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Revision Resources

English Revision Resources

The school suggests revision texts for KS4 for both English Literature and English Language GCSE.   Additionally, we recommend that your child has their own copy of the literature texts we read so they can re-read content and make their own annotations for revision.

Which resources can I use to help me?

Key Stage 3:

  • CGP New KS3 English Complete Study & Practice (with Online Edition) 

  • Letts KS3 English Complete Coursebook Collins KS3 English All-in-One Revision and Practice
  • Educake quizzes/challenges (all students have a log on for this)
  • BBC Bitesize website:
    • Look in Ks3, English, Reading – Summarising Material/ Character and Atmosphere and Setting.
    • Look in KS3, English, Writing – Writing to Describe, Creative and Narrative Writing.
  • Seneca
  • Read novels for pleasure and think about how the writer’s language and structural choices choices help to create mood and atmosphere.

 

Key Stage 4:

  • Use all notes from exercise books to help prepare.

  • Educake quizzes/challenges (all students hvae a log on for this)

  • CGP revision guides for the literature set texts

  • Collins Snap revision guides on literature set texts

  • CGP/Collins English Language revision and workbooks

  • BBC Bitesize website: Home/GCSE/English Literature/

  • Seneca

  • Read novels for pleasure and think about how the writer’s language and structural choices choices help to create mood and atmosphere.

Key Stage 5:

English Literature:

  • Use all notes to revise course content
  • Seneca quizzes/revision
  • SparkNotes for set texts and NEA
  • Read novels for pleasure and across a range of genres
  • Read the critical anthology provided by AQA
  • Purchase the texts books to support the course:
    • A Dictionary of Literary Terms by Martin Gray
    • AQA A Level English Literature B: student book by Adrian Beard
    • How to Write Better Essays by Bryan Greetham

 

English Language:

  • Purchase the text books to support the course:
    • Revise AQA English Language (Workbook)
    • AQA English Language
    • Cambridge University Press - Language Change
    • Cambridge University Press - Text Analysis and Representation
    • Cambridge University Press - Attitudes to Language
    • Cambridge University Press - Language Diversity and World Englishes
    • Cambridge University Press - Language and Power
    • Cambridge University Press - Language Development
    • Cambridge University Press - Language and Gender
       

 

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