature
Listening Books – please ask English teacher for login details.
BBC Bitesize – or websites such as Sparknotes.
GCSE POD – login details are with students.

17. How do I revise for Literature, Miss?

18. Practical strategies:
There are some free audiobooks online – use Google to find them!
GCSEPod is also full of quick, accessible podcasts to remind you of the plot.
Make sure you know all of the key themes for the texts. For example, An Inspector Calls – responsibility, role of women, relationships, class, family, age…
For each theme, make sure you have 6 good ideas about how it is presented in the text.
For each character, reduce the plot into 5 key points; have a quotation for each.
Planning essays can be just as valuable as writing the full thing. Different ways of planning include; mind-maps ( Diamond 9, bullet points.

19. Practical strategies for learning quotations:
Make it fun!
Redecorate your bedroom (or whole house!) with key quotations using Post-it notes.
Create flashcards – think about the colours. Use different colours for keywords or themes. Quizlet.com has pre-made online flashcards.
Quotation tennis – have a revision partner. How long can you make your quotation rally? For example, focus on the character of Scrooge.
Missing words.

20. A _____ child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.
tell me if Tiny Tim will _____
I'll give you Mr Scrooge, the ______ of the Feast!

21. solitary
live
founder

22. Useful websites:
GCSE Pod
BBC Bitesize
Spark Notes
Victorian Web
Shmoop
Quizlet (flashcard generator)