GCSE Engli lish- the year ahead Two qualifications from AQA GCSE English Language GCSE English Literature
Stamina 7 months until 13 th May English Literature • Paper 1: Shakespeare and 19 th Century The ability to sustain Novel- 13 th May 2020 prolonged physical or • Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry- 21 st mental effort . • Reading stamina May 2020 English Language • Writing stamina • Paper 1: Explorations in creative writing • Paper 2 English and reading- 2 nd June 2020 Literature 2 hours 15 • Paper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and minutes . The other 3 exams are 1 hour 45 perspectives- 5 th June 2020 minutes.
Engli lish La Language – Two 1 Hour and 45 Min inute Exams English Language Paper 1 - Fiction English Language Paper 2 – Non-fiction Tuesday 2 June 2020 Friday 5 June 2020 Section A – Reading Section A – Reading Q1 – information retrieval (4 marks) Q1 – information retrieval (4 marks) Q2 – language analysis (8 marks) Q2 – comparison summary (8 marks) Q3 – language analysis (12 marks) Q3 – structural analysis (8 marks) Q4 – comparison of methods used to Q4 – critical evaluation (20 marks) convey perspectives (16 marks) Section B – Writing Section B – Writing Non-fiction writing – letter, speech, Creative Writing – description or narrative article, leaflet
Engli lish Lit iterature- Paper 1- 1 Hour 45 minutes 13 th May 2020 Section B- 19 th Century Novel Section A- Shakespeare Macbeth One question with printed extract : One question with a printed extract : Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in A Starting with this moment in the play, Christmas Carol . explore how Shakespeare presents the attitudes of Macbeth and Banquo Write about: towards the supernatural. • how Dickens presents what Scrooge is Write about: frightened of in this extract • how Shakespeare presents the Macbeth • how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in and Banquo towards the supernatural in the novel as a whole. this extract • how Shakespeare presents the attitudes (30 marks) of Macbeth and Banquo towards the supernatural in the play as a whole. (30 marks) A04 (4 marks)
Engli lish Lit iterature- Paper 2- 2 Hours 15 minutes 21 st May 2020 Section B- Poetry Section A- Modern Prose or Drama Power and Conflict and Unseen • Answer 1 question from the cluster An Inspector Calls studied in class Choice of two questions. Answer 1 • The named poem will be printed with question only. the other poems studied listed underneath How far does Priestley present Mrs Birling • The question will be phrased in the as an unlikeable character? following way: Write about: • what Mrs Birling says and does in the Compare how the poet presents ______ in play (named poem) and in one other poem • how Priestley presents her by the way from the power and conflict anthology. he writes. (30 marks) (30 marks) A04 (4 marks)
Engli lish Lit iterature- Paper 2- 2 Hours 15 minutes Section C- Unseen Poetry Two questions • Write an analytical essay about an unseen poem: In ‘Autumn’, how does the poet present the effects of the season of autumn? (24 marks) • Compare the similarities and differences between the two unseen poems named in the question. (8 marks) In both ‘Today and ‘Autumn’ the speakers describe attitudes towards the season. What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present these attitudes?
Revisio ion Tip ips • Get them talking about their texts. • They should practise writing an essay a week- L drive. • The can attend English Club on a Thursday. The schedule is on the English door. • They need to know quotations off by heart. Involve peers, family and friends. Try revising quotations that are linked to key themes from the text. • Encourage them to create a mind map/character profile/ theme page using a revision guide. • Support them in creating cue cards for key information and test them every day. Repetition works. • Practise reading unseen Language texts together (non-fiction)- newspapers and L drive resources. • Re-read/watch Literature texts together (Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls, Power & Conflict Poetry).
L Driv ive & suggested revis isio ion guid ides • CGP revision guides are available on • L:\English\2. GCSE Amazon.co.uk. • There are also various YouTube channels such as Mr Bruff and Stacey Reay which help students to revise GCSE English.
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