GCSE English Language: Creative and Persuasive Writing
Prepare for your English GCSE by learning to master extended writing tasks. This course is an in-depth and methodical guide which teaches you various writing styles to help you navigate and succeed in your exam.
This course focuses on creative and persuasive writing as part of the GCSE English Language curriculum requirements. The aim of the programme is to equip the student with the skills to plan and produce an effective piece of writing, and covers how accurately to write essays, leaflets, articles, speeches and letters. Through exploring model answers and good practise, students develop the ability to recognise and execute a wide range of writing styles using the correct tone and register.
Course Content
9 LESSONS
9 HOURS Total Length
Lesson 1
Planning my Writing Effectively
60 minutes
Lesson 2
Sentence Lengths and Structures
60 minutes
Lesson 3
Understanding Figurative and Rhetorical Language
60 minutes
Lesson 4
Creating Tone
60 minutes
Lesson 5
Understanding the Conventions of Newspaper Articles
60 minutes
Lesson 6
Understanding the Conventions of Letters
60 minutes
Lesson 7
Understanding the Conventions of Speeches
60 minutes
Lesson 8
Understanding the Conventions of Leaflets
60 minutes
Lesson 9
Understanding the Conventions of Essays
60 minutes
Key Skills
Creative Writing
Exploring Genre
Exam Technique
Exam and Essay Preparation
Educator
Tabitha B
Modern Languages Educator
Tabitha is a graduate of Cambridge University with a 1st Class degree in French and Italian. She is deeply passionate about education and is committed to helping people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities to develop both personally and academically.
