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How to support your child to succeed in GCSE English Language and English Literature

Year 10 Parents’ Information Evening Canon Slade School

21st September, 2017Miss S Musa, Head of English

2 aims:

1: To ensure that you are all clear on what your child will be doing in English in years ten and eleven

2: To Share ways you can help your child prepare for the English Exams at home

2 Separate GCSE Qualifications

English Literature

AQA 8702

100% Exam

(2 papers)

English LanguageEduqas C700(QS)

100% Exam(2 Papers)

1: To ensure that you are all clear on what your child will be doing in English in years ten and eleven

English Language

• 2 x comprehensions

• 1 = 20th Century novel extract

• 1 = 19th and 21st non fiction text

• 1x short story

• 2 x texts of the following 6 text types:

• Letter, speech, review, article, report, leaflet.

English Literature

• Macbeth

• A Christmas Carol or Doctor Jeckyll and Mr Hyde

• An Inspector Calls or Lord of the Flies

• The AQA Conflict Cluster of Poetry

• Response to unseen poetry

1: To ensure that you are all clear on what your child will be doing in English in years ten and eleven

The Basics!

2: To Share ways you can help your child prepare for the English Exams at home

1. Help them become stronger readers2. Help them become better writers3. Develop their spoken language skills4. Help them develop effective approaches to revision5. Find ways for them to enjoy reading for pleasure

Reading: Set time aside, reward and discuss and challenge

• Their set texts for Literature (including film versions)

• Accessible version of their Shakespeare play (No Fear Shakespeare/Shakespeare Made Easy)

• A range of poetry – see poemhunter.com

• Formal letters

• Reports

• Newspaper/Magazine articles

• Leaflets

2: To Share ways you can help your child prepare for the English Exams at home

Writing: meaningful, reward, together, little and often

2: To Share ways you can help your child prepare for the English Exams at home

Spoken Language

• Develop use of Standard English – Can you think of a better way to express your point?

• Challenge/question/discuss/debate• Ask them about their set text/the characters • Watch the film versions of their set texts with them.

Discuss character motivations, historical context etc.• Pretend you don’t understand something (any subject)

and ask them I they will teach you.

2: To Share ways you can help your child prepare for the English Exams at home

How to revise

• Little and often (Pomodoro technique)• Find their best timeslot – 6am, Sunday morning, after

swimming etc.• Exercise books = #1 revision guide• Revision guides available are very good (see list)• Lots of students rate Mr Bruff – English teacher on You

tube and has produced a book 0n Amazon

2: To Share ways you can help your child prepare for the English Exams at home

Finally…

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284286/reading_for_pleasure.pdf

Key Findings: The Benefits of Reading for Pleasure

• Reading enjoyment has been reported as more important for children’s educational success than their family’s socio-economic status (OECD, 2002). • There is a positive link between positive attitudes towards reading and scoring well on reading assessments (Twist et al, 2007). • Evidence suggests that reading for pleasure is an activity that has emotional and social consequences (Clark and Rumbold, 2006). • Other benefits to reading for pleasure include: text comprehension and grammar, positive reading attitudes, pleasure in reading in later life, increased general knowledge (Clark and Rumbold, 2006).

Sarah Musa Head of Enlishsmu@canon-slade.bolton.sch.uk

How to support your child to succeed in GCSE English Language and English Literature

Year 10 Parents’ Information Evening Canon Slade School21st September, 2017