Name: My Revision Notes: CCEA GCSE English Language
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ISBN: 9781471888632

Hodder Education

Amanda Barr

My Revision Notes: CCEA GCSE English Language

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Exam board: CCEA
Level: GCSE
Subject: English
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2017

Target success in CCEA GCSE English Language with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; clear guidance is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their skills.

With My Revision Notes every student can:

- Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner

- Feel confident tackling each question type by completing tasks for Reading and Writing in Units 1 and 4

- Practise exam skills with 'Test Yourself' activities, supported by easy-to-understand mark schemes and annotated example responses

- Improve exam technique through expert tips, examples of typical mistakes to avoid and exam preparation advice

- Check their progress and identify areas for improvement using the online answers for every practice question

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English

ISBN

9781471888632

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My revision planner

Unit 1, Section A: Writing for audience and purpose

What does Unit 1, Section A involve?

Purpose, audience and form

Identifying purpose, audience and form

Planning your response

Organising ideas

Openings and endings

Promoting a point of view

Engaging a reader

Writing persuasively

Counter-arguing

Spelling, punctuation and grammar

Spelling

Vocabulary for effect

Sentence structures

Sentence lengths

Punctuating effectively

Writing forms

Speeches

Articles

Letters

Online blogs

Unit 1, Section B: Reading to access non-fiction and media texts

What does Unit 1, Section B involve?

Identifying purpose

Task 2: Analysing a writer’s craft

Point. Evidence. Explain. (P.E.E.)

Task 3: Extracting meaning

Summarising the main ideas

Supporting interpretations

Task 4: Reading media texts

Persuasive language

Rhetoric

Fact and opinion

Promotional language

Language to connect and engage a reader

Task 5: Analysing presentational features

Presentational features

Analysing colour

Analysing layout

Analysing images

Analysing font

Unit 4, Section A: Personal or Creative Writing

What does Unit 4, Section A involve?

Purpose, audience and form

Planning for writing

Structuring your writing

Personal Writing

Narrative perspective

Openings

Adding interest

Endings

Creative Writing

Creating a character

Creating setting

Creating atmosphere

Crafting for effect

Sentence structures

Sentence types

Sentence lengths

Vocabulary for effect

Making selections of verbs, adverbs and adjectives

Describing feelings

Imagery

Unit 4, Section B: Reading literary and non-fiction texts

What does Unit 4, Section B involve?

Task 2: Comparing literary texts

Reading literary texts

Comparing texts

What to look for when comparing and contrasting

Language to compare and contrast

Tasks 3 and 4: Reading non-fiction texts

Understanding writers’ attitudes and intentions

Analysing techniques

Evaluating the effect

Test yourself answers

Glossary

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