Your at a glance You will achieve 2 GCSEs in English. You have no coursework. Everything you learn over the two years will be assessed by exams at the end of the two years. Paper One Reading Section A Writing Section B Language 1 hour 45 minutes One fiction text to read One fiction writing task -Creative writing (extract from a piece of 20th 24 marks for communication 16 marks for technical in total accuracy (40 marks) Century Literature) 50% of the 4 questions to answer language GCSE 1 brief answer x 4 marks 2 x 8 marks 1 x 20 marks (40 marks) Paper Two Reading Section A Writing Section B Language 1 hour 45 minutes Two linked non-fiction to One non-fiction writing tasks (e.g, write a letter, read report, interview etc for a specific purpose, audience and in format) 4 questions to answer: 80 marks 24 marks for communication 16 marks for technical 1 multiple choice x 4 marks 50% of the accuracy (40 marks) 1 x 8 marks 1x 12 Language GCSE 1 x 16 marks (40 marks) Paper Two Section A: Modern Section B: Section C: Unseen Literature Prose or Drama Text Poetry Poetry 20% Anthology 2 15 minutes One question on the text studied Comparative question: Two previously unseen poems Closed book exam (no copies One copy of a poem Two questions 96 marks allowed in the exam) from the anthology in Question one: Essay on poem 60% of overall One question exam to compare with one another example from Question two: Comparative Literature GCSE the anthology but essay on poem one and the unseen in the exam. second unseen poem One question Writer’s Techniques
Your at a glance You will achieve 2 GCSEs in English. You have no coursework. Everything you learn over the two years will be assessed by exams at the end of the two years. Paper One Language Reading Section A Writing Section B 1 hour 45 minutes in total 50% of the language GCSE One fiction text to read (extract from a piece of 20th Century Literature) 4 questions to answer 1 brief answer x 4 marks 2 x 8 marks 1 x 20 marks (40 marks) One fiction writing task -Creative writing 24 marks for communication 16 marks for technical accuracy (40 marks) Paper Two Language Reading Section A Writing Section B 1 hour 45 minutes in 80 marks 50% of the Language GCSE Two linked non-fiction to read 4 questions to answer: 1 multiple choice x 4 marks 1 x 8 marks 1x 12 1 x 16 marks (40 marks) One non-fiction writing tasks (e.g, write a letter, report, interview etc for a specific purpose, audience and format) 24 marks for communication 16 marks for technical accuracy (40 marks) Paper Two Literature Section A: Modern Prose or Drama Text Section B: Poetry Anthology Section C: Unseen Poetry 20% 2 15 minutes 96 marks 60% of overall Literature GCSE One question on the text studied Closed book exam (no copies allowed in the exam) One question Comparative question: One copy of a poem from the anthology in exam to compare with another example from the anthology but unseen in the exam. One question Two previously unseen poems Two questions Question one: Essay on poem one Question two: Comparative essay on poem one and the second unseen poem Writer’s Techniques
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