Controlled Assessments
Department of English
60% overall English Language GCSE (4 assignments as well as a
variety of Speaking & Listening tasks)
25% overall English Literature GCSE (1 assignment)
Controlled Assessments will take place in the
fourth year.
|
Month
|
Description of Task
|
Length
|
Language/
Literature
|
% Overall Examination
|
|
October
|
Literary comparison of a
Shakespeare text and two poems
|
4 hours
|
Literature
|
25%
|
|
November
|
Describe a scene
|
40 minutes
|
Language
|
7.5%
|
|
December
|
Narrative writing (story)
|
1 hour, 20 minutes
|
Language
|
7.5%
|
|
January
|
Writing about Spoken
Language An Analysis of the Language used in ‘The Apprentice’
|
2 hours
|
Language
|
10%
|
|
July
|
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Essay
|
2 hours
|
Language
|
15%
|
In addition, students will take part in a
range of Speaking and Listening activities throughout the year, accounting for
20% of their English Language mark.