IGCSE First Language Paper 1 (2020)

These resources are a series of lessons for introducing the CIE IGCSE English First Language Paper 1 exam to students. The main lesson Powerpoint guides students through how to answer the main questions in the exam (excluding 2a-c) using the CIE specimin paper - Project Mammoth - which can be downloaded from their website.

Contains:

• Main lesson Powerpoint (planned to last 4-5 lessons depending on how long activities take learners and whether you include self/peer assessment of work).
• Model responses for Question 1(f) - Project Mammoth and Question 2(d) - Abracadabra past paper.
• Worksheets for completing Questions 1(a-e) for two exam papers (these were created for students to complete on Google Docs during remote learning and can make it easy to set for homework).
• An activity for students to consider the form and language for the different text types they could be asked to write for Q3.

Not included:

• Copies of the exam papers or mark schemes due to copyright. These can be found and downloaded from the CIE website (papers used are the 2020 Specimin - Project Mammoth - and Paper 22 from the May/June 2017 exam series, which features the text ‘Abracadabra’.