GCSE Overview

1. Literary Heritage Poetry and Shakespeare (Link question 10%)
2. Different Cultures Prose (10%)
3. Open Writing (Two assignments: 10% each – 1^st & 3^rd person narrative)

1. Extended literary text (15%)
2. Using Language: creative writing

1. Descriptive writing (7.5%)
2. Narrative writing (7.5%)
   
   
    

1. Poetry and Drama link question (25%)

Speaking & Listening –

• Communicating and Adapting Language;
•  Interacting and Responding;
• Creating and Sustaining roles 

(20%)

Using Language:

Speaking & Listening –

• Communicating and Adapting Language;
•  Interacting and Responding;
• Creating and Sustaining roles 

 (20%)

Studying spoken language:

• Variations
• Choices
• Change in spoken language

(10%)

Written Paper

Unit 1 – 20% (1 hour)

English in the daily world

• Reading: Non-fiction texts

Unit 2 – 20% (1 hour)

English in the daily world

• Writing: Information and ideas

Unit 1 – 20% (1 hour)

Studying Written Language

• Reading: Non-fiction texts

Unit 2 - 20% (1 hour)

Using Written language

• Writing information and ideas
   

Unit 1 – 2 hours

Section A – 20% Prose (diff cultures) & poetry (contemporary)

Section B – 15% comparative study; Unseen poetry. (35% total)

Unit 2 – 2 hours (40 %)

Individual texts in context

Unit 2a or 2b (see long term plan for more details)