Exam technique and assessment
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How do you turn knowledge of the assessment objectives, timing and accuracy into marks across both Edexcel papers?
- Understanding the assessment objectives (AO1 to AO6) and which questions test each, so every answer targets the skill the question rewards rather than writing generally about the text.
How the assessment objectives AO1 to AO6 map onto the Edexcel GCSE English Language questions: what each objective rewards, which question on each paper tests it, and how knowing the AO behind a question makes you answer the right skill.
9 min answer → - Securing the technical accuracy marks (AO6) across both writing tasks, understanding that AO6 is a fixed 16 of the 40 writing marks per paper and is protected by accurate spelling, punctuation, varied sentences and proofreading.
How to secure the AO6 technical accuracy marks across both Edexcel GCSE English Language writing tasks: understanding that AO6 is a fixed 16 of the 40 writing marks per paper, and protecting it with accurate spelling, punctuation, varied sentences and proofreading.
8 min answer → - Managing time across both papers, weighting time to the mark tariff of each question, leaving time to plan and proofread the writing tasks, and not letting the high-value questions get squeezed.
How to manage time across both Edexcel GCSE English Language papers: weighting time to each question's mark tariff, keeping the short retrieval questions brief, and reserving time to plan and proofread the high-value writing tasks.
9 min answer →