With no more fruit 2 bear from its trees,
the Haze was finally broken
Prince – “Deconstruction” – The Rainbow Children
Examiner Top Tips
Once the August result haze leaves English teachers up and down the country, what’s better than sitting down and working out what we did well, or not so well?
One such day I sat looking at our data and I chatted at length with my friend Becky Wood (@shadylady222). She had already begun deconstructing the AQA Examiner Reports for both language papers.
What Becky did, I think was pretty clever, she went through the reports and created an ‘at a glance’ top tips, and the key positive/negative points from the GCSE examiners report. These can then be used to inform teaching or as reminders for revision. I then offered to help by completing all matching resources for both literature papers/reports,
Becky does AQA (you can find them on her timeline on twitter).
I’ve created the Edexcel ones here:
Edexcel – June 2018
Examiners’ Report Summary – GCSE English Language 1EN0 01 – Paper 1
- Language Paper 1 (Creative Writing) A4 Top Tips (word)
- Language Paper 1 (Creative Writing) A4 Top Tips (PDF)
- Language Paper 1 (Creative Writing) Commentary (ppt)
Examiners’ Report Summary – GCSE English Language 1EN0 02 – Paper 2
- Language Paper 2 (Non-Fiction) A4 Top Tips (word)
- Language Paper 2 (Non-Fiction) A4 Top Tips (PDF)
- Language Paper 2 (Non-Fiction) Commentary (ppt)
Examiners’ Report Summary – GCSE English Literature 1ET0 01 – Paper 1
- Literature Paper 1 (Shakespeare + AIC) A4 Top Tips (word)
- Literature Paper 1 (Shakespeare + AIC) A4 Top Tips (PDF)
- Literature Paper 1 (Shakespeare + AIC) commentary (ppt)
Examiners’ Report Summary – GCSE English Literature 1ET0 01 – Paper 2
- Literature Paper 2 (19c Text + Poetry) A4 Top Tips (word)
- Literature Paper 2 (19c Text + Poetry) A4 Top Tips (PDF)
- Literature Paper 2 (19c Text + Poetry) Commentary (ppt)
AQA 2017
AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 (8700/1) Explorations in creative reading and writing
- Language paper 1 top tips (Word)
- Language paper 1 top tips (PDF)
- Language Paper 1 (PPT)
AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 (8700/2) Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives
- Language Paper 2 top tips (Word)
- Language Paper 2 top tips (PDF)
- Language Paper 2 (PDF)
AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 (8702/1) Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel
- Lit_Modern Novel and poetry Top Tips (Word)
- Lit_Modern Novel and poetry Top Tips (PDF)
- Lit_Modern Novel and Poetry (PPT)
AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 2 (8702/2) Modern texts and poetry
- Lit_Shakespeare and 19c Novel Top Tips (Word)
- Lit_Shakespeare and 19c Novel Top Tips (PDF)
- Lit_Shakespeare and 19c Novel (PPT)
Thank you once again to Becky for the templates and idea!
