13. Writers are readers
• Find a writer that you
really like
• Doesn’t matter about
the genre or the style,
just someone or
something that you
enjoy reading
14. Writers are readers
Every life includes significant landmarks:
your first kiss, your first job, your first
undetected murder. Maybe that's just me.
Anyway, last week I experienced a more
alarming first: my first unironic
conversation with a machine.
I was using the new iPhone, the one with
Siri, the built-in personal assistant you talk
to. You hold down a button and mutter
something like "Set the alarm for eight in
the morning," or "Remind me to ring
Gordon later," and Siri replies, "OK, I'll do
that for you," using the voice of Jon
Briggs, better known as the voice of The
Weakest Link. And he sets everything up,
just the way you wanted.
thieves
15. Practice makes perfect
• Engage with the
feedback given to you
by your teachers
• Where do your
strengths and
weaknesses lie?
• If you could improve
ONE thing from that
piece of work, what
would it be?
16. Mark Grade
0-9 U
10-17 G
18-25 F
26-34 E
35-43 D
44+ C
FOUNTATION PAPER HIGHER PAPER
Mark Grade
33-42 D
43-49 C
50-56 B
57-63 A
64-80 A*
There are approximately seven questions in the GCSE exam paper. If you
did ONE mark better on each of those question, what happens to your
grade?
17.
18.
19. Mark Grade
0-9 U
10-17 G
18-25 F
26-34 E
35-43 D
44+ C
FOUNTATION PAPER HIGHER PAPER
Mark Grade
33-42 D
43-49 C
50-56 B
57-63 A
64-80 A*
There are approximately seven questions in the GCSE exam paper. If you
did ONE mark better on each of those question, what happens to your
grade?
20. Where can I go for help?
• www.bbc.co.uk/school
s/gcsebitesize
• www.youtube.com/ch
eneytakeaway
• Your English teacher