Year 10 Student Guide To GCSE English Coursework

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Year 10 Student Guide To GCSE English Coursework
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What Does The Coursework Involve?

• Fiction coursework
• - a creative piece of writing that explores,
  imagines and entertains.
• (e.g. a short story in the style of a
  particular author such as, Edgar Allen Poe.)

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What does the coursework involve?

• Non-fiction coursework
• - A essay that informs, explains and describes a
  certain topic.
• e.g. a essay about what the future holds

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What does the coursework involve?

• Shakespeare
• An essay on a chosen Shakespeare play, that
  explores the play and refers to the given essay
  title.
• some of the plays chosen by your teacher could
  be
• Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, or even a
  different one, as it changes each year.

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What does the coursework involve?

• Pre- 20th century prose
• This could be an essay on a novel such as
• The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle,
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.