Checknotes guides are designed to help students revise in the weeks before an important examination. They look closely at format and assessment objectives before guiding students through the most important questions that have been, or are likely to be, asked.

Written by subject specialists that teach at top independent schools, these guides explain how questions should be approached. The aim is to make an able student as aware as possible of the key points and issues that an aspiring A* grade student must target in the examination.

The English Language Examination will account for 60% of a student’s final GCSE English Language grade so it is vital that an aspirational A/A* student performs well on this section of the examination.

This guide gives students the most up to date information on the examination that they will face in summer 2014. It is written with the AQA English Language Paper (Higher) in mind but it is in no way endorsed or approved by AQA.

This Checknotes guide includes:

- Question by question guidance from experienced teachers and examiners.

- Specific advice on how to approach and respond to each question on the AQA Literature (Higher) Paper.

- Lists and explanations of key terms that students need to know and understand in order to succeed in this examination.

- A guide to maximising the marks awarded for use of punctuation (which represents 17.5% of this paper).

- Advice on planning and structuring the extended writing tasks.

• Mr Bruff's GCSE English Revision Guide
• REVISE AQA: GCSE English and English Language Revision Guide Higher (REVISE AQA English)
• How to Achieve 100% in a GCSE - Guide to GCSE Exam and Revision Technique
• Checknotes 'Of Mice and Men' GCSE Revision Notes for Aspiring A* Students
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