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Abstract
Exam Board: WJEC / Edqas
Level: GCSE
Subject: English Language
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: June 2017
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Our Revision Workbooks are designed to help you develop vital skills throughout the course in preparation for the exam with:
- One-to-one page match with the WJEC Eduqas GCSE (9-1) in English Language Revision Guide so you can find the practice you need quickly and easily
- 'Putting it into practice' pages correspond to the Revision Guide pages with exam-style questions and text references.
- Loads of practice questions in the style of the new exams, with their own set of accompanying texts
- Guided support and hints provide additional scaffolding and help avoid common pitfalls
- A full set of practice papers written to match the new specification exactly
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | ii | ||
| Section A: Reading | 1 | ||
| 1 Planning your exam time | 1 | ||
| 2 Reading texts explained | 2 | ||
| 3 Reading questions explained 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 Reading questions explained 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 Reading the questions | 5 | ||
| 6 Skimming for the main idea or theme | 6 | ||
| 7 Annotating the texts | 7 | ||
| 8 Putting it into practice | 8 | ||
| 9 Putting it into practice | 9 | ||
| 10 Explicit information and ideas | 10 | ||
| 11 Implicit ideas | 11 | ||
| 12 Inference | 12 | ||
| 13 Interpreting information and ideas | 13 | ||
| 14 Point - Evidence - Explanation | 14 | ||
| 15 Putting it into practice | 15 | ||
| 16 Putting it into practice | 16 | ||
| 17 Word classes | 17 | ||
| 18 Connotations | 18 | ||
| 19 Figurative language | 19 | ||
| 20 Creation of character | 20 | ||
| 21 Creating atmosphere | 21 | ||
| 22 Narrative voice | 22 | ||
| 23 Putting it into practice | 23 | ||
| 24 Putting it into practice | 24 | ||
| 25 Rhetorical devices 1 | 25 | ||
| 26 Rhetorical devices 2 | 26 | ||
| 27 Fact, opinion and expert evidence | 27 | ||
| 28 Identifying sentence types | 28 | ||
| 29 Commenting on sentence types | 29 | ||
| 30 Structure: non-fiction | 30 | ||
| 31 Structure: fiction | 31 | ||
| 32 Putting it into practice | 32 | ||
| 33 Putting it into practice | 33 | ||
| 34 Handling two texts | 34 | ||
| 35 Selecting evidence for synthesis | 35 | ||
| 36 Synthesising evidence | 36 | ||
| 37 Looking closely at language | 37 | ||
| 38 Planning to compare | 38 | ||
| 39 Comparing ideas | 39 | ||
| 40 Comparing perspective | 40 | ||
| 41 Answering a compare question | 41 | ||
| 42 Putting it into practice | 42 | ||
| 43 Evaluating a text: fiction | 43 | ||
| 44 Evaluating a text: non-fiction | 44 | ||
| 45 Using evidence to evaluate | 45 | ||
| 46 Putting it into practice | 46 | ||
| 47 Putting it into practice | 47 | ||
| Section B: Writing | 48 | ||
| 48 Writing questions: an overview | 48 | ||
| 49 Writing questions: Component 1 | 49 | ||
| 50 Writing questions: Component 2 | 50 | ||
| 51 Writing for a purpose: creative | 51 | ||
| 52 Writing for a purpose: inform, explain, review | 52 | ||
| 53 Writing for a purpose: argue and persuade | 53 | ||
| 54 Writing for an audience | 54 | ||
| 55 Putting it into practice | 55 | ||
| 56 Putting it into practice | 56 | ||
| 57 Form: articles and reviews | 57 | ||
| 58 Form: letters and reports | 58 | ||
| 59 Form: information guides | 59 | ||
| 60 Putting it into practice | 60 | ||
| 61 Ideas and planning: creative | 61 | ||
| 62 Structure: creative | 62 | ||
| 63 Beginnings and endings: creative | 63 | ||
| 64 Putting it into practice | 64 | ||
| 65 Ideas and planning: inform, explain, review | 65 | ||
| 66 Ideas and planning: argue and persuade | 66 | ||
| 67 Openings: transactional/persuasive | 67 | ||
| 68 Conclusions: transactional/persuasive | 68 | ||
| 69 Putting it into practice | 69 | ||
| 70 Paragraphing for effect | 70 | ||
| 71 Linking ideas | 71 | ||
| 72 Putting it into practice | 72 | ||
| 73 Vocabulary for effect: synonyms | 73 | ||
| 74 Vocabulary for effect: argue and persuade | 74 | ||
| 75 Language for different effects 1 | 75 | ||
| 76 Language for different effects 2 | 76 | ||
| 77 Language for different effects 3 | 77 | ||
| 78 Using the senses | 78 | ||
| 79 Narrative voice | 79 | ||
| 80 Putting it into practice | 80 | ||
| 81 Putting it into practice | 81 | ||
| 82 Sentence variety 1 | 82 | ||
| 83 Sentence variety 2 | 83 | ||
| 84 Sentences for different effects | 84 | ||
| 85 Putting it into practice | 85 | ||
| 86 Ending a sentence | 86 | ||
| 87 Commas | 87 | ||
| 88 Apostrophes and speech punctuation | 88 | ||
| 89 Colons, semi-colons, dashes, brackets and ellipses | 89 | ||
| 90 Putting it into practice | 90 | ||
| 91 Common spelling errors 1 | 91 | ||
| 92 Common spelling errors 2 | 92 | ||
| 93 Common spelling errors 3 | 93 | ||
| 94 Proofreading | 94 | ||
| 95 Putting it into practice | 95 | ||
| 96 Extract - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | 96 | ||
| 97 Extract - To Kill a Mockingbird | 97 | ||
| 98 Extract - The Day of the Triffids | 98 | ||
| 99 Extract - Enduring Love | 99 | ||
| 100 Extract - The Boys Are Back in Town | 100 | ||
| 101 Extract - ‘’Appy ever after’ | 101 | ||
| 102 Extract - ‘Victorian Hypnotism’ | 102 | ||
| 103 Extract - ‘OK, you try teaching 13-year-olds’ | 103 | ||
| 104 Extract - ‘Occupations Accessible to Women: Elementary Teaching’ | 104 | ||
| 105 Extract - ‘The Rearing and Management of Children: Moral Influence - Obedience’ | 105 | ||
| 106 Practice Papers | 106 | ||
| 114 Answers | 114 |