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Level	Board	Subject	Paper	Assessment type	Length	% of course
GCSE	AQA	English Language	Non-exam assessment: Spoken Language	Spoken Presentation		N/A
			Paper 1: Explorations in creative reading and writing	Written Exam	1h 45m	50%
			Paper 2: Writers' viewpoints and perspectives	Written Exam	1h 45m	50%
GCSE	AQA	English Literature	Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th century novel	Written Exam	1h 45m	40%
			Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry	Written Exam	2hrs 15m	60%

Specific strategies

• Exam Questions – Annotating exam questions, timed planning in response to questions.
• Open/closed Book essay practice: Try to time yourself when writing responses and build up to attempting these without a copy of the text.
• Practice Exam Questions: Familiarise yourself with different types of questions and how to construct answers.  These can be found on Sharepoint.
• Mind maps:  Use to theme, character and plot
• Flash Cards: Useful for quotations, subject terms
• Review and revise notes: PowerPoints and other lesson resources can be downloaded from Teams.
• Attend revision sessions: Combination of topic-based sessions and exam-strategy sessions. 

Revision areas

• All set texts – Shakespeare/19^th Century novel/ Modern novel/ Poetry selection.
• Understanding writers’ methods and intentions.
• Reading non-fiction material such as broadsheet newspaper articles/ travel diaries/blogs.
• Revision of a range of stylistic devices used in narrative and descriptive writing.
• Revision of a range of stylistic devices used in literary non-fiction/ non-fiction writing e.g. Travel writing/ Argumentative and persuasive writing.

Websites

• BBC Bitesize (http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zckw2hv)
• Schmoop  (http://www.shmoop.com/learning-guides/#English&Literature)
• Spark Notes (http://www.sparknotes.com/) – also has links to NoFearShakspeare.com
• Youtube – Mr Bruff (https://www.youtube.com/user/mrbruff)
• The exam board website also contains some examples of specimen exam papers that individuals can familiarise themselves with. (http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-language-8700/assessment-resources

Study Guides

CGP Revision Guides.

Collins Snap Revision Guides