iGCSE English Core exam practice

This resource is a mock-up of the iGCSE English Core paper, using 'Touching the Void' and 'Saharan Survival' as the stimulus extract. The PowerPoint contains the questions to enable you to work through them as a class and is divided into two lessons. The first lesson is wholly on the Reading element of the English paper. The second lesson focuses on creative writing with opening slides encouraging students to enhance writing and techniques they can include in their work. It also details the assessment areas for the Writing element of the English paper, encouraging the students to plan their response to the 15 mark question.

This resource has been used to help prepare students for their iGCSE English Core paper using similar wording to the actual exam. The mark scheme for the Reading paper is a suggestion of responses; the Writing mark scheme is taken from the iGCSE paper and can be generically applied to this resource.

Files in this resource:
iGCSE TTV and Sahara - PowerPoint lesson
iGCSE Text 1 Extract - Word document for 'Touching the Void' extract
iGCSE Text 2 Extract - Word document for 'Saharan Survival' extract
iGCSE TTV and Sahara comprehension answers - Word document detailing suggesting responses for Reading questions
iGCSE TTV and Sahara generic mark scheme - PDF from the mark scheme detailing how to mark the Writing response.