A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the 2015 GCSE English Language qualifications. Written for all GCSE English Language specifications and mapped to the Writing Workshops Student Book, this free Teacher's Resource is full of teaching ideas and best-practice advice from th...
Objective: To understand the five different Writing Assessment Objectives that you need to fulfil in order to achieve the top band for Assignments 1 & 2. We will then check our own coursework pieces to ensure that all the criteria are met and that our coursework achieves the highest mark poss...
The article reports on a study in Great Britain by Cambridge Assessment, the parent body of the OCR examination board, compared sentences written by nearly 1,700 16-year-olds in creative writing sections of English examinations across four years. Work from a 2004 GCSE was compared with scripts...
The specification statesthat texts are chosento enable students to “appreciate the depth and power of the English literary heritage”, and to foster advanced reading, writing and critical-thinking skills. However, about 25 per cent of those who sit English literature GCSEdo not achieve the grade...
Writing a story or a description or an article, is like taking a train from one place to the other, say from Grantham to London, or A to B. If you stay on the train, you will get off in London and will achieve success. Writing these 40 point beasts is the same. If, however...
Imaginative writing based on stimulus discussed during the course. GCSE English Language A Aims • Read a wide range of texts fluently and with good understanding. • Read critically and use knowledge gained from wide reading to inform and improve their own writing. • Write effectively and ...
so that the alternative of functional skills is made available to all students, not just those undertaking T levels. There is also an overwhelming case for new “passport” qualifications in English, and in time maths, which all students would take at the “point of readiness” between the ag...
It is more difficult with complex questions such as solving math, analyzing data, writing essays,... Scoring system The scale is from 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest). Scale from A* (highest) to E (lowest). 5. Comparing GCSE to IGCSE Criteria GCSE IGCSE Exam format GCSEs usually have both...
Writing to argue should be emotional; writing to persuade should be dispassionate Writing to argue presents each side of an argument; writing to persuade can be more one-sided Writing to argue allows you to be more biased; writing to persuade should be balanced ...
He often experimented with new patterns and rhythms to see what effect they would have on his writing. In the case of Neutral Tones, the arch-rhyme scheme of ABBA borrows the sombreness of an elegy. Complementing that darkness, the rhythmic pattern similar to a long meter helps tell a stor...