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An easily digestible breakdown of the GCSE specification as it applies to AQA and Edexcel. I use this to help students evaluate their own writing and produce model answers.

Date : 06/10/2020

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Alex

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Uploaded on : 06/10/2020
Subject : English

Specification

Exams the type of assessment and how it is broken down

Section

Assessment

Grade %

Suggested Timing

Paper 1

A

Shakespeare

20

50

B

19th C Novel

20

50

40

1 h 40 m (+5 min check)

Paper 2

A

Modern

20

40

B

Poetry

20

40

C

Unseen

20

40

60

2 h (+15 min check)

Assessment objectives what examiners look for to prove that you understood the GCSE

Assessments Objectives

Meaning

Code

Weighting (%)

AO1

Read, understand and respond to texts using quotes and maintaining a critical style

PEE

40

AO2

Analyse form, structure and language used by the writer to

FSL

40

AO3

Show understand of the relationships between texts and the context they were written in

Context

15

AO4

Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation

Grammar

5

100


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