First Language English IGCSE – Writing Course
A video course by Sarah O'Rourke
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30 hours
With 30 hours of content, this course is designed to help boost your writing skills for IGCSE First Language English Paper 2.
This course is perfect for home educated students, self-taught students and those looking for intensive writing practice. Whether you’re studying coursework or exam route, I have lessons for all needs.
All lessons were planned, recorded, and edited by Sarah O’Rourke, a qualified English teacher and IGCSE examiner. This course has been a labour of love, taking nearly three years from planning to completion.
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The Basics
Coursework vs Exam
20 minutes
2 Topics
Video lessons explaining the difference between coursework and exam routes, followed by an introduction to our first unit.
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Punctuation
1 hour 45 minutes
5 Topics
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Video lessons on comma splices, colons and semicolons, followed by a punctuation task to put your new knowledge into action.
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Sentencing
36 minutes
2 Topics
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1 Quiz
Explore the importance of sentencing with video lessons, a task and a review quiz.
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Vocabulary
35 minutes
1 Topic
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1 Quiz
Review the importance of using precise and sophisticated vocabulary with my video lesson and review quiz.
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Tenses
12 minutes
1 Topic
Watch this video lesson exploring a common grammar error - inconsistent tense use.
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Paragraphing
35 minutes
3 Topics
This lesson features three videos, explaining effective paragraphing, introducing a paragraphing task, and reviewing the correct answers for the task.
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Narrative Writing - Key Skills for Coursework and Exam Routes
About this Unit – Narrative Writing
10 minutes
1 Topic
Introduction to this unit and narrative writing. How to use this section most efficiently.
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Core Narrative Writing Skills
1 hour 55 minutes
4 Topics
Review core skills for narrative writing: describing settings, character and dialogue using show don't tell.
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Unpicking Successful Narratives
1 hour 5 minutes
2 Topics
Get inspired by looking at two classic short stories to see how they build tension and mystery.
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Branching Off Instructions
1 minute
1 Topic
Instructions on what to do next - will you move onto Coursework or Exam routes next?
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Narrative Writing - Coursework Route
About Narrative Coursework
11 minutes
1 Topic
An introduction to narrative writing for IGCSE coursework. What are the requirements for coursework writing?
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Coursework Exemplar
16 minutes
1 Topic
Review an A* narrative exemplar for coursework. What are the elements of a full mark response?
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Getting Story Ideas
30 minutes
2 Topics
Struggle to come up with story ideas? Try my range of prompts: what ifs, titles, opening lines, scenarios and pictures.
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Challenge and Support
30 minutes
2 Topics
Adjust the difficulty level - challenge yourself with A* story structures or get extra support with a reusable story outline.
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Writing Your Own Narrative
1 hour 45 minutes
3 Topics
Plan, write and redraft a coursework narrative with some helpful tips to guide you along.
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Narrative Writing - Exam Route
Narratives for the Exam
1 hour 5 minutes
4 Topics
Learn the exam requirements, see an A* narrative exemplar and prepare a reusable setting and story for any exam narrative.
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Generating Ideas
18 minutes
1 Topic
This lesson will help you to come up with some great story ideas! Open your imagination and let's create a great plot together.
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Writing an Exam Narrative
1 hour 25 minutes
3 Topics
Plan, write and redraft an exam narrative. Get some exam practice with these three lessons.
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Narrative Exam Walkthrough
1 hour
1 Topic
Do an unseen timed exam practice for narrative writing. Get timed practice with advice for what you should be doing section-by-section.
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Descriptive Writing - Key Skills for Coursework and Exam Routes
Introduction to Descriptive Writing
50 minutes
3 Topics
Find out what makes a description different from a narrative - and how to craft interesting imagery.
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Wuthering Heights
43 minutes
2 Topics
Describe using your five senses and language devices - see it in action in an extract from a classic British novel.
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Oliver Twist
1 hour and 5 minutes
4 Topics
Review A* skills and be inspired by Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist - semicolon lists and extended metaphors.
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Descriptive Writing - Coursework Route
Coursework Information
2 minutes
1 Topic
Introduction to descriptive writing for coursework. What do you need to know for coursework writing?
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Coursework Description Exemplar
17 minutes
1 Topic
Review my A* exemplar for descriptive writing coursework and learn features of top mark writing.
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Descriptive Writing - Exam Route
Introduction
6 minutes
1 Topic
Introduction to this unit - descriptive writing for exam route. Find out the requirements in this short introduction to the unit.
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Exam Strategies
11 minutes
1 Topic
Learn some exam strategies for descriptive writing. Pre-plan an interesting character and setting you can apply to any narrative prompt.
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Exam Description Exemplar
12 minutes
1 Topic
Introduction to this unit - descriptive writing for exam route. Find out the requirements for the exam here,
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Inspiration and Planning
6 minutes
1 Topic
Get inspired by this planning lesson for descriptive writing exam tasks. Inspirational videos and images to awaken your imagination.
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Directed Writing / Response to Text
Analysing the First Text
31 minutes
3 Topics
Read an exam text and practice core skills: comprehension, identifying explicit ideas and evaluating implicit ideas.
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Core Skills – Paraphrasing, Embedded Quotes and Topic Sentences
1 hour 6 minutes
3 Topics
Review core skills: paraphrasing, embedding quotations and writing effective topic sentences.
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Writing Skills – Letter Writing, VARPF and Rhetorical Devices
32 minutes
3 Topics
Review key skills for writing - identifying VARPF, using rhetorical devices and letter writing.
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A* Example Letter
12 minutes
1 Topic
See an A* letter example for Directed Writing. Learn features of letter writing and see it put into practice.
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Branching Off Instructions
1 Topic
Not sure what to do next? This branching off video will explain how to progress onto the next section of the course.
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Response to Text - Coursework Route
Introduction to Response to Text for Coursework
4 minutes
1 Topic
Introducing Response to Text for coursework. What are the requirements for coursework? Find out here.
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Directed Writing - Exam Route
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Tackling the Second Text
25 minutes
2 Topics
Practicing comprehending and evaluating the implicit ideas in the second text.
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Planning, Writing and Redrafting your Directed Writing Article
1 hour 35 minutes
3 Topics
Plan, write, score and redraft your Directed Writing article. This series of lessons will guide you through the process of writing a great Directed Writing response.
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