CCEA GCSE Unit 4 Bundle Student Booklets

You may also be interested in my Unit 1 Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12446833

Three Student booklet bringing together everything you need to complete CCEA’s GCSE English Unit 4.

Includes:

• Task 1 Personal and Creative Writing Student booklet - advice, examples and exercises
• Task 2 Comparative Texts Student booklet - advice, LOTs of examples of comparative text, guided exercises, and example responses
• Task 3 + 4 Reading Non-Fiction Student booklet - advice, example text response examples and exercises to complete.

Unit 4, Task 1
Student instruction booklet for Unit 4, Task 1: Personal and Creative Writing
Trialled in class as a thorough REVISION booklet. (Even more comprehensive version available in early 2021)

Provides:
• Review of Past Paper topics
• Checklist of topics for Personal Writing
• Student to complete common Personal Writing themes
• Student to complete of more thoughtful Personal Writing themes
• Student to complete quick descriptive practice
• Helpful overview of how to approach Personal and Creative Writing - including how to open and conclude
• Student to complete 11 Personal Writing Topics - short, engaging introductions supplied as an example for how to begin each question theme.
• Example response upleveled - three attempts with three feedback and guidance for approval - students will see the increasing competence as each attempt improves.
• Example creative response ‘Description of place’
• Example creative response - looking at connotation affecting storyline and word choice
• 5 guided Student responses to Creative Images (all sourced via Google Images)
• 8 further Creative Images to be used at teacher’s discretion
• 3 story arc outline tasks supplied to aid response to 3 further creative images
• Personal Writing mat - brings together all writing advice, and example questions.

Unit 4, Task 2
A fully comprehensive student booklet covering a wide range of comparative fiction. Utilising content from the current CCEA publications as well as pre 2010 specification.

Provides:
• Tried and tested Exam Advice and ‘Basics’
• Writer’s Craft
• Example paragraphs
• Language analysis examples
• Full story analysis
• Examples taken from CCEA Textbook, Revision Book and Work Book
• Advice for Character work - including structured comprehension questions
• Advice for Setting and Atmosphere - including accessible questions
• Advice for Tension - including multiple comprehensions
• Multiple single and paired exercises for various areas of writer’s craft
• Annotation of Specimen Comparison provided by CCEA with accompanying tips and example paragraphs.

Unit 4, Tasks 3+4
A complete pupil booklet, with accompanying teacher answer booklet to teach Unit 4, Tasks 3 and 4, Reading Non-Fiction
Tried and tested in the classroom.

Provides:
• Comprehensive and developed list of writer’s craft techniques
• Paragraph layout advice - suggested by CCEA, built upon by writer
• Non-Fiction example articles adapted from Non-Fiction Past Papers, pre 2017 spec, made suitable for new Task 3 and Task 4
• Sample tasks to accompany example articles, guide students to make pertinent comments
• Tasks could be used as practice or for mocks.
• Teacher booklet offers some example answers, and sample paragraphs to be built upon