GCSE English Knowledge Organisers

Year 10 and Year 11 in one download — 24 A4 sheets, two per unit, in the order the units are taught.

Year 10 The Year 10 terms: reading fiction and writing to describe and narrate (Language); the nineteenth-century novel (Literature); Shakespeare (Literature); non-fiction, comparison and writing to a viewpoint (Language); the modern text (Literature); and Poetry since 1789, with the spoken language endorsement.
Year 11 The Year 11 terms: unseen poetry and reading without preparation; writing (accuracy, sustained composition and the twenty per cent); the four set texts, deepened; reading under time across both Language papers; revision by diagnosis; and examination technique for the final fortnight.

Written to the Empower Educators GCSE english scheme of work · 24 pages across 2 files · For English teachers and heads of department. Printed one per pupil

Preview Year 10 Preview Year 11

One purchase — all 2 files, first pages of each open above

One purchase covers the school that buys it · PDF straight after payment · Refunds

Every unit, and the sheet that covers it

Each sheet carries the same five sections in the same places — the vocabulary a pupil must be able to define, what they must know, what they must be able to do kept in its own list, the one diagram worth remembering, and the misconceptions that actually cost marks.

Board-neutral throughout. No sheet is written to one board’s specification. The content traces to the Department for Education’s own subject content, which AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR and WJEC Eduqas all have to cover however each one orders or labels it — so a department can use these whichever board they teach.

Language: Reading Fiction, and Writing to Describe and Narrate

Year 10 · unit 1 · 2 A4 sheets
Literature: The Nineteenth-Century Novel

Year 10 · unit 2 · 2 A4 sheets
Literature: Shakespeare

Year 10 · unit 3 · 2 A4 sheets
Language: Non-Fiction, Comparison and Writing to a Viewpoint

Year 10 · unit 4 · 2 A4 sheets
Literature: The Modern Text — Fiction or Drama from 1914

Year 10 · unit 5 · 2 A4 sheets
Poetry Since 1789, and the Spoken Language Endorsement

Year 10 · unit 6 · 2 A4 sheets
Unseen Poetry, and Reading Without Preparation

Year 11 · unit 1 · 2 A4 sheets
Writing: Accuracy, Sustained Composition and the Twenty Per Cent

Year 11 · unit 2 · 2 A4 sheets
The Four Set Texts, Deepened

Year 11 · unit 3 · 2 A4 sheets
Reading Under Time: Both Language Papers

Year 11 · unit 4 · 2 A4 sheets
Revision by Diagnosis

Year 11 · unit 5 · 2 A4 sheets
Examination Technique and the Final Fortnight

Year 11 · unit 6 · 2 A4 sheets