KS3 ENGLISH SATS

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WELCOME!

• KS3 ENGLISH SATS

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HOW WOULD YOU DO IN YOUR ENGLISH READING SATS?

• Which of these words is onomatopoeic?
• The hard grey gravel on the driveway crunched
  beneath the Chief Inspectors cheap imitation
  leather shoes.

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ANSWER

• CRUNCHED

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HOW WOULD YOU DO IN YOUR ENGLISH SHAKESPEARE SATS?

• What is the name of the savage and deformed slave
  in The Tempest?

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ANSWER

• Caliban

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HOW WOULD YOU DO IN YOUR ENGLISH WRITING SATS?

• Your teacher has advised you to try and use a
  simile in your writing exam. Give an example of a
  simile.

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ANSWER

• A simile is when one thing is compared to be
  like or as another
• e.g. As slow as a tortoise
• Spiky like a cactus

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KS3 ENGLISH SATS

• SO HOW DID YOU DO?
• The English Sats exams are not easy are they?!

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KS3 ENGLISH EXAM

• FORMAT
• 3 exam papers
• All of equal value

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KS3 ENGLISH EXAM

• The English tests award students with a Level
  between 4 and 7. The papers are not tiered.
• Students working below Level 4 are entered for an
  alternative exam, marked internally.

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RESULTS

• Due to the amount of marking involved in the
  English exams, the school does not receive the
  English Sats results until August 2006.
• Consequently, students will not receive their
  Levels until the beginning of year 10.

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PAPER 1 READING

• 1hr 15 mins
• Students read 3 passages which are thematically
  linked.
• 15 mins reading time.
• Students answer a set of questions about the
  passages which test their reading and
  understanding.

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PAPER 2 SHAKESPEARE

• 45 mins
• Students study two set scenes from a Shakespeare
  play (this year The Tempest).
• A comparative answer is required in response to a
  given task.

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PAPER 3 WRITING

• 1hr 15mins
• Students have two tasks
• Longer writing task
• (45 mins)
• Shorter writing task
• (30 mins)

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HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT YOUR CHILD ?

• Remind them to attend lunchtime revision sessions
  on Tuesdays in E1
• Ensure they refer to the Top Tips guide they
  will be given in class
• Consider buying the revision guides available
  through school

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Any Questions?