GCSE English

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In this ongoing course, learners will discover the joy of learning English as a First Language. Classes include activity sheets to complete during and after class. What will I learn? Becoming a better reader Week beginning 11/11/24 - Why do you read? Week beginning 18/11/24 - Passive and active reading Week beginning 25/11/24 - How do you develop the skill of reading? Week beginning 2/12/24 - Skimming and scanning -- getting the gist Week beginning 9/12/24 - Practise your active reading skills Applying your reading skills Week beginning 16/12/24 - Types of questions Week beginning 23/12/24 - How to approach short-answer comprehension questions Week beginning 30/12/24 -Practise answering reading comprehension questions Week beginning 6/1/25 - More complex comprehension questions / How writers achieve effects Reading and summarising Week beginning 13/1/25 - Some practical guidelines Week beginning 20/1/25 - Style matters Week beginning 27/1/25 - Example of a summary question Week beginning 3/2/25 - Practise writing a summary Week beginning 10/2/25 - More complex summary questions Week beginning 17/2/25 - Further summary practice Becoming a better writer Week beginning 24/2/25 - Different styles for different purposes Week beginning 3/3/25 - Different styles for different audiences Week beginning 10/3/25 - Planning your writing Week beginning 17/3/25 - Improving your writing Applying your reading skills: directed writing Week beginning 24/3/25 - Writing a speech Week beginning 31/3/25 - Writing a dialogue or conversation Week beginning 7/4/25 - Writing a letter Week beginning 14/4/25 - Writing a report Week beginning 21/4/25 - Writing a persuasive article Week beginning 28/4/25 - Writing a continuation of a story Week beginning 5/5/25 - Writing a leaflet Writing compositions Week beginning 12/5/25 - Some practical guidelines Week beginning 19/5/25 - Writing the composition Week beginning 26/5/25 - Features of a good composition Week beginning 2/6/25 - Examples of students’ work Week beginning 9/6/25 - Practise writing a composition Written coursework Week beginning 16/6/25 - Why do coursework? Week beginning 23/6/25 - What do you have to do? Week beginning 30/6/25 - Assignment 1: the factual piece Week beginning 7/7/25 - Assignment 2: the expressive piece Week beginning 14/7/25 - Assignment 3: writing in response to text(s) Week beginning 21/7/25 - Examples of students’ work for Assignment 1 Week beginning 28/7/25 - Examples of students’ work for Assi