Year 10 Curriculum – What Your Child Learns

Paper 1's fiction and creative writing, and Paper 2's non-fiction and transactional writing.

Paper 1 — Fiction reading
Skills: Reading unseen fiction, Analysing language, Analysing structure, Evaluating a text
Paper 1 — Creative writing
Skills: Writing creatively, Writing a description, Writing a narrative, Planning a response, Paragraphing effectively, Using ambitious vocabulary, Varying sentence structures, Writing with technical accuracy
Paper 2 — Non-fiction and viewpoint
Skills: Reading unseen non-fiction, Comparing two non-fiction texts, Identifying viewpoint, Identifying perspective, Analysing language, Analysing structure, Identifying rhetoric
Paper 2 — Transactional writing
Skills: Constructing an argument, Writing to persuade, Writing a letter, Writing an article, Writing a speech, Writing a review

The set texts and the analytical writing skills they're assessed through.

Set texts
Skills: Studying Shakespeare, Studying a 19th-century novel, Studying a modern text, Studying anthology poetry, Responding to unseen poetry
Analytical skills
Skills: Analysing character, Analysing theme, Using context, Analysing language, Analysing structure, Analysing form, Comparing texts, Selecting evidence, Writing an analytical response

Everything your child learns in Year 10 English.