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It follows a mistake it made in a GCSE English Literature exam question on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in May.

Since writing the above we've heard there are problems with the new GCSE science and Mary Meredith on the blog «TeenSchooling» has written an open letter to Morgan saying the new GCSE English Literature exam probably breaks the Equality Act 2010.

If you know a specific book or genre is a frequent testing target in the AP English Literature exam, use the PBL project to go in - depth on that content.

A core assessment based on the new GCSE English Literature exam is included.

The error comes weeks after the same exam board made a mistake in a GCSE English Literature exam question in relation to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in May.

18 key quotations for the GCSE English Literature exam on Macbeth.

Grade 9 - 1 English Literature exam style assessment preparation which would appeal to students with a creative nature.

All resources include differentiated activities and / or resources to get your students super prepared and well practiced for those upcoming English Literature exams.

Alongside lesson plans, these resources will allow students and teachers to prepare with assurance for their English Literature exams.

In Westminster Hall (from 4.30 pm) MPs will debate e-petition 200299 on the «closed book» GCSE English literature exams.

Not exact matches

Atherton, a lecturer in English language and literature at Oxford University, says that in 1930, Tolkien was grading secondary school exam papers at his home in North Oxford, and he was bored.

A fantastic resource to help prepare students for upcoming and very challenging English Language and Literature exams.

Ideal preparation for KS4 students about to sit their AQA English Literature Paper 2 exam and for KS3 and KS4 students analysing the play as well.

This comes following changes to the English Literature GCSE, which has scrapped coursework and ruled that exams become closed - book assessments.

It will be used for the first time this summer after pupils sit the new English, English literature and GCSE exams.

Discovery Education has announced the addition of over 70 videos for set texts, novels set by an exam board, which students are asked to study for their English Literature GCSEs.

An GCSE Literature exam style question paper on the theme of incongruity and character of Mr Hyde in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde new specification English Lit exam style question.

This has been written with the latest AQA (9 - 1) English Literature specification in mind, but I'm sure this would work equally well with other exam boards and would also work nicely with the drama specifications such as OCR (I've thrown in an OCR GCSE revision mat to accompany the guide so that it works for drama too).

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 18 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 95 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * A copy of the key scene, with original version on the left and space for students to «translate» into modern English on the right * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 3 - 6, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Quiz on the life and times of Shakespeare * Group «collective memory» activity on the Globe Theatre * Activities focused upon «translating» Shakespearean language * Storyboarding the play * Reading and translating Act 3 Scene 1 * Analysing characters in the key scene * Structing an essay response * Designing costumes for Puck and Titania * Designing a set for the key scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

Designed for the new AQA 9 - 1 English Literature GCSE but equally applicable to other exam boards and of course to Drama specifications also.

Designed for the new AQA 9 - 1 English Literature GCSE but equally applicable to other exam boards; equally useful for drama specifications too!

This resource is for use when preparing students for the English Literature Component 1, Section A (extract question) section of the exam.

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 24 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 116 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (20 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up activity * Reading and discussing the whole play * Exploring Salem society in the 1690s - power and influence * Exploring key characters * In - depth analysis of characters - John Proctor and Reverend Hale * Essay writing skills - writing about characters * In - depth analysis of themes - relationships, jealousy, respect, religion * Exploring tension across the play * Linking the play to the 1950s McCarthy Era * 2 huge 60 - question revision quizzes * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 21 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 77 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (7 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up * Exploring working class vs. middle class stereotypes * Shared reading and discussion of the whole play * Creating theatre publicity posters * In - depth analysis of key scnes (Act 1 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 5) * Writing to describe - script to prose * Features of writing to inform and explain * AfL - improving a sample application letter * Role play - creating and performing an extra scene for the play * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

This has been written with the latest AQA (9 - 1) English Literature specification in mind, but I'm sure this would work equally well with other exam boards.

There is only so much time in a curriculum and forcing schools to deliver the EBacc's seven GCSEs (English language, literature, Maths, core and additional science (at least), history or geography, and a language) leave very little time to study anything else: especially when most schools want to offer eight subjects due to the size of the new exams.

For example we know that there has a large increase in numbers entering English Literature this year, and we expect that the average ability of the cohort entering the exams will therefore be lower than last year.

The first exams for the reformed GCSEs in English language, English literature and maths were held in summer 2017, with results due in August 2017.

Michael Gove has made a «real mistake» in asking GCSE exam boards to remove US literary classics such as To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men from the English Literature syllabus, the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) has said.

In English literature, exam questions will be designed to ensure that pupils have read the whole book.

In English literature, 76.3 % of exams were awarded A * - C, compared to 78.4 % last year, and 23.2 % got at least an A, against 25 % in 2011.

Exams watchdog Ofqual wants changes to English literature, maths, history and geography GCSEs to ensure students cover the full breadth of the subjects.

This year's students are the first to sit exams in the new GCSES in English (literature and language) and maths - arguably the biggest subjects in the curriculum.

The College Board's SAT data, for example, show that kids score higher on that college entrance exam when they take top classes in the main subjects, such as calculus compared with geometry, British literature compared with English / language arts; physics compared with earth science, and European history compared with geography.

GCSE English language and literature exams and those administered by the AQA board were worst affected by failures, in which «some reviewers changed marks where there was no error with original marking», according to Ofqual's report.

In a statement, the exam board said: «We're aware of an error in today's OCR GCSE English Literature paper.

As a supervisor of English teachers, I have known magnificent teachers of AP Literature and Composition, AP Language and Composition, and AP American Studies, and, in every single case without exception, what they offered their students was way, way, way above the official AP curriculum, which is extremely narrow and focused on preparing students for the AP exam.

Seniors — 12th Grade: 1.0 Language Arts: English 12 or AP Literature 0.5 Social Studies: U.S. Government 0.5 Social Studies: Sociology, Psychology, or Economics 6.0 Elective Civics Exam (in U.S. Government or a test session in spring)

UNITED KINGDOM (23 September 2015)-- Discovery Education announced the addition of over 70 videos for set texts, novels set by an exam board, which students are asked to study for their English Literature GCSEs.

The petition says: «Last year, lots of students struggled with GCSE English Literature as it was a closed book exam.