Year 10 GCSE English Literature Recommended Books and Revision - PDF document

Year 10 GCSE English Literature – Recommended Books and Revision materials Dear Parent/Carer Your student is studying the GCSE texts set out below for their English Literature examination. Whilst we provide books for them to use in lessons, an increasing number of students find it helpful to have their own copies to annotate and use as revision aids. Obviously, students cannot write in school copies. Studied by all students: Copies Provided by school (No Copies Provided by school Provided by school for annotation/notes allowed) (No annotation/notes annotation by student allowed) Plus ONE of the following three texts chosen by your student’s teacher: Copies Provided by school (No annotation/notes allowed) All texts are available as eBooks, (mostly free) and can be downloaded into iBooks on their iPad, and then annotated electronically. It is important to acknowledge however, that some students will prefer a printed paperback book to both read and make notes in. Some free resources are as follows: • Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: downloaded through the free eBook search app on the iPad. The text pictured above is ISBN: 978-1-85326-061-2 • Romeo & Juliet: a free text is available in iTunes books. The Romeo & Juliet text and notes pictured above is from Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781107615403 and costs approx £7.25 • An Inspector Calls : http://www.thehazeleyacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/An-Inspector-Calls- Full-Text.pdf Revision: There are also a number of revision guides available for each set text from CGP or York Notes – please ensure the guide refers to the new grade 9-1 GCSE. BBC Bitesize also provides valuable resources. Harrogate Grammar School English Faculty

New GCSEs in English Language and English Literature What do the changes mean for your child? Charlotte Dunne Head of English Faculty Elaine Noble Programme Leader for GCSE English language and Literature

Results 2018 English Language • Grades 9-5 73% • Grades 9-4 87% (National = 62%) English Literature • Grades 9-5 72% • Grades 9-4 89% (National = 73%)

Engli lish La Language Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing Section A:Reading • One literature fiction text (e.g. extract from ‘Jamaica Inn’ or ‘Brighton Rock’) Section B: Writing • Descriptive or narrative writing (e.g. response to picture) • Assessed through: • Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes • 80 marks • 50% of GCSE

English La Language Paper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives • Section A : Reading • One non-fiction text (e.g. article from a broadsheet newspaper) and one literary non-fiction text (e.g. letter from 19 th Century) • Section B: Writing • Writing to present a viewpoint • Assessed through: • Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes • 80 marks • 50% of GCSE

English Literature Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19 th Century Novel • One Shakespeare play (‘Romeo and Juliet’) • One 19 th Century novel (‘Jekyll and Hyde’) • Assessed through: • Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes • 64 marks • 40% of GCSE

English Literature Paper 2 Modern Texts and Poetry • One post 1914 prose fiction or drama text (‘An Inspector Calls’ / ‘Animal Farm’ / ‘Lord of the Flies’) • One cluster of poetry • Unseen poetry • Assessed through: • Written exam: 2 hours 15 minutes • 96 marks • 60% of GCSE

Main changes from previous syllabus • No alternative pathways – all follow the same course and sit the same examinations. • No controlled assessment element – qualifications awarded by examination at end of Year 11 only. • Closed book examinations – students do not take the texts in with them.

Progress to date • All Year 9 students have studied ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ and sat end of year ‘GCSE’ style examination, including closed book requirement. • All Year 9 students have studied a selection of the GCSE poems. • All Year 9 students have studied ‘Macbeth’ to prepare them for the requirements of the Shakespeare paper. They have also had an introduction to ‘Romeo and Juliet’, their set text for GCSE. • All KS3 students are familiar with the ‘Big Write’ assessment, preparing them for the English Language writing requirement. • All our English teachers are very familiar with the skills required and the texts offered for study, and have ensured that the first two cohors achieved very successful results.

Grading the New GCSEs in in 2017 Levels 1-9

Home Support • Support for completion of home learning and home based organisation. • Consider purchasing student copy of set texts if they want to make notes directly on to the texts. (Information on editions we are using available tonight) • Encourage students to read widely – set texts, fiction and non-fiction texts. There is a greater emphasis on Nineteenth Century texts particularly in the English Language section. (Reading list available tonight) • Continuity of attendance to lessons. • Encouraging the development of own opinions through independent learning e.g. use of revision guides, websites (for example BBC), discussions about current events and how they link to ideas and themes in set texts.

Welcome Year 10 Maths Information Session 11 th September 2018 Mr Wilson Faculty Leader

Outcomes of this session Clarify the examination protocol at Key Stage 4 • Explain the route to your GCSE success •

17/18 results GCSE 90% 9 - 4 • 69% 9 - 5 100% 9 - 1

Clarification All students sit three terminal GCSE papers (AQA) in • the summer exam series in year 11 New Maths GCSE 9-1 introduced September 2015 • (current Year 10 are fourth cohort to sit these exams)

GCSE 9-1 Two tiers are available: Higher 9-4, Foundation 5-1 • Three equally-weighted written examination papers • Paper 1 is a non-calculator exam, and a calculator • is allowed for Paper 2 and Paper 3. Each paper is 1 hour and 30 minutes long. • Each paper has 80 marks. •

GCSE 9-1 Greater emphasis on problem solving • Greater requirement to apply techniques • Minimal additional content beyond GCSE 2010 for • Higher Tier students. Significant additional content changes for Foundation Tier students. Range of question types; some questions will be set • in both mathematical and non-mathematical contexts

GCSE 9-1 Grade boundaries Students find these exams very difficult • Grade 2017 2018 Higher Tier • 4 19% 20% 7 52% 58% Grade 2017 2018 Foundation Tier • 4 52% 52% 5 65% 67%

GCSE 9-1 Example Question

What we think works Contact with parents and students • Regular assessments and mock exams • Extensive bank of GCSE past papers • Issuing resources for revision during exam period • Comprehensive intervention programme • After school revision sessions •

What we think helps Being ready for every lesson • Attempting all classwork and homework • Taking responsibility for your own learning • Creating a workspace free from distractions • Bringing all your own equipment (especially a • calculator NOT an Ipad)

Which calculator? Casio fx-991EX or Casio fx-991ES

Thank you (any questions?)

Exam board link www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/mathematics/gcse/ mathematics-8300