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AQA GCSE English
Assessment Objectives

AQA only, covering AQA GCSE English Language (8700) and English Literature (8702). A working manual for a GCSE English department. It moves in one direction: specification, curriculum, teaching, practice, assessment, intervention, examination. That is the order in which the decisions actually get made. Part One is the only part that is board-specific, and it is quoted verbatim from the published specification.

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£4.99The AQA GCSE English exam board playbook, 48 pages

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Two GCSEs at a glanceTwo 1 hour 45 papers in Language, weighted 50/50. Two Literature papers weighted 40/60, both closed book.

  1. AO1Retrieve
  2. AO2Analyse
  3. AO3Compare
  4. AO4Evaluate
Cover of AQA GCSE English Assessment Objectives — Exam Preparation

Written for this specification. Part One is board-specific and quoted verbatim from AQA’s own document; everything after it is about how the assessment works and how students gain marks.

The assessment objectives are worded almost identically across boards and weighted differently, so this book covers AQA only. Check the board you teach before buying.

Written to
AQA GCSE English Language (8700) and English Literature (8702)
Intended for
teachers, heads of department and SLT. Not a student revision guide
Extent
48 pages · 17 sections

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Contents

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Taken from the book’s own contents page, so the page numbers are the real ones.

PART ONE — THE QUALIFICATION

01Two GCSEs at a glancep6
02English Language: the six objectivesp7
03Language: where the marks livep8
04English Literature: the four objectivesp9
05Command wordsp10
06The two-year journeyp11

PART TWO — CURRICULUM

07Knowledge, skills, application, performancep13
08Six sequencing principlesp14
09Prerequisite knowledge and the KS3 bridgep15
10Retrieval planningp16
11Curriculum health check (tool)p17

PART THREE — TEACHING

12Modelling and worked examplesp19
13Teaching analysisp20
14Teaching writingp21
15Differentiationp22
16New to the departmentp23
17Questioningp24
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