This course offers year 11 students a programme of weekly GCSE English Language online classes, covering topics that students often find most challenging. Importantly, all of these topics are examined across all GCSE & IGCSE exam boards. Mastering these topics will be critical for students aiming for the highest grades, and as such these sessions are aimed at those predicted a grade 8 or 9 at GCSE.
This course runs on Tuesdays 4.30pm - 6pm (UK Time) during term time throughout the academic year and is designed for students to join at any time during the course, subject to availability.
Video Introduction:
This course runs on Tuesdays 4.30pm - 6pm (UK Time) during term time.
Term 1 - Sessions 1 to 10
- How a Writer Uses Language: Close Reading 1
- How a Writer Uses Language: Close Reading 2
- Writing About Structure for Unseen Passages
- Assessment (Sessions 1 - 3)
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- Creative Writing 1: Descriptive Writing
- Creative Writing 2: Narrative Writing
- Structural Techniques for Creative Writing
- Assessment (Sessions 5 - 7)
- How to Close-Read Non-Fiction Texts
- Writing Detailed Summaries: Using Your Own Words
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Term 2 - Sessions 11 to 20
- Dynamic Comparison: How to Contrast Writers' Attitudes
- Assessment (Sessions 9 - 11)
- Non-Fiction Writing 1: How to Write a Letter
- Non-Fiction Writing 2: How to Write a Newspaper Article
- Non-Fiction Writing 3: How to Write a Speech
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- Assessment (Sessions 13 - 15)
- Stubborn Texts: Dealing with Tricky Unseen Passages
- Language Techniques: Revision and Extension
- Refining Uses of Structure: Comprehension and Composition
- Assessment (Sessions 17 - 19)
Term 3 - Sessions 21 to 25 (Exam Technique)
- Exam Technique (on a range of focus areas)
- Exam Technique (on a range of focus areas)
- Exam Technique (on a range of focus areas)
- Exam Technique (on a range of focus areas)
- Exam Technique (on a range of focus areas
These sessions will be lead by one of our professional tutors, Michael. Michael is a graduate of King's College, London and he also has a PhD in English. Since joining Keystone in 2017 as a full-time tutor he has helped over 100 families and taught over 3,400 hours of lessons.
- Target Student: Students in Year 11 with a predicted grade of an 8 or 9.
- Programme Structure: Every 4th session will be an assessment session allowing the course tutor to review each student’s understanding of the topics covered in the previous 3 sessions. During this session students will receive some 1-to-1 support and feedback from the course tutor.
- Session Length: Every lesson will be 1.5 hours long.
- Focus Areas: Topics typically covered in Year 10 that transcend the GCSE & IGCSE exam boards. Each session will be discreet and standalone allowing students to join the cohort at any point.
- Assessment: Course tutors will use a variety of different means to measure student progress throughout each session; assessment methods included group discussions, individual questioning, worked examples, peer review and past paper questions.
- Homework: After each session students will be set homework to complete on the focus area covered in the previous lesson. This will comprise of past paper questions and can be completed online.
- Platform: Lessons will take place on Zoom, which is free and straightforward for students to use. A link will be sent out ahead of the course start date. Take a look at this video to see our online teaching in action.
- Maximum Class Size: We teach in groups of no more than 10 with the average class size being smaller.
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This course runs on Tuesdays 4.30pm - 6pm (UK Time) during term time throughout the academic year and is designed for students to join at any time during the course, subject to availability.