English
• “You can’t revise for English.”
• 33% of students nationally will get a grade 3 and below.
33% of students will get grades 1-3
English
• “You can’t revise for English.”
• 33% of students nationally will get a grade 3 and below.
The Top 66% get grades 4+
• In terms of hard work, are you in the top 66% of students at this school?
• What about nationally?
• You can revise for English.
• You MUST revise for English!
English Language
• 2 Papers
• Both 1 Hour 45 Minutes.
• Both worth 80 Marks.
• Grade 4 is roughly around 77/160.
• The questions are the same every single year!
All Papers Start with Source Material
Colour Coded Mark Schemes to see how to achieve higher marks
English Language
• Are you practising past papers? You need to start doing so immediately.
• Have you read back through your end of Year 10 exam? Have you reminded yourself of the questions and the time limits?
• Do you know what the questions will be?
• Are you attending Period 6 interventions?
• Tuesdays – Grade 7 and above with Mr Furkins - 15:15-16:15
• Thursdays – Hitting Grade 4/5 with Mr Furkins – 15:15-16:15
• Have you spoken to your English teacher? All English teachers would do a Period 6 if they knew it was wanted.
English Literature
• 2 Papers
• Again worth 160 marks
• 5 Texts in total.
• Macbeth/Romeo and Juliet (34 marks)
• A Christmas Carol (30 marks)
• An Inspector Calls/ Lord of the Flies (34 marks)
• Poetry Anthology (30 marks)
• Unseen Poetry (32 marks)
These revision guides are great. They are sold for £5.95 each in shops. We are selling them at our cost price of £2.75 and even making a small loss selling a complete set of 4 for £10!