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It describes the exam timetable, includes regular GCSE-style mock practice, and details Paper 1 and Paper 2 formats. Paper 1 covers creative reading from 20th/21st-century literature prose fiction and a choice of creative writing prompts. Paper 2 develops viewpoints and perspectives using two linked sources from different periods, followed by a single writing task to a specified audience, purpose, and form.","English literature and language GCSE  \n- Students will be studying for two separate GCSEs: Literature and language  \n- There is no longer a coursework component  \n- All exams will take place at the end of year 11  \n- Study will be integrated – students will do literature and language components each week  \n- They will have regular GCSE style mock exams, in order to practise their timing and the pressure of exam conditions  \nEnglish Language:  \n■ Students will complete two papers at the end of year 11:  \nPaper 1: ‘Explorations in Creative reading and writing’  \nSec A – Reading:  \n• Reading a single source drawn from literature fiction in order to consider how established, modern and emerging writers use narrative and descriptive techniques to capture the interest of readers.  \n• The genre of the source will be literature prose fiction such as extracts from novels and short stories and focus on openings, endings, narrative perspectives and points of view, narrative or descriptive passages, character developments, atmospheric descriptionsand other appropriate narrative and descriptive approaches.  \n• The source for the reading questions will be selected from the 20th or 21st centuries.  \nPaper 1 Section A: Sample question 2  \nLook in detail at this extract from lines 8-17 of the source.  \nThe wind came in gusts, at times shaking the coach    \nHow does the writer use language here to describe the effects of the weather?  \nYou could include the writer’s choice of:  \n• words and phrases  \n• language features and techniques  \n• sentence forms.  \n[8 marks]  \nSlide 22 Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \n■ Paper 1 Section B-writing:  \n• Always a choice of written prompt and visual image that is linked to the topic of the reading text in section A.  \n• Always a creative task focusing on narrative and, or descriptive writing skills: one narration and one description, or two description, or two narration.  \nPaper 1 Section B: Sample question 5  \nYou are going to enter a creative writing competition. Your entry will be judged by a panel of people of your own age.  \nEither: Write a description suggested by this picture:  \nOr: Write the opening part of a story about a place that is severely affected by the weather.  \n[24 marks for content and organisation 16 marks for technical accuracy]  \n[40 marks]  \nSlide 30 Copyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \nPaper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives.  \n■ Paper 2 Sec A:  \n■ To develop students’ insights into how writers have particular viewpoints and perspectives on issues or themes that are important to the way we think and live our lives.  \n■ Two linked sources from different time periods and genres in order to consider how each presents a perspective or viewpoint to influence the reader.  \n■ Sources will be drawn from the 19th century, and either the 20th or 21st centuries depending on the time period selected for paper 1 in each series.  \n■ Choice of genre for the sources will be non-fiction and literary non-fiction such as high quality journalism, articles, reports, essays, travel writing, accounts, sketches, letters, diaries, reports, autobiography and biographical passages or other appropriate nonfiction and literary non-fiction forms.  \nPaper 2 Section A: Sample question 2  \nYou need to refer to source A and source B for this question:  \nUse details from both sources. 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This suggests he wants to do well and does do well, without trying very hard, and is living in comfort.  \nWhereas Henry is having a very uncomfortable time at boarding school,‘our bread is nearly black’, suggesting they have very scarce or low quality food but Henry works ","cbCaij1WdoqR4boe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij1WdoqR4boe","pdf",478468,1,18,"English","en",105,"# English literature and language GCSE\n## Study structure and assessment changes\n## English Language - Paper 1\n## Paper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives","[{\"question\":\"How many GCSE exams will students take for English, and when will they be held?\",\"answer\":\"Students take two separate GCSEs: English Literature and English Language. 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