1 outcomes: to know and practice the skills needed for the exams. gcse english language
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Outcomes: Outcomes:
To know and practice To know and practice the skills needed for the skills needed for
the exams.the exams.
GCSE English GCSE English LanguageLanguage
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Exams SummaryExams Summary• You will sit 2 papers that will assess your reading and your
writing skills.• Paper 1 Reading – Studying Written Language• 1hr exam • Read and answer questions based on non fiction texts• Worth 40marks (20% GCSE Grade)• Paper 2 Writing – Using Written Language• 1hr exam (straight after paper 1)• Writing information and ideas in various forms such as:
newspaper article, leaflet, report, letter etc.• Worth 40marks (20% GCSE grade)
Outcomes: To know and practice the skills needed for the exams.
• You will sit BOTH of these exams on the
10th of January 2013
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Only 64 days to go!
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Paper 1 - ReadingPaper 1 - Reading
• In this exam you will have to read 2 examples of non fiction texts – this means it will not be a story.
• These could be examples of web pages, news articles, leaflets or advertisements.
• You cannot predict what will come up from one year to the next, but the skills needed to answer the questions can be practised.
Outcomes: To know andpractice the skillsneeded for theexams.
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Main Skills NeededMain Skills Needed
• location and recognition (finding info and putting it in your own words)
• Inference (reading between the lines and interpreting what is written.)
• Appreciating style (analysing the way a writer writes)
• Comparing Texts (identifying and explaining the similarities and differences between texts.)
Outcomes: To know and practice the skills needed for the exams.
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Paper 2 - WritingPaper 2 - Writing
• In this exam you will have to produce two different non fiction texts.
• You could be asked to produce reports, speeches, leaflets, letters etc.
• You cannot predict what will come up from one year to the next, but the skills and features required within each non fiction text type can be practiced.
Outcomes: To know andpractice the skillsneeded for theexams.
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Main Skills NeededMain Skills Needed
• Text type and purpose - establish the style and the structure of the text that you are required to produce (inform, persuade, explain, advise, entertain, instruct)
• Use effective language devices and features - incorporate the desired language techniques (rhetorical questions, facts, exaggeration)
• Use appropriate presentational devices - what should the text look like? (headings, captions, bullet points)
• Audience – who are you writing for?
Outcomes: To know and practice the skills needed for the exams.
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Media and non-fiction checklist
Text type
Leaflet, website, newspaper,
travel writing, advert, review, editorial …
Target audience Pre-teens, OAPs,
voters, parents, football fans …
Purpose Argue, persuade, advise …
Inform, explain, describe …
Analyse, review, comment …
Explore, imagine, entertain …
Structure First, second or third person
Tense – past, future, present …
Chronological order
Introduction and conclusion
Development of argument
Interesting punctuation
Presentation and layout Headings and subheadings …
Straplines and quotations …
Captions and slogans …
Logos and symbols …
Graphics and photographs, diagrams …
Borders, texts boxes and charts …
Bullet points and lists …
Links and websites …
Font styles and size (bold, italics, capitals) …
Colour …
Language Descriptive, technical, emotive, biased,
colloquial, ambiguous, shocking, anecdotal, restrained, scientific, complex, persuasive, colourful, generalised, contrasting, simple,
factual…
Irony, humour, puns, rhyme, exaggeration…
Rhetorical questions, punctuation, sentence length…
First, second, third person…
Tenses…
Similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition…
Style
Formal informal Facts opinions
Media and non-fiction text?
Just follow the arrows …
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LETTER FORMAL:
INFORMAL:
REVIEW NEWS ARTICLE
LEAFLET
SPEECH REPORT
On your worksheet write down what you expect the:
StructurePresentation and layout
Language devices / featuresto be for each specific text type.
Always think:
Purpose
Audience
Language
Layout