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| Assessment 1 | Unit 1: - Research and deliver a presentation about an inspirational person. Unit 2: - Write the opening to a Gothic story. | Unit 1: - Reading question paper about a detective story extract. Unit 2: - Plan and deliver a presentation, using advertising techniques, about a product that they have invented. | Unit 1: - Essay style question about the ways in which Dickens creates an atmospheric opening in ‘Great Expectations. - Write an atmospheric opening. Unit 2: - Reading question paper in response to a previously unseen poem about childhood. | English Literature Paper 1 extract to whole exam style question. English Language Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing Sections A and B | AQA GCSE English Language Mock examination (i) Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing AQA GCSE English Language Mock examination (i) Paper 2 Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives GCSE AQA English Literature Mock examination (i) Paper 2 Modern Texts and Poetry Across Time |
| Assessment 2 | Unit 3: - Reading question paper answering questions about a Greek myth. Unit 4: - Write a diary entry about an event from the story from the perspective of one of the characters. | Unit 3: - Produce a piece of creative writing using an image or a task as a springboard for ideas. Unit 4: - Write a diary entry about an event from the story from the perspective of one of the characters. | Unit 3: - Reading assessment questions on unseen source material. - Create a piece of writing in the style of one of the forms studied. Unit 4: - Diary writing task about a character or theme from the class text studied. | English Language Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives Sections A and B | AQA GCSE English Language Mock examination (ii) Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing AQA GCSE English Language Mock examination (ii) Paper 2 Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives GCSE AQA English Literature Mock examination (ii) Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel |
| Assessment 3 | Unit 5: - Role play activity of a scene/part of a scene from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Unit 6: - Creative writing assessment using an image as a springboard. | Unit 5: - Role play activity of a scene/part of a scene from ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Unit 6: - Creative writing assessment using an image as a springboard. | Unit 5: - Reading questions responding to an extract from Kite Runner - Use an image as the basis for a piece of descriptive writing. Unit 6: - Reading questions response about an extract from Macbeth. - Creative writing assessment using an image as a springboard. | English Language Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing Sections A and B English Language Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives Sections A and B Spoken Language: individual presentation or speech English Literature Paper 1 Sections A and B English Literature Paper 2 Section B | External Examinations AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing Duration: 1hr 45 mins Language Paper 2 Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives Duration: 1hr 45 mins AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel Duration 1 hr 45 mins Literature Paper 2 Modern Texts and Poetry Across Time Duration: 2 hrs 15 mins |
