Copy the: title, date and learning

objectives.
Stick the handout I gave you onto
Edexcel: English Language the front inside cover of your book
Monday 26th November
2012

To understand the
structure of Paper One.
Register Challenge:
Can you tell me any type of
To develop effective language technique that you would
strategies that will help expect to see in a written text. For
me to tackle each example: Verbs.
question
Starter:
Write me a little note in your book
now that only I will see how are
you feeling about the current GCSE
English situation? Ill read them
tonight and reply!
Dear Miss,
Im feeling
Paper One
On your Q/A card, write
down a question about paper
1, that you would like to know
the answer to.

Not the answer at this point,

just a question.

As I talk to you, if your

question is answered, write
the answer on the card
 TIMING
Timing is crucial running out of time will cost
you dearly!
YOU MUST attempt every question and YOU
MUST be aware of time.
Quick Exercise for you:
You have 2hrs and 15 minutes to complete
Paper 1 how many minutes is that? 135minutes
Take away 15 minutes for reading time. 120 minutes
There are 60 marks how many minutes
should you spend on each mark? 2 minutes
If question 1 is worth 3 marks how many
minutes should it take you (maximum)? 6 minutes
 Paper One Content:
Reading & Writing
A taught and known passage
1 reading question and 1
writing task
Section B 20 marks

Reading
Unseen passage
read it and answer
3 questions. Writing
One writing task
Section A - 20 based on one type of
Marks writing
Section C 20 marks

Homework use the website write a summary

of what kind of things you should do when
writing to inform, explain, describe!
 Paper One Content:
Reading & Writing
A taught and known passage
1 reading question and 1
writing task
Section B 20 marks

Reading
Unseen passage
read it and answer Writing
3 questions.
One writing task
Section A based on one type of
20 Marks writing
Section C 20 marks

Homework use the website write a summary

of what kind of things you should do when
writing to inform, explain, describe!
There are no tiers of entry Just one paper for all pupils
so your potential IS NOT limited by anything!
 Section A Reading Section
This will be based on a text that you have not
seen before.
The text is usually an excerpt from a book and
will be non fiction.
It will be a challenging text.
I would suggest that you read the questions
before you read the text why?
 Task One:
Annotate the questions:
what do they need you to
do?
 How Exam reading Should be done

What
does this
tell us
about
Jenny?
 How Exam reading Should be done
Jenny is independent and strong
as she is bringing up two sons by
herself in a remote location
How Exam reading Should be done

What does this tell

us about Jenny?
How Exam reading Should be done

Plans ahead
organised
Caring and loving
Section A
An unseen Non-
Fiction text

The context is
really important
make sure that
you read this as it
will tell you what
you are reading
and who the
characters are

You are going to read the text use the timer on the board to see how
long it takes you and record the time in your book.

You have up to 15 minutes reading and annotating time

As you read, you will need to focus on question 1 and 2
Noises for the fire in lines 19-27;
Whats Jenny like?
 Question One how do you answer it?

Information Retrieval
Have a go in your book
1
2
3
How many marks would this response get?
How many marks would this response get?
 Question Two

Infer and Deduce

How do you tackle this question?

You DO NOT NEED TO WRITE THE EVIDENCE to get full marks
you have to show that you understand it and make (at least)
5 different points.
Have a go!
How many marks would this response get?
Paper One
Do you now know the answer
to your question?

If you do, write the answer

onto your Q/A card.

If you still do not know the

answer, hand it to me on the
way out and I will answer it
tomorrow.
Edexcel: English Language
Monday 26th November
2012
What effective strategies
To understand the have you learnt today?
structure of Paper One.
Tell me one thing as you
To develop effective leave
strategies that will help
me to tackle each
question