1. Objective To understand what skills students are assessed on for GCSE English.

2. Foundation Tier English Grades G – C 1 paper2hr 15mins Q1 – Listing / finding 4 piece of information form a text (4 marks = approx. 6 mins) Q1b – What do we learn about _______? Point & Evidence (4 marks = approx. 6 mins) Q2 – Inference (the hidden meanings) – Thoughts & feelings – PEE (8 marks = approx. 10 mins)

3. Foundation Tier English Grades G – C 1 paper2hr 15mins Q3 – Language features. Name the feature, quote, explain what it does to the reader (12 marks = approx. 15 mins) Q4 – Comparing presentational features & suggesting why they’ve been used (connotations) (12 marks = approx. 15 mins)

4. Foundation Tier English Grades G – C 1 paper2hr 15mins Q5 – Writing to explain or describe (16 marks = approx. 25 mins) Q4 – Writing to argue or persuade a viewpoint (24 marks = approx. 35 mins)

5. Assessment objectives Reading AO2* Writing AO3 Q1b & Q2 = AO2i (Read and understand texts, selecting material appropriate to purpose, collating from different sources and making comparisons and cross references as appropriate) & AO3i (Write clearly, effectively and imaginatively, using and adapting forms and selecting vocabulary appropriate to task and purpose in ways that engage the reader.) Q3 = AO2i & AO3i & AO2iii (Explain and evaluate how writers use linguistic, grammatical, structural and presentational features to achieve effects and engage and influence the reader. Understand texts in their) & AO3iii (Use a range of sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate punctuation and spelling.)

6. Assessment objectives Reading AO2* Writing AO3 Q4 = AO2i & AO3i & AO2iii (Explain and evaluate how writers use linguistic, grammatical, structural and presentational features to achieve effects and engage and influence the reader. Understand texts in their) & AO3iii (Use a range of sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate punctuation and spelling.) Q5 & 6 = AO3i (Write clearly, effectively and imaginatively, using and adapting forms and selecting vocabulary appropriate to task and purpose in ways that engage the reader.) & AO3ii (Organise information and ideas into structured and sequenced sentences, paragraphs and whole texts, using a variety of linguistic and structural features to support cohesion and overall coherence.) & AO3iii (Use a range of sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate punctuation and spelling.)

7. What are the key skills in each band? 1b

8. Task Look through your given question and sum up the key skills required in each band. Be ready to feed back to the rest of the group 10 mins

9. Task Look at the 2 sample answers for the question you have just studied. What mark would you give each for the AOs assessed? Which piece is better and why? Be ready to feed back to the group what the better piece did compared to the other piece. 10 mins

10. Task How can we use VCOP to support the writing paper? 5 mins

11. Task What are the key skills that students need for GCSE English that you discuss with students and get them to check for in their work? 10 mins