Comparing The New GCSE Specs For Language
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Comparing the New GCSE Specs for Language and for Literature Edexcel Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature 1hr 45mins 40 marks inc context worth 50% of GCSE Exploring modern and literary heritage texts 80 marks 50% of GCSE inc SPaG 2 hrs Shakespeare 55mins 20 marks Modern Text and unseen prose– 1hr 15mins 40 marks Q1a – compare extract from studied text to unseen text 45 mins 20 marks inc context Q1b – response to whole text 30 mins 20 marks Paper 1 answer a question on an extract (possible pre-release)followed by question on whole text Literature OCR Macbeth The Tempest Romeo and Juliet Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night The Merchant of Venice Post 1914 text 50mins 20 marks Answer one question from a choice of two. An Inspector Calls – J B Priestley Hobson’s Choice – Harold Brighouse Blood Brothers – Willy Russell Journey’s End – R C Sherriff Animal Farm – George Orwell Lord of the Flies – William Golding Anita and Me – Meera Syal The Woman in Black – Susan Hill Anita and Me – Meera Syal Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro Animal Farm – George Orwell An Inspector Calls – J. B. Priestley My Mother Said I Never Should – Charlotte Keatley DNA – Dennis Kelly 19th Text – 45 mins 40 marks Answer one question from a choice of two on chosen text inc context Great Expectations – Charles Dickens Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen The War of the Worlds – H G Wells The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë. AQA Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel – 64 marks and 40% of GCSE 4 marks for SPaG 1hr 45mins inc context Shakespeare – 30 marks - answer a question on an extract (possible prerelease)followed by question on whole text Macbeth Romeo and Juliet The Tempest The Merchant of Venice Much Ado About Nothing Julius Caesar 19th Century Novel – 30 marks answer a question on an extract followed by question on whole text Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Great Expectations Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre Mary Shelley Frankenstein 1 Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four Paper 2 Literature 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 2hrs 15mins 40 marks worth 50% of GCSE 19th-century novel 55mins 16 marks inc context Answer one question on chosen text Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë Great Expectations – Charles Dickens Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – R L Stevenson A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Silas Marner – George Eliot Frankenstein – Mary Shelley Poetry Q1 – analysis of a named poem from chosen cluster 30mins 8 marks Q2 – compare two unseen poems 50mins 16 marks Relationships Conflict Time and Place Exploring poetry and Shakespeare 80 marks 50% of GCSE 2 hrs Poetry 1hr 15mins 40 marks Q1a – 45 mins 20 marks answer one question comparing two poems – one poem will be from the cluster the other unseen Q1b – 30 mins 20 marks analysis of a named poem from the anthology Love and Relationships Conflict Youth and Age Shakespeare 45mins 40 marks Answer one question from a choice of two on chosen text inc context Romeo and Juliet The Merchant of Venice Macbeth Much Ado About Nothing. Modern texts and poetry – 96 marks 60% of GCSE 4 marks for SPaG 2hrs 15mins Modern Text – 30 marks 4 marks for SPaGanswer one question from a choice of two. JB Priestley An Inspector Calls Willy Russell Blood Brothers Alan Bennett The History Boys Dennis Kelly DNA Simon Stephens The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time play Shelagh Delaney A Taste of Honey William Golding Lord of the Flies AQA Anthology Telling Tales George Orwell Animal Farm Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go Meera Syal Anita and Me Stephen Kelman Pigeon English Poetry – 30 marks – answer one question comparing two poems from the cluster – one poem will be named. Poems Past and Present Love and relationships Power and conflict Unseen Poetry – 32 marks Answer three questions; Q1 on poem 1, Q2 on poem 2 and Q3 comparing the two unseen poems Paper 1 Language Fiction and Imaginative Writing 40% of GCSE 1hr 45mins 40 marks Communicating information and ideas 80 marks 2hrs 50% GCE Explorations in creative reading and writing 80 marks 50% of GCSE Reading 19th Century Fiction 1hr 15 marks Q1 – information retrieval Q2 – information retrieval Q3 – language analysis Q4 – language and structure Read unseen non-fiction texts from the 19th century and either the 20th or 21st century. One text will always be drawn from the 19th century. 60mins 40 marks Q1 – information retrieval source 1 Q2 – similarities between source 1 and 2 Q3 – language and structure source 2 Q4 – comparing source 1 and 2 Section A: Reading [45 min] 40 marks one fiction text (20th Century) Q1 – Information Retrieval Q2 – Language Analysis of a specific section Q3 – Structure and development Q4 – Language analysis and expressing own viewpoint Writing original non-fiction for different audiences and purposes. 60mins 40 marks Choose one of two questions Explain/inform/instruct/argue/persuade. (50% of writing mark is SPaG) Exploring effects and impact 80 marks 2 hrs 50% of GCSE Section B: Writing [60 mins] 40 marks • descriptive or narrative writing (inform, explain, describe) (50% of writing mark is SPaG) Reading unseen prose fiction texts from the 20th and/or 21st century. 60mins 40 marks One text may be literary non-fiction. Q1 – information retrieval source 1 Q2 – language and structure source 1 Q3 – language and structure source 2 Q4 – comparing source 1 and 2 Section A: Reading [45 mins] 40 marks • one non-fiction text and one literary nonfiction text 19th and 21st Century) Q1 – true or False based on Source A (21st Century) Q2 – Summary of source A and source B Q3 – Language analysis of source B (19th Century) Q4 – Compare source A to source B Writing 45mins 25 marks Answer one from a choice of two questions Inform/explain/describe (50% of writing mark is SPaG) Paper 2 Language Non-fiction and Transactional Writing 60% of GCSE 2hrs 60 marks Reading 20th and 21st non-fiction 1hr 15mins 35 marks Q1 – information retrieval source 1 Q2 – information retrieval source 1 Q3 – language analysis source 1 Q4 – information retrieval source 2 Q5 – information retrieval source 2 Q6 – language analysis source 2 Q7 – comparing source 1 and 2 Writing 45mins 25 marks Choose one of two tasks Argue/persuade.advise (50% of writing mark is SPaG) Producing original creative writing 60mins 40 marks Choose one of two questions (50% of writing mark is SPaG) Writer’s viewpoints and perspectives 80 marks 50% of GCSE Section B: Writing [60 mins] 40 marks • writing to present a viewpoint (argue, persuade, advise) (50% of writing mark is SPaG)
