Component 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing Overview of content ● Study selections from a range of prose fiction. ● Develop skills to analyse and evaluate 19th-century fiction extracts. ● Develop imaginative writing skills to engage the reader. ● Use spelling, punctuation and grammar accurately. Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing Overview of content ● Study a range of 20th- and 21st-century non-fiction texts (including literary non-fiction). ● Develop skills to analyse, evaluate and compare non-fiction extracts. ● Develop transactional writing skills for a variety of forms, purposes and audiences. ● Use spelling, punctuation and grammar accurately. This is a one year course offered as part of the Transition Study Programme.
Name: English Language GCSE Qualification title: Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1) in English Language Qualification type: GCSE or equivalent Assessment Component 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing *Paper code: 1EN0/01 ● Externally assessed ● Availability: May/June and November** ● First assessment: May/June 2017 40% of the total GCSE Overview of assessment ● Section A – Reading: questions on an unseen 19th-century fiction extract. ● Section B – Writing: a choice of two writing tasks. The tasks are linked by a theme to the reading extract. ● The total number of marks available is 64. ● Assessment duration 1 hour and 45 minutes. Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing *Paper code: 1EN0/02 ● Externally assessed ● Availability: May/June and November** 60% of the total GCSE Overview of assessment ● Section A – Reading: questions on two thematically linked, unseen non-fiction extracts. ● Section B – Writing: a choice of two writing tasks. The tasks are linked by a theme to the reading extracts. ● The total number of marks available is 96. ● Assessment duration: 2 hours. Awarding Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL) Created 20150927 20:18:35 Updated 20161125 16:02:33
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