Mathematics, History, Art, etc.). The UK government has drawn up a list of preferred subjects known as the English Baccalaureate and the Progress 8 benchmark metric is calculated on the results in eight GCSEs including Maths and English.
Studies for GCSE examinations take place over a period of two or three academic years (depending upon the subject, school, and exam board), starting in Year 9 or Year 10 for the majority of students, with examinations being sat at the end of Year 11 in England and Wales.
KS4 English National Curriculum. English Literature. Following Ofqual’s announcement about changes to assessment in summer 2021, here's what you need to know for GCSE English Literature.
Please note these changes only apply to assessments taken in summer 2021. Exam structure for 2021 We have re-structured our exam papers for 2021 to allow options. All students will be assessed on a play by Shakespeare. Schools and colleges can then choose two of the remaining three areas of content: poetry anthology19th-century novelfiction/drama from the British Isles from 1914. Paper 1 Students will enter for two papers from the three options below. Paper 2 (compulsory) Changes to exam structure Paper 2 The compulsory components of the course (Shakespeare and unseen poetry) now form Paper 2.Students will have 1 hour 45 minutes to complete Paper 2.All marks for AO4 spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPaG) have been moved to Paper 2. Weighting The overall weightings of each paper have changed slightly.
GCSE - BBC Bitesize. YEAR 10 & 11 - BOOKS TO READ. Past exams. Community link: British Library resources. Shakespeare The Shakespeare in Quarto section includes a range of resources about Shakespeare, his plays and his theatre.
The 19th-century novel The Dickens in Context pages, while not all directly relevant to the two novels on the specification, include a range of texts and videos that can be used to discuss the two set novels and the contexts that surround them. In the Discovering Literature: Victorians and Romantics section a wide range of resources can be used to support teaching and learning around the 19th-century novel. The resources in this section are innumerable and include: Unseen poetry The Poetry and Performance section includes recordings and discussion of a range of poems that can be used as preparation for Paper 2 Section C Unseen poetry. Other resources include: a range of resources about the Romantics , including an article introducing the main themes of Romantic poetry an article that introduces Ozymandias an article that looks at the manuscript of Blake’s ‘London’
INSIGHT CONTEXT LIT. INSIGHT EXTRACT WHOLE. 19C KS3. Languages. Outside the syllabus. GCSE English Language - Other - BBC Bitesize. GCSE English Literature - AQA - BBC Bitesize. Andrew Moore's resource site home page - default. Revision World. IXL - Year 10 English practice. Year 10 iGCSE English Language writing. Beginner's Guide to Year 10 English. All about The Beginner’s Guide to Year 10 English The Beginner’s Guide to year 10 English is here to help you ace English in year 10.
English is really important, it has to count in Year 12 for your HSC. So, you have to get the skills right for it early on. In this Guide, we will take you through the complete process for studying English, from making notes, to analysing texts, and finally composing responses. Let’s start by looking at the two biggest issues facing Year 10 English students. What are the two biggest issues facing Year 10 English students? While there are a whole variety of struggles that Year 10 students face, they come down to two core issues: Getting caught in a Year 10 slumpStruggling to cope with the increasing complexity of English analysis and essay writing Let’s look at these in greater detail. The Year 10 slump Because Stage 5 comes in the middle years of high school, Years 9 and 10, students often take their foot off the gas. Why? Developing complex understandings of texts.