GCSE English Language
This GCSE English Language consists of the following components:
Speaking & Listening Controlled Assessment 20%
Controlled Assessment 40%
· Response to Spoken Language
· Response to Written Language
· Writing Creatively
External Examinations 40%
· Unit 1: Personal Writing
Multi-Modal Texts
· Unit 2: Functional Writing
Non-Fiction Texts
Outline Scheme of Work
Year 11 Term 1 Fiction: Tribes by Catherine McPhail
An Eye for An Eye by Malorie Blackman
Assessment: Personal Writing/Writing Creatively
Term 2 Conflict: Mississippi Burning
Poetry – slavery and race
Assessment: Multi-Modal Texts
In Term 3, pupils will focus on reading skills including analysing presentational devices and developing personal writing in preparation for the Unit 1 exam.
In Year 12, pupils will focus on reading skills including analysing non-fiction texts, functional writing and analysing writer’s craft in preparation for the examination.
Year 12 Term 1 Relationships: Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
Across the Barricades by Joan Lindgard
Assessment: Response to Written Language
Term 2 Spoken Language
Assessment: Response to Spoken Language
Non-Fiction texts/Exam Prep
In Term 3, pupils will sit the Unit 2 exam, with the opportunity to resit Unit 1.
Throughout the two years of the course, pupils will take part in a range of Speaking and Listening activities:
· Individual contribution
· Group discussion
· Role-play