10 W groups will attempt to complete their entire English GCSE in Yr 10.

All of the component units can be accessed via this master page.

Notes, ideas and resources to help improve;

Original Writing

Great Expectations coursework

20 % of English Langauge GCSE is made up of three speaking and listening assessments. Your teacher may decide to use some of the activities stored here.

Now that smoking has been banned in public surely it's time to take the next step of banning tobacco completely.  In this course, you will research the topic, focus on the tobacco industry and learn how to write a stinging newspaper editorial that persuades your readers to take up the cause of a complete ban. The editorial will count as original writing coursework.

Steps to Independence. A course to show you how to write an advice piece for a magazine. It's aimed at your parents and is meant to culminate in a piece of original writing coursework.

A course designed to help you generate the media coursework piece.

A selection of appropriate media texts for you to anaylse. All tasks assess your ability to read the way in which the texts manipulate their target audience. It's very important that your essay is carefully structured and well written.