Making the Grade in English Year /2015

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1 Making the Grade in English Year /2015

2 Exam Timetable AQA Route Exams for students in: 11y1 (Ms. Blondel) 11y2 (Ms. M Baker) 11y4 (Mr. Melly) 11x1 (Mr. Offord) 11x2 (Ms. Watts) 11x4 (Ms. King) English Literature Modern Texts Mon 18 th May English Literature Poetry Fri 22 nd May English Language Tues 2 nd June

3 Exam Timetable IGCSE Route Exams for students in: 11y3 (Ms. Friel / Ms. Sanyal) 11y5 (Ms. Hampton) 11y6 (Ms. Wenn) 11x3 (Ms. S Baker / Ms. James) 11x5 (Ms. M Baker) 11x6 (Ms. Friel) IGCSE English Tues 5 th May English Literature Modern Texts Mon 18 th May English Literature Poetry Fri 22 nd May

4 IGCSE Exam Tests reading and writing skills 5 th May 2015 (pm) Core paper = 1 hour 45 minutes Extended paper = 2 hours Students are encouraged to bring 3 different coloured highlighters to this exam and several pens They have a whole bank holiday weekend to revise! There will be an extended revision session held during school hours that morning (details tbc)

5 Literature Modern Texts Exam Exploring Modern Texts exam - 18th May 2015 An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley or Lord of the Flies by William Golding Students answer one question on each of the two texts that they have studied in lessons. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck or To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

6 Literature Modern Texts Exam Students need to know the two books that they have studied as well as possible. Test your son or daughter on their knowledge! They should revise by: Re-reading the text Watching the film Using GCSE Bitesize to watch videos, make notes and take tests Make mind-maps or create cue cards about the plot, characters and themes Make lists of key quotations (aim to remember a few of these) Put key quotations on post-it notes and stick them around the house! Sitting a past paper (this could be in timed conditions) Marking a completed answer using the markscheme Teaching someone else at home about the texts

7 Literature Poetry Exam Poetry Across Time exam - 22nd May 2015 A question on one of the fifteen poems in the anthology Moon on the Tides based on the theme of character and voice. A question on an unseen poem.

8 Literature Modern Texts Exam Students need to know the fifteen poems that they have studied in class and be able to unpick an unseen poem. They should revise by: Re-reading the poems Using the revision guide to make personal revision notes Using GCSE Bitesize to watch videos, make notes and take tests Making mind-maps or creating cue cards about the poems Making min-maps about the similarities and differences between the poems Filling out a WPSLOMP sheet for each poem Sitting a past paper (this could be in timed conditions) Marking a completed answer using the markscheme Using a past paper to unpick an unseen poem Teaching other people at home about the poems

9 English Language Exam Tests reading and writing skills - 2 nd June 2015

10 IGCSE and AQA Language Revision Reading a newspaper Discussing an article with an adult Watching documentaries, especially travel documentaries Reading non-fiction writing, such as autobiographies and travel writing Using past papers to learn even looking at the answers first!

11 Past Papers and Markschemes IGCSE English Language (Specimen Papers 2015) qualifications/cambridge-igcse-english-first-language-uk- 0522/past-papers/ AQA English Language (4705) AQA English Literature (9715)

12 Extra Revision Using the GCSE Bitesize revision website, especially for Literature Buying York Notes revision guides for the texts in the modern texts exam Attending after-school revision (by arrangement with class teacher on Mondays or Wednesdays)

13 Revision Guides Available IGCSE Students all have revision packs that have been handed out by teachers throughout the course AQA Language - 2 AQA Literature Poetry SPAG (also great for English Literature, History, Geography and RS) Students should also see their teachers for photocopied guides for the modern texts exams