Scholastic CPD Training and Workshops | Supporting Effective GCSE English Literature Revision with Cindy Torn

Supporting Effective GCSE English Literature Revision with Cindy Torn


Join our free CPD workshop on Supporting Effective English Literature Revision with GCSE English expert Cindy Torn on Wednesday 11th January 2023 at 3.45pm.
In this session Cindy will take teachers through strategies and resources that help to engage and support pupils as they revise for their GCSE English Literature exams.
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Cindy Torn is an experienced teacher and trainer. Previously Head of English at a Devon secondary school, she has gone on to work as a Deputy Head, an English consultant in the National Strategy and now supports trainee teachers as a University Visiting Tutor across the South West. She has written a wide range of materials for teachers and students in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.

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Scholastic Annotation-friendly set texts come with extra wide margins and double spaced lines, making them perfect for your notes and annotations.

Each set text includes:
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  • Pages for note-taking in every book.
  • A large, easy to read font and left-justified text for children who struggle to access the printed word.
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Our range of AQA English Study Guides help students to really get to know their set text for their GCSE English Literature closed book exam.

Each guide covers the chronology of the text and focuses on key events, characters, themes, context, language and structure to help students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding. With loads of practice questions (and answers) throughout, they can’t go wrong!

The Poetry Anthology Guides examine each poem closely, while the Unseen Poetry Guide provides detailed guidance on how to approach unseen poems, with five pairs of poems analysed as examples. Helpful tips throughout show how to demonstrate knowledge to achieve higher marks!

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In a handy format, our GCSE 9-1 Revision Cards are perfect last-minute revision for the AQA English Literature closed-book exams. They help students to visualise the chronology of the text and make the tricky stuff really stick.

The cards have a tight focus on key events, characters, themes, context, language and structure. There are lots of quiz cards included to help students test their knowledge.

The Revision Cards can be used independently as a stand-alone revision resource, or can be used alongside our AQA English Study Guides, with matching colour-coded sections, for a robust revision solution.

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These books answer the question ‘What do great answers look like?’ with step-by-step essay plans to help achieve higher grades in the closed book AQA English Literature examination.

An essential pick-up-and-check reference resource with hints and tips to plan and structure ‘great answers’, these resources will help students to see how a great answer meets the required Assessment Objectives and to perfect their own technique.

The Great Answers books can be used independently as a stand-alone revision resource, or can be used alongside our AQA English Study Guides and Revision Cards.

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