Specification

• The contemporary non-fiction texts from Part 1 of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology.

• Develop skills to analyse how writers use linguistic and structural devices to achieve their effects.

• Explore links and connections between writers’ ideas and perspectives.

• Develop transactional writing skills for a variety of purposes and audiences.

• Use spelling, punctuation and grammar accurately

• Section A: Reading – a mixture of short- and long-answer questions related to a nonfiction text from Part 1 of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology and one previously unseen extract. Total of 45 marks.

• Section B: Transactional Writing – one 45-mark writing task, from a choice of two involving a given audience, form or purpose.

Content summary

• The poetry and prose texts from Part 2 of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology.

• Develop skills to analyse how writers use linguistic and structural devices to achieve their effects.

• Develop imaginative writing skills to engage the reader.

• Use spelling, punctuation and grammar accurately.

Assessment

• Assignment A: Poetry and prose texts – one 30-mark essay question based on any two poetry or prose texts from Part 2 of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology, including a 6-mark commentary on why these texts were selected.

• Assignment B: Imaginative writing – one 30-mark imaginative writing task.