GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature Year

GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature Year 11 Parents Information Evening Sue Thornton, Head of English Rupert Burgess, Director of English, OGAT 20 September 2016 The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Results 2016 GCSE English Language A*-C 3 levels of progress 90% 4 levels of progress 54% 89% Progress 8 contribution +0. 67 The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

The course leads to two GCSEs GCSE English Languag e + GCSE English Literatur e Both will be awarded on the new 9 -1 scale The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Core English Language 3 hrs pw + Core English Literature 2 hrs pw + Option English 3 hrs pw The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Interventio n in the classroom One to one or small group tuition Student Tutoring in VMG time Support from home Afteracademy enrichment and support The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Course content - Language Component 1 – 1 hour 45 • Questions on an extract from a 20 th century short story • Creative writing (write a short story) • 40% of qualification Component 2 – 2 hours • Questions on two nonfiction texts (one 19 th century, one 21 st century) • Two transactional writing tasks • 60% of qualification The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Course content - Literature Component 1: 2 hours • Romeo and Juliet Component 2: 2 hours 30 • An Inspector Calls • Post-1789 poetry (from an anthology supplied by WJEC) • A Christmas Carol • 40% of qualification • 60% of qualification • Two unseen poems ALL EXAMS ARE CLOSED TEXT EXAMS The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Writing is usually the tricky one – and one where support at home can make all the difference The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

The key writing messages PACS 4 -ideas-and-a-spare Topic sentence + development Link phrase ACCURACY The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Write an article recommending a place to visit for all the family This is probably a grade 3 (old D grade) The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Write an article recommending a place to visit for all the family This is probably a grade 5 example The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Write an article recommending a place to visit for all the family This is probably a grade 8 (or possibly 9) example The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

How you can help your child • Check your child has recorded personal spellings in his/her planner • Encourage him/her to spend some quality time several times a week learning personal spellings • Test him/her on personal spellings frequently The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Spellings should be recorded here The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Useful strategies for learning spellings • Use look-cover-write-check five times • Pronounce the word as it is spelled, e. g. bus-i-ness • Use rhymes, sayings or phrases to remember difficult parts of words, e. g. there’s a rat in separate The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Accurate writing is important • Not just for exams, although that is very important • Accurate writing is important for job applications • Accurate writing is important for writing to customers or clients • Accurate writing is important for being taken seriously in letters of request or complaint • It is a vital life skill that will make you The Outwood Grange Family of Schools