Write To Advise For GCSE English (14-16 years)

This resource concentrates on one aspect of writing at GCSE (14-16 years). The student should work their way through all the work packs at their own speed. There are 12 in this series. Take the advice on board and we guarantee that students will gain a grade C or above in their GCSE English Language exam.

The examples contained within each resource will give the student ideas to build on and provide practice to develop their writing skills. The examples will show the student the standard of work they need to reach to do well in their exam. They will learn how to tackle a question to get those higher marks.

GCSE English Writing work packs include:

Practice in writing for different purposes and to reach different audiences

Practice in writing from different points of view, including articles, blogs, brochures and leaflets

Practice in different ways to set out an argument (PEE or PEA).

They will also examine language techniques.

This series provides a clear, concise revision guide to boost grade, written by a teacher and tutor who is familiar with the requirements of the new GCSE examination. It is so simple that the student can use it for last minute revision. The skills and requirements for the GCSE English language exam are very specific: retrieving information from texts, inference, analysis of language, presentational techniques and comparing texts are some of the skills needed. For writing, students are required to engage the reader and produce a response, which relates to the purpose and audience. This book teaches students how to write using different purposes to inform, explain, argue, advise, describe, persuade, review and how to make the tone and register of their writing suitable for the audience. It emphasises the P.E.E or P.E.T.E.R technique, so students have a blue print (format) to work from; make POINT, give EVIDENCE, comment on TECHNIQUE, EFFECT and RESPONSE. This helps students to develop analytical skills for non-fiction tasks and responses in English literature papers. The students are also taught to use rhetorical techniques groups of three, speaking directly to the reader, rhetorical questions, inclusive pronouns as well as stylistic devices like similes, metaphors and high level vocabulary. The aim of this series is:

To help every child gain a grade C in GCSE English.

To outline the requirements of the present GCSE course and to teach students to structure and organise a piece of writing.

To teach students to look for key words in a task and to plan a suitable response.

To teach students to use linguistic and stylistic devices.

To show them how to use rhetorical techniques.

To teach P.E.E techniques and to teach the analytical skills required for English language and literature tasks.

To teach good spelling, punctuation and grammar.