IGCSE English Language IGCSE English Literature Mrs Anderson

English Language: 40% written exam, 20% Spoken exam, 40% coursework (3 pieces) English Literature: 60% written exam, 40% coursework Language Exam Skills: Reading for information – finding key points Language analysis Summary – making it shorter AT HOME – read articles, summarise key points. Pick out words/phrases and suggest how they affect the reader. Find facts fast – look for capital letters Find key points – look for the topic sentence Spoken exam – 3 minutes talk – enthuse! 7 minutes discuss – extend. Coursework – keep working on it at home.

English Language Course Content • One written exam – 40% of grade ▫ Three questions:

 1 – transformational writing  2 – language analysis  3 – notes, then summary

Exam 40%

S&L 20%

• One spoken exam – 20% of grade

▫ 3 minute speech, 7 minute discussion.

Course work 40%

• Three coursework assignments – 40% of grade ▫ Describe/narrate ▫ Inform/analyse/argue ▫ Reading response, facts/opinions/arguments

Question 1 - extended • Read carefully Passage A, The Beast of Bodmin Moor, in the Reading Booklet Insert and then answer Questions 1 and 2 on this Question Paper. • Question 1: You are Nicole Panteli, the journalist. Write a newspaper article for the local newspaper based on your visit to the moor, with the title ‘Big Cat or Tall Story?’. • In your newspaper article you should comment on: • • what the local people believe about the ‘beast’ • • your own memories and your experience while driving across the moor • • your opinions on the ‘beast’ and the locals, and predictions for the future. • Base your newspaper article on what you have read in Passage A, but be careful to use your own words. Address each of the three bullets. • Begin the newspaper article: ‘Last week I went on a trip down memory lane to investigate a longstanding mystery…’. • Write about 250 to 350 words. • Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer, and up to 5 marks for the quality of your writing.

This is broken down into several stages in the core paper • Read carefully Passage A, School Visit, in the Reading Booklet Insert and then answer Questions 1 and 2 on this Question Paper. • Answer all questions using your own words as far as possible. • Question 1 • (a) Using your own words, explain what the writer says about the similarities and differences between the appearance of the boys and the girls (paragraph 2, ‘When we arrived…schoolroom.’). [2]

Question 2 - extended • Re-read the descriptions of: • (a) the appearance of the beast in paragraph 3, beginning ‘As she rounded…’ • (b) the appearance of the farmer and his farm in paragraph 4, beginning ‘A little further...’. • Select four powerful words or phrases from each paragraph. Your choices should include imagery. Explain how each word or phrase selected is used effectively in the context. • Write about 200 to 300 words. • Up to 10 marks are available for the content of your answer.

Question 2 core

•This is the same as question 1 on the extended paper.

Question 3a - extended • Read carefully Passage B, Unicorns and Yetis, in the Reading Booklet Insert and then answer Question 3(a) and (b) on this Question Paper. • Question 3 • Answer the questions in the order set. • (a) Notes • What are the reasons for not believing in the existence of unicorns and yetis, according to Passage B? • Write your answer using short notes. • You do not need to use your own words. • Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer.

Question 3b • (b) Summary • Now use your notes to write a summary of what Passage B tells you about the reasons for not believing in the existence of unicorns and yetis. • You must use continuous writing (not note form) and use your own words as far as possible. • Your summary should include all 15 of your points in Question 3(a) and must be 200 to 250 words. • Up to 5 marks are available for the quality of your writing.

Question 3 core

•This is the same as on the extended paper.

Course Content • One Exam – 60% of grade ▫ Two sections:  Section A - One question on

Course work 40%

a set play or novel

Exam 60%

 Section B - One question on an unseen poem

• One coursework assignment – 40% of grade ▫ A comparison of two literary works

Skills • • • • • •

Analyse complex information. Ability to read, reflect and critique. Construct ideas on the text. Write successful PEA paragraphs. Critical analysis of the texts. Ability to compare two texts.

At home • • • • •

Re-read the set text – at least 3 times Revise using BBC Bitesize, You Tube clips Know the characters and the themes Read lots of poetry to practise for the unseen Coursework – keep working on it.

Past Exam Papers • http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/aqacertificate/english-literature-8710/past-papersand-mark-schemes. • Search for “IGCSE/Level 2 AQA literature past exam papers”. • Paper 1 only (Paper 2 is for schools who don’t do the coursework). • http://www.cie.org.uk/programmes-andqualifications/cambridge-igcse-english-firstlanguage-uk-0522/past-papers/ • Search for IGCSE Cambridge English First Language UK (0522)