English Language · GCSE
Writing to describe, narrate and argue
GCSE English Language knowledge mat
Half the Marks Are for This
Writing is 50% of the GCSE and accuracy alone is 20%. So what actually changes a paragraph? Describing by refusing things; narrating one moment rather than a plot; arguing against yourself first; the same beach written twice, inventory against selection; one sentence improved in three moves; where the fifth of the marks for accuracy actually goes. Six terms to define, a model analytical sentence, and the misconceptions that cost marks.
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One purchase, all 4 GCSE English Language sheets, £3.99 for the set: this one · Reading: inference, summary, synthesis · Analysing language · Structure, and comparing texts
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One landscape A4 page on one skill, built on the DfE’s own assessment objectives rather than a board’s paraphrase. It carries describing by selection, narrating one moment, arguing with a concession, the same paragraph written twice and a sentence improved in three moves, then the vocabulary, a worked exam-style answer and the misconceptions that cost marks.
The extracts are written for the sheet, or out of copyright and verified against the text. Nothing is quoted from an anthology, a set text or a past paper, so the sheet can be photocopied for a class and stay compliant. Every claim is sourced, and the assessment objectives are quoted verbatim from the DfE document.
Sold by subject: all four English Language sheets for one price. A knowledge organiser stores a unit and is revised from afterwards; this is meant to be on the table while the work is happening.
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- The DfE GCSE English language subject content (DFE-00232-2013), its assessment objectives quoted verbatim. Extracts are written for the sheet, or out of copyright and verified against the text
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- English Language teachers. On the desk during the lesson, not a student revision guide
- Extent
- One landscape A4 sheet · 9 sections
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