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Assessments

Term 1 September - December

Film Noir unit to introduce IGCSE skills:

Narrative writing – the form and features of fiction writing

Paper 1 Comprehension skills

Paper 1 skills

-          Vocabulary work

-          Comprehension

-          Summary skills

Narrative timed writing task (Paper 2 assessment criteria)

First Paper 1 exam assessments

Term 2

January – April

People and Places:

Into the Wild film and extracts from John Krakauer’s biography for: Vocabulary and comprehension work for Paper 1

Descriptive Writing – Wilderness

Investigating wild places around the world.

Skills: Effective Planning, developing vocabulary and skills for descriptive writing eg varieties of focus.

Descriptive writing: Crowds and groups of people

Reflecting on previous assessment and developing skills especially “varieties of focus”

Individualised work on accuracy: spelling, grammar and punctuation.

Paper 1 skills

Descriptive timed writing task (Paper 2 assessment criteria)

Descriptive timed writing task (Paper 2 assessment criteria)

Paper 1 timed assessment in class

Term 3

April/May – July

Paper 1 skills in preparation for end of year exam

-          Vocabulary work

-          Comprehension

-          Summary skills

Border Crossings: exploring migration stories:

Comprehension and vocabulary work for Paper 1

Detailed study of The Arrival by Shaun Tan to inspire narrative writing  

End of year exam (Paper 1)

Narrative Writing (Paper 2 assessment criteria)

Term 4 September – December

Introducing Question 1 of Paper 2: Evaluation.

Exploring Opinion writing including:

-          Communities – local and global

-          Living in a digital world

-          Fast fashion

How to evaluate effectively in writing.

Writing for a purpose and audience:

-          Speech

-          Magazine Articles

-          Persuasive Letters

Narrative Writing:

Revisiting the form and features of fiction writing.

Planning an engaging story / responding to a prompt

Descriptive Writing

Revisiting effective description with varieties of focus.

Paper 1 Skills

Paper 2 Question 1 timed assessments(Paper 2 assessment criteria)

Paper 2 Question 2 timed assessments – Narrative or Descriptive (Paper 2 assessment criteria)

Term 5

Janurary – April

Revision of all essential skills and Past Paper Practice for Paper 1 and Paper 2

Individualised skills work

Regular timed Past Papers

Final Exams

May- June