Year 11 Information Evening The Outwood Grange Family

Year 11 Information Evening The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

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GCSE English Language & GCSE English Literature Rebecca Johnson, Head of English Lisa Huckerby, Associate Director of English Sam Wigfield, Associate Director of English Responsibility for Year 11 English Rebecca Johnson Jolie Stead Catherine Richards Fiona Williams Nicola Sharpe Laura Fox Ben Agar The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

English Results 2015 -2016 Actual Results • A*-C – 90% • A*-A – 14% • 3 Lo. P – 92% • 4 Lo. P – 50. 4% Rank 5 Targets • A*-C – 77% (+13%) • 3 Lo. P – 79% (+13%) • 4 Lo. P – 46% (+4%) Actual Results • English Literature – 78%

English Language Course Content Component 1 Component 2 1 hr 45 Exam 2 Hour Exam Reading 20 th Century Prose 19 th & 21 st Century Non-Fiction (1 hour) Writing Creative Writing Two transactional writing tasks (45 mins) (1 hour) Worth 40% of qualification Worth 60% of qualification The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

English Language Course Content Component 3 Non-exam Assessment Speaking & Listening One presentation/speech delivered to an audience and to include answering questions Unweighted - worth 0% of qualification The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

English Literature Course Content Component 1 2 hour Exam Shakespeare – Romeo & Juliet One extract question One essay question (1 hour) Poetry Anthology – Post-1789 One question on a single poem One question comparing 2 poems (1 hour) Component 2 2 hr 30 m Exam Blood Brothers One extract based question (45 mins) A Christmas Carol One extract based question (45 mins) Unseen Poetry One question on a single poem One question comparing 2 poems Worth 40% of qualification (45 mins) Worth 60% of qualification The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

What support do we offer? Option English Tutoring in VMG time Half term intervention sessions Consolidation period One to one or small group tuition Student After school enrichment and support Theatre Trips A free revision guide and workbook for every YR 11 student The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

Ways in which you can support at home… • Encourage your son/daughter to complete all of the activities on the English Literature Revision timetable. • Encourage your son/daughter to revise by reading and watching versions of the key texts for their Literature exam: ‘Romeo & Juliet’ by John William Shakespeare ‘Blood Brothers’ by Willy Russell ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens • Encourage your son/daughter to access online revision material, e. g. BBC Bitesize. • Encourage your son/daughter to attend after school support sessions and holiday revision sessions. • Encourage your son/daughter to learn their personalised spelling lists. • Encourage your son/daughter to learn the Dirty Thirty spelling list.

English Literature Revision Timetable

Provisional Trial Exam dates: English Literature Comp 1 – Wednesday 11 th January English Literature Comp 2 – Thursday 12 th January English Language Comp 1 – Wednesday 8 th February English Language Comp 2 – Thursday 9 th February The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

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What can parents/carers do to help? The Outwood Grange Family of Schools

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Please feel free to discuss individual students with members of the English and Maths teams. The Outwood Grange Family of Schools