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Exams
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Paper 1
Section A: Unseen 19th Century Fiction
• An extract from a 19th century fiction text of approx. 650 words.
• Students will be required to answer short comprehension-style
questions which focus on close reading of the text and longer response
questions to show their understanding of the whole text.
Section B: Creative Writing
• Students will have a choice of two tasks linked to the theme of the
text in Section A.
• One of these tasks will include images as an optional stimulus for
students.
• Assessed for writing for audience, purpose, tone and style as well
as spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Spoken Language Endorsement:
• Presenting, listening to questions and responding and the use of
standard English.
• Teacher set and assessed.
• Separate endorsement reported as a separate line on the
certificate. Not included in the GCSE grade.
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Paper 2
Section A: Comparison of two unseen texts from the 20th and 21st
century
• Two will be non-fiction extracts.
• Extracts will be up to 1,000 words in total.
• Shorter response questions will focus on the close reading of the
individual texts; a longer response question will ask students to compare the
writers’ use of language.
Section B: Transactional Writing
• Choice of two writing tasks linked to the theme of Section A.
• Choice of newspaper article, letter etc.
• Assessed for writing for audience, purpose, tone and style as well
as spelling, punctuation and grammar.
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