New GCSE English Language Skills UNIT, AO2 Language and Structure: Paper 1 and Paper 2 Questions

Hi there, thank you for your feedback, we appreciate this. As you have mentioned, this resource, as well as the others within the bundle for this series, address the skills for AO2 (and all other assessment objectives.) These skills apply to both paper 1 and 2, the assessment objectives (AO1 - 6) are the same on both papers (the questions just approach them in varying ways, all of which are modelled and practised with students in these units) and we believe it beneficial for pupils to recognise this and be able to apply the skills across both papers. The resources work through all questions across both papers individually after introducing, modelling and practising each skill in its raw form. This allows pupils to develop their skills and recognise where they need to use them in each exam paper. Other teachers have recognised that this approach is useful both for embedding pupil’s ability with each skill, as well as, saving lots of time in that they can approach the skills (AO1 - 6) holistically, applying them to both exam papers simultaneously rather than having to work through separate exam questions which use exactly the same skills individually. <br /> <br /> At CreatEd we believe that it is our duty to teach pupils English and the skills needed to thrive in this subject area. We actively avoid just teaching pupils how to pass exam questions. We believe our resources develop and embed pupils English skills whilst fully supporting them in preparing for the examinations that will ultimately test their ability to use them. This skill based approach, we believe, is far more beneficial and enjoyable than traditional exam drilling approaches which seem to be more common in modern education. Pupils will retain the skills for life, however, they will forget the 'ins and outs' of the exams which test them and therefore this approach will fully prepare students for their current GCSE English exams whilst laying the foundations to become English students at A-level, degree and beyond and ultimately encourage an enjoyment and love for English rather than a resentment for the exams that will define the subject if traditional exam drilling methods are used. We have had lots of feedback praising our 'innovative' and 'creative' approaches to teaching this new specification from various teachers and we would encourage you to adopt a similar 'skills-based approach' with your students for all of the reasons outlined above. Also we apologise for the typos that were present in the original version of this resource, however, the resource has been updated and the errors have now been removed, please accept our apologies! You can re-download the updated version for free simply by hitting ‘download’ again. Also the e-book revision guides are not advertised or described as separate or unique units. They are intended to be used at a later date (post teaching.) Personally, I provided these for my students over the summer break to allow them to recap the units and to embed/revise each skill/exam question independently in their own time, a method which has been highly beneficial given the accessibility of these units on devices such as smart-phones and tablets. Thanks again for your feedback, we really appreciate this. <br />