English

Key stage 4 - English Language

Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing - 50% of GCSE

Section A :Reading - 25%

One literature fiction text

Section B: Writing – 25%

Descriptive or narrative writing

Assessment:

Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes

Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives – 50% of GCSE

Section A: Reading - 25%

One non-fiction text and one literary non-fiction text

Section B: Writing - 25%

Writing to present a viewpoint

Assessment:

Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes

Non-examination Assessment: Spoken Language

Teacher set throughout course

Marked by teacher

Separate endorsement

(0% weighting of GCSE, but mandatory)

Key stage 4 - English literature

Paper One - Shakespeare and the 19^th-century novel – 40% of GCSE

Section A Shakespeare – 20%: Students will be required to write in detail about an extract from the play and then write about the play as a whole.

Section B The 19^th century novel – 20%: Students will be required to write in detail about an extract from the novel and then to write about the novel as a whole.

Assessment: Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes

Paper Two – Modern texts and poetry – 60% of GCSE

Section A Modern texts – 20%: students will answer one essay question from a choice of two on their studied modern prose or drama text.

Section B Poetry – 20%: students will answer one comparative question on one named poem printed on the paper and one other poem from their chosen anthology cluster.

Section C Unseen poetry – 20%: Students will answer one question on unseen poem comparing this poem with a second unseen poem.

Assessment: Written examination: 2 hours 15 minutes