For your GCSE English exams you will need to write essays and analyse poems rather than answering shorter, one-answer exam questions. For your GCSE English exam support you should revise so you know your texts and vocabulary, understand how to structure your answers correctly and get lots of practice by answering questions from past GCSE exam papers.
You should try know what the examiners will be looking for. This means including concepts in your answers that will get you as many marks as possible. These could be assessment objectives or language techniques such as onomatopoeia. Make sure you know what the terms are and how to structure your answers with them. Make it easy for your examiner to give you the marks – like ticking off a checklist. The elements of the marking scheme can easily be included in your essays to make sure you get the highest marks possible.
