GCSE English Language 2.0 (Edexcel)

50 free revision lessons in 4 units. Open the course or go straight to a lesson.

Paper 1: 19th-Century Non-Fiction Reading

Reading and responding to 19th-century fiction extracts

1. Reading 19th-Century Non-Fiction: Forms and Conventions
2. Locating Explicit and Implicit Information
3. Analysing Language in 19th-Century Prose
4. Structure and Organisation in Non-Fiction
5. Tone, Register and the 19th-Century Voice
6. Purpose, Audience and Context
7. Using Subject Terminology Precisely
8. Summarising a 19th-Century Extract
9. Drawing Inferences from Period Detail
10. Evaluating a Writer's Methods
11. Evaluating How Far You Agree
12. Handling Unfamiliar Vocabulary
13. Paper 1 Reading - Exam Practice

Paper 1: Transactional Writing

Writing for purpose and audience: articles, letters, speeches and reviews

1. Audience, Purpose and Form
2. Writing Articles
3. Writing Letters
4. Writing Reviews
5. Writing Speeches
6. Writing Guides and Leaflets
7. Tone and Register
8. Paragraphing and Discourse Markers
9. Rhetorical Devices
10. Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar for Paper 1
11. Editing Under Time Pressure
12. Paper 1 Writing — Exam Practice

Paper 2: Contemporary Reading

Reading and comparing 19th and 21st-century non-fiction texts

1. Contemporary Fiction and Literary Non-Fiction
2. Identifying Information Across Two Texts
3. Analysing Language in Contemporary Prose
4. Structural Features and Narrative Shape
5. Characterisation and Voice
6. Memoir, Travel Writing and Reportage
7. Perspective and Viewpoint
8. Making Inferences in Contemporary Texts
9. Comparing Writers' Ideas
10. Comparing Writers' Methods
11. Building a Comparison Answer
12. Subject Terminology for Comparison
13. Paper 2 Reading - Exam Practice

Paper 2: Imaginative Writing

Creative and imaginative writing for Paper 1 Section B

1. Understanding Imaginative Writing Tasks
2. Planning Narratives Under Pressure
3. Crafting Powerful Openings
4. Descriptive Language and Sensory Detail
5. Creating Characters and Settings
6. Narrative Perspective and Voice
7. Building Tension and Atmosphere
8. Sentence Structures for Effect
9. Writing Effective Endings
10. Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
11. Editing and Proofreading
12. Paper 2 Writing — Exam Practice

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