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Includes spring term trial exam structure, spring term assessment list, and revision support details such as revision booklets, top tips, exemplar essays, targeted intervention, and after-school classes. Provides clear success checklists and Grade 4/Grade 7 criteria focused on analysis, writing accuracy, and structured responses.","Higham Lane School English Department  \n“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”  \nWilliam Shakespeare  \nGCSE English Language  \nand  \nGCSE English Literature  \nEnglish Language website:  \n[http://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/english-language/gcse/](http://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/english-language/gcse/)  \nEnglish Literature website:  \n[http://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/english-literature/gcse/](http://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/english-literature/gcse/)  \nTHE  FOUR GCSE ENGLISH EXAMS:  \nGCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE  \nCOMPONENT 1 : Monday 11th May 2026 AM  \n2 hours:  \n• Section A: Macbeth (20 mins extract question, 40 mins essay): 1 hour  \n• Section B: Anthology Poetry (20 mins on one poem, 40 mins on comparison essay): 1 hour  \nCOMPONENT 2 : Tuesday 19th May 2026 AM  \n2.5 hours:  \n• Section A: A Christmas Carol: 45 minutes  \n• Section B: An Inspector Calls: 45 minutes  \n• Section C: Unseen Poetry (20 mins on one poem, 40 mins on comparison essay): 1 hour  \nGCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE  \nComponent 1 : Thursday 21st May 2026 AM  \n1 hour 45 minutes:  \n• 20th Century Prose Reading Study (1 hour)  \n• Creative Prose Writing (45 mins)  \nComponent 2 : Friday 5th June 2026 AM  \n2 hours:  \n• 19th and 21st Century Non-fiction Reading Study: 1 hour  \n• Transactional/ Persuasive Writing: (2 x 30 minute tasks): 1 hour  \nSPRING TERM PRACTICE EXAMS:  \nJanuary 2026 Trial Exam:  \nEnglish Language Component 2 (2 hours):  \n• Section A: Non-fiction texts (6 questions)  \n• Section B: Transactional writing (2 tasks)  \nEnglish Literature Component 1 (1 hour only):  \n• Anthology poetry (2 tasks)  \nSpring Term Orange Book Literature and Language  \nAssessments:  \nMacbeth  \nAnthology poetry  \nAn Inspector Calls  \nMacbeth  \nA Christmas Carol  \nUnseen poetry  \nNarrative Writing  \nTransactional Writing (formal letter, informal letter, article, review, guide, report, speech)  \nREVISION MATERIALS, CLASSES and ADDITIONAL SUPPORT  \n􀂾 Students have been issued with revision booklets for ALL components of the English Language and English Literature exams which include key quotations, Context information, exam questions, exemplar essays and Top Tips.  \n􀂾 Literature Revision Classes run on THURSDAYS after-school in EN3.  \n􀂾 Students who are underachieving are identified and offered extra help in Intervention lessons  \n10 ways to identify whether YOU are on the road to GCSE success:  \n|  |  | YES | NO | SOMETIMES |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Are you working‘flat-out’ in EVERY English lesson (and Intervention lesson)? |  |  |  |\n| 2 | Have you used the Language and Literature Revision Packs independently to improve your notes/cue cards? |  |  |  |\n| 3 | Have you completed any of the practice papers from the Revision Packs independently? |  |  |  |\n| 4 | Have you been planning/writing an independent weekly response to the English Language Component B questions (the 30 minute‘transactional writing’ tasks or 45 minute narrative/recount writing)? |  |  |  |\n| 5 | Have you spoken to your teacher about any gapsin your knowledge that you would like some additional help with? |  |  |  |\n| 6 | Do you follow the 15 Minute English Revision Planner (given out in class)? |  |  |  |\n| 7 | Are you using the CGP revision guides, online sites such as BBC Bitesize, Quizlit, Mr Bruff Youtube videos and the English resources on Google Classroom for ACTIVE revision? For example, by making detailed revision posters on the characters’journeys/ Anthology poems etc. |  |  |  |\n| 8 | Have you re-read the set Literature texts recently – perhaps even trying an audio version for variety? |  |  |  |\n| 9 | Are you revising/working every night for at least 15 minutes on some aspect of the English GCSEs? |  |  |  |\n| 10 | Have you been attending the after-school Revision Classes, Intervention classes or EN1 Lunchtime‘pop-in for help’? |  |  |  |\n\nReflections on the November Trial Exam  \n\n| Why did my son/daughter not achieve a Grade 4? 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