English igcse introduction 2014
- 1. Welcome to Yr 10
- 2. What you need to know O You are following 2 courses in tandem: O IGCSE Edexcel English Language 4EAO O Texts – Edexcel Anthology Section A & B O IGCSE CIE World Literature 0408 O Texts - Mister Pip, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress O How to write an Unseen Commentary O SIS Poetry Anthology O Romeo & Juliet (soft copy will be used)
- 3. Edexcel Lang Overview An outline of this course is in your Welcome to Yr 10 booklet O Coursework O 2 written pieces – 20% O Analytical - section B of Anthology O personal & imaginative O Speaking & Listening Assessments x 3 – 10% O Individual/Paired/Group O Exam – 70% (2 hrs 15 mins) O 3 sections assessing reading & writing skills
- 4. Modules of Study for IGCSE Eng Lang O Text types – Anthology Section A texts – features of text types, reading & writing skills for exam and P&I coursework. O Visual Literacy – cartoons O Section B Anthology – Analytical coursework O Each of these modules has opportunities for writing for coursework and to develop exam skills in analysing and responding to non fiction texts. There are also several opportunities for the Speaking & Listening assessments. O All of the skills you develop during this course also prepare you for IB English.
- 5. IGCSE World Literature Overview An outline of this course is in your Welcome to Yr 10 booklet O Coursework – 50% O 2 x written – Empathic piece of writing based on Mister Pip and Analytical writing based on poems from the SIS Poetry Anthology 25 marks each. O 1 x oral – Recorded Conversation – based on Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress. 15 marks. O Exam – 50% O Paper 1 - Unseen commentary on either poetry or prose. 25% (1hr 15 mins) O Paper 2 – A general essay and extract based response on one or both of the set texts studied. 25% (1hr 30 mins). Closed book.
- 6. O All written coursework must be submitted to turnitin.com. This is used to ensure that all the work submitted for your coursework portfolio is entirely your own work to avoid any plagarism. It also serves as a backup for your coursework pieces. O Login: englishigcse@mail.sis.edu.hk – you need to create an acc as a student if you have not used turnitin before. Follow the instructions to do this on turnitin O P/W success4 O Once you have done this please save the login and class id carefully so that you are able to submit all coursework in Yr 10 & 11.
- 7. Filing your work O It is crucial that you organise and file your work carefully so that you can locate work when you need it. O Back up all your work regularly – you don’t want to lose all your notes and coursework copies near to the exam!
- 8. Files to set up in English O Eng Lang Folder: sub folders O Text types - Anthology Section A (Exam) O P&I coursework O Analytical coursework – Anthology Section B O Exam practice/revision O Visual Literacy O Romeo & Juliet O World Literature: sub folders O Mister Pip – empathic coursework O Balzac – Exam & Recorded conversation O The Caucasian Chalk Circle – Exam O Poetry – Analytical coursework O Unseen Commentary
- 9. Read through your Welcome to Yr 10 doc if you have not done so already. You may have a quiz to test your understanding next lesson