Year 10: Parent`s guide to the new GCSE English

Year 10: Parent`s guide to the new GCSE English

Year 10:
Parent’s guide to the new GCSE
English Language
&
English Literature
Grading 1-9
AQA English Language (8700)
Paper 1:
Paper 2:
Explorations in Creative Reading and
Writing
Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives
What's assessed
What's assessed
Section A: Reading
Section A: Reading
one literature fiction text
one non-fiction text and one literary non-fiction text
Section B: Writing
Section B: Writing
descriptive or narrative writing
writing to present a viewpoint
Assessed
written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
Assessed
written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
80 marks
80 marks
50% of GCSE
50% of GCSE
Questions
Questions
Reading (40 marks) (25%)– one single text
Reading (40 marks) (25%) – two linked texts
1 short form question (1 x 4 marks)
1 short form question (1 x 4 marks)
2 longer form questions (2 x 8 marks)
2 longer form questions (1 x 8, 1 x 12 marks)
1 extended question (1 x 20 marks)
1 extended question (1 x 16 marks)
Writing (40 marks) (25%)
1 extended writing question (24 marks for content,
Writing (40 marks) (25%)
1 extended writing question (24 marks for content,
16 marks for technical accuracy)
16 marks for technical accuracy)
Non-examination Assessment: Spoken Language
What's assessed
(AO7–AO9)
Presenting
responding to questions and feedback
Assessed
teacher set throughout course
marked by teacher
separate endorsement (0% weighting of GCSE)
use of Standard English
AQA English Language
Subject content
Students will draw upon a range of texts as reading stimulus and engage with creative as
well as real and relevant contexts. They will have opportunities to develop higher-order
reading and critical thinking skills that encourage genuine enquiry into different topics and
themes.
For GCSE English Language students should:
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read fluently, and with good understanding, a wide range of texts from the 19th, 20th
and 21st centuries, including literature and literary non-fiction as well as other writing
such as reviews and journalism
read and evaluate texts critically and make comparisons between texts
summarise and synthesise information or ideas from texts
use knowledge gained from wide reading to inform and improve their own writing
write effectively and coherently using Standard English appropriately
use grammar correctly and punctuate and spell accurately
acquire and apply a wide vocabulary, alongside a knowledge and understanding of
grammatical terminology, and linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken
language
listen to and understand spoken language and use spoken Standard English effectively.
Suggested work and Revision Texts
AQA GCSE English Language
and English Literature: All-inOne Revision and Practice
New GCSE English Language
AQA Revision Guide - for
the Grade 9-1 Course
New GCSE English Language
and Literature Revision
Guide - for the Grade 9-1
New GCSE English Language
AQA Workbook - for the
Grade 9-1 Course (includes
AQA English Literature (8702)
Paper 1
Paper 2
Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel
Modern texts and poetry
What's assessed
Shakespeare plays
What's assessed
Modern prose or drama texts
The 19th-century novel
The poetry anthology
Unseen poetry
How it's assessed
written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
64 marks
40% of GCSE
How it's assessed
written exam: 2 hour 15 minutes
96 marks
60% of GCSE
Questions
Questions
Section A Shakespeare: students will answer
one question on their play of choice. They
will be required to write in detail about an
extract from the play and then to write
about the play as a whole.
Section A Modern texts: students will answer one essay question from a choice of
two on their studied modern prose or drama
text.
Section B Poetry: students will answer one
comparative question on one named poem
printed on the paper and one other poem
from their chosen anthology cluster.
Section B The 19th-century novel: students
will answer one question on their novel of
choice. They will be required to write in detail about an extract from the novel and then
to write about the novel as a whole.
Section C Unseen poetry: Students will answer one question on one unseen poem and
one question comparing this poem with a
second unseen poem.
Texts Studied
Macbeth– William Shakespeare
The Strange Case Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde–
Robert Louis Stevenson
Or
A Christmas Carol– Charles Dickens
Texts Studied
A: Animal Farm George Orwell or
Blood Brothers Willy Russel or
Lord of the Flies William Golding or
An Inspector Calls J B Priestly
(Revision books to be confirmed)
B: Power and Conflict Poetry
Suggested work and Revision
GCSE English Literature for AQA
Macbeth Student Book
GCSE English Literature for
AQA The Strange Case of
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Student Book
Macbeth:
York Notes for GCSE (9-1) 2015
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
York Notes for GCSE 2015
GCSE English Literature for AQA
A Christmas Carol Student Book
A Christmas Carol:
York Notes for GCSE 2015
GCSE English AQA Unseen Poetry
Study & Exam Practice Book
New GCSE English Literature
AQA Poetry Guide: Power &
Conflict Anthology
GCSE English Literature for
AQA Poetry Student Book
Reading Programme
Reading is a fundamental requirement of a successful student, and we launched our
’16by16′ reading programme to support this. Students will be expected to read a collection
of these books by the time they finish Year 11, thereby ensuring that they are well-read
individuals who have the ability to discuss great writing.
The Knife of Never Letting Go
– Patrick Ness
The Northern Lights
– Phillip Pullman
The Diary of a Young Girl
– Anne Frank
The Book Thief
– Markus Zusak
Never Let Me Go
– Kazuo Ishiguro
The Life of Pi
The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
The Bell Jar
– Sylvia Plath
Othello –
William Shakespeare
– Yann Martel
Reading Programme
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
– Ken Kesey
The Curious Incident of
the Dog in the Night Time
– Mark Haddon
The Great Gatsby
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984
– George Orwell
Wall and Piece
– Banksy
The Perks of Being a
Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
The Catcher in the Rye
– JD Salinger
Wuthering Heights
– Emily Bronte
Philomena
– Martin Sixmith
Reading Programme
Emma
– Jane Austen
Little Women
– Louisa May Alcott
Watchmen
The Lord of the Flies
– Alan Moore
– William Golding
To Kill A Mockingbird
– Harper Lee
How I Live Now
– Meg Rosoff
Other lists for reading suggestions
The best young adult books of 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/young-adult-books/best-of-2015/
Young Adults' Choices Reading List
http://www.literacyworldwide.org/get-resources/reading-lists/young-adults-choicesreading-list