YEAR GROUP QUICK LINKS
Key website content for Year 11
There’s a lot of content on the website now, so we’ve created these pages to give an overview of the key content for each year group. They’re not the only pages that are relevant, but they’re the ones you’ll want to see multiple times this year.
Key resources for GCSE examinations
English Language
English Language question guides
This page has guides for how to answer all of the English Language questions at GCSE, including the guides to AO6 for both writing questions.English Language example answers
This page has links to example grade 9 answers for the English Language questions written by SHSG students in the actual GCSE
English Literature
English Literature revision page
This page contains links to all our Literature revision resources.English Literature key quotations
This page contains links to pages with a selection of key quotations to learn from each of the Literature texts; alongside the quotations there are also suggestions of how to analyse each quotation, and also how to embed it as evidence in an essay. There is also a guide to how to create flash cards to revise quotations.English Literature question guides
This page contains links to guides for how to answer all the English Literature questions.English Literature examples essays
This page contains links to example grade 9 essays written by SHSG students in the actual GCSE.English Literature practice questions
This page contains links to practice questions you can use to help revise for your GCSE.
Key information for your Knowledge Checks
Glossary of terminology
You should look at this regularly to revise for your Knowledge Checks.Assessments in the current round
This page tells you what assessments are coming up soon; it also tells you exactly what terminology you need to learn for your next Knowledge Check.
Key information for your Skill Checks
Assessment criteria and WAGOLL
Skill Check assessment criteria and WAGOLL
This area shows you what you need to do to get equals, plus and star for each skill. Alongside the assessment criteria there is an example of what a good one looks like (WAGOLL). You should check this before each Skill Check to make sure you know what you need to do to succeed.
Most important guides for Year 11
There is nothing new to learn this year in terms of skills, but these are the guides that you should definitely read again before Christmas.
Selecting relevant, meaningful evidence guide
Students are notoriously bad at this, even in Year 11Essay fundamentals — identify / explain / analyse
This guide will help you better understand the different components of the ‘analysis’ part of your PEA paragraphsAnalysing language, form and structure guide 4 — 4th guide in the series
The final guide in the methods analysis series is where the big marks come at GCSE — you definitely need to read this before your Skill Checks this year.Creating a conceptualised response around a clear thesis
This is hugely important for the actual GCSE and you’ll be assessed on it in a Skill Check this year.
English Language creative writing skills
Other useful pages for assessments
Key Skill quizzes
This page has a link to all the quizzes for each key skill. You can take them to check your understanding before each Skill Check.Full assessment schedule for the academic year
This page shows you what assessments are coming up in the future so you can make sure you are always prepared — most compulsory Year 11 assessments finish after Round 5 when you do your PPEs. After that your assessments will be determined by your revision schedules and your class teacher.
Other useful pages for Year 11 students
Our grammar and punctuation guides
Useful to help you with style and accuracy in your English Language GCSE Q5s.Our vocabulary building resources
Useful for expanding your vocabulary for both English Language and English Literature GCSE responses