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EXAM_PREP · 48 lessons

GCSE English Language — Resit Preparation (16+)

Pass your GCSE English Language resit: focused lessons, marked practice and live revision classes for post-16 learners.

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Syllabus

Module 1: Getting started — your resit journey

  • Welcome to your GCSE English resitAI teacherquizFree preview
  • How the exam worksAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Find your gaps — diagnosticAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Reading with purposeAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Command words decodedAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Building your revision habitAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 2: Reading fiction

  • Finding informationAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Analysing languageAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Words, images and their effectsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Structure questionsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Evaluating a textAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Embedding quotationsAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 3: Reading non-fiction

  • Identifying viewpointsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • True statements and synthesisAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Comparing two textsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Persuasive techniquesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Nineteenth-century textsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Non-fiction walkthroughAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 4: Writing foundations

  • Sentences that workAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Punctuation that earns marksAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Paragraphs and flowAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Vocabulary upgradesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Spelling and common errorsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Planning in five minutesAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 5: Creative writing

  • Openings that grabAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Description that livesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Show, don't tellAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Narrative structureAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Endings with impactAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Mark your own writingAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 6: Writing to persuade

  • Writing for audience and formAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Building an argumentAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Rhetoric that ringsAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Tone and registerAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Speeches and articlesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Persuasive walkthroughAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 7: Polish and practice

  • Paper one walkthrough — readingAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Paper one walkthrough — writingAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Paper two walkthrough — readingAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Paper two walkthrough — writingAI teacherquiz🔒
  • The examiner's eyeAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Confidence and momentumAI teacherquiz🔒

Module 8: Exam mastery

  • Timing the papersAI teacherquiz🔒
  • What examiners rewardAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Common resit mistakesAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Upgrading a grade three answerAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Your final week planAI teacherquiz🔒
  • Entering the November exam — you're readyAI teacherquiz🔒