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  • North London Schools Consortium 11+ (Year 7) EXAMINATIONS Guidance For Parents and Teachers Guidance For English What Is in The Examination?

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    NORTH LONDON SCHOOLS CONSORTIUM 11+ (Year 7) EXAMINATIONS GUIDANCE for PARENTS and TEACHERS. ENGLISH examination is one hour and fifteen minutes long. It is in two sections, Reading and Writing. The two sections carry equal marks.

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    NORTH LONDON SCHOOLS CONSORTIUM 11+ (Year 7) EXAMINATIONS GUIDANCE for PARENTS and TEACHERS. ENGLISH examination is one hour and fifteen minutes long. It is in two sections, Reading and Writing. The two sections carry equal marks.

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    North London Schools Consortium 11+ (Year 7) EXAMINATIONS Guidance For Parents and Teachers Guidance For English What Is in The Examination?

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    NORTH LONDON SCHOOLS CONSORTIUM 11+ (Year 7) EXAMINATIONS GUIDANCE for PARENTS and TEACHERS. ENGLISH examination is one hour and fifteen minutes long. It is in two sections, Reading and Writing. The two sections carry equal marks.

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    NORTHLONDONSCHOOLSCONSORTIUM

    11+(Year7)EXAMINATIONS

    GUIDANCEFORPARENTSANDTEACHERS

    GUIDANCEFORENGLISH

    Whatisintheexamination?
    TheEnglishexaminationisonehourandfifteenminuteslong.
    Itisintwosections,ReadingandWriting.Thetwosectionscarryequalmarks.
    IntheReadingsection,girlsarerequiredtoreadashortpassage,normallyaboutapage
    long,andanswershortquestionsaboutthepassageinordertodemonstratehowwell
    theyhaveunderstoodthepassage.
    IntheWritingsection,girlsaresetawritingtaskwhichmaybebasedinsome
    wayonthepassageintheReadingsection.Thistaskwillnormallybeofacreative
    nature.
    Samplequestionsareavailableasanexampleoftheformatused.

    Whatarewelookingfor?
    Wearelookingforevidencethatagirl:
    Canreadwithdiscernmentandunderstanding,withafirmgraspofbothimplicit
    andexplicitmeaning.
    Canexpressherunderstandingclearlyandaccuratelyinwriting.
    Bothunderstandsandcanuseawideandvariedvocabulary.
    Canexpressherselfinwritingwithfacility,fluency,rangeandimagination.
    Hasagoodunderstandingoftheeffectscreatedbylanguage,bothinothers
    writingandinherown.

    Howcangirlspreparefortheexamination?
    Whileitissensibleforgirlstobefamiliarwiththeformatoftheexamination,wewould
    emphasisestronglythatinourexperiencearepetitivedrillingofexaminationtasksand/
    ortheteachingofaformulaicapproachtowritingareneitherdesirablenoreffective
    formsofpreparation,eitherfortheexaminationorforourschools.
    Thebestpossibleformofpreparationis:
    toencouragegirlstoreadaswidelyandambitiouslyaspossible.
    toencouragegirlstorespondtowhattheyreadinanindependent,freshandpersonal
    way.
    tonurtureinthemagenuineloveofbooks.
    togivethemtheopportunityandencouragementtowriteinaswideavarietyofgenres,
    stylesandcontextsaspossible.
    toencouragethemtodeveloptheirownindividualanddistinctivevoiceintheirwriting.
    Aboveall,wemustpointoutthattheWritingsectionoftheexaminationisdesignedto
    assesshowwellgirlscanwriteinanunpreparedcontext.Theinsertionofpreprepared

    piecesofwritingwhicharenotrelevanttothetasksetwillbeseverelypenalisedinthe
    marking.

    GUIDANCEFORMATHEMATICS

    Whatisintheexamination?
    Themathematicsexaminationisonehourandfifteenminuteslong.
    Thecontentofthepapersinallareaswillbebasedontheassumptionthatcandidates
    areworkingtowardsLevel5oftheMathematicsNationalCurriculum.
    Therewillbeavarietyofquestions,testingbasicnumericalskills,problemsolvingand
    logicalthinking.
    Girlsmayalsoberequiredtodemonstratemoredevelopedpowersofreasoningandthe
    abilitytosolvesimpleproblemswithanewlyintroducedconcept.
    Thequestionswillnotnecessarilybecomehardertowardstheendofthepaper.
    Girlsshouldbeencouragednottospendtoolongonanyquestionbutshouldmoveon
    tolaterquestionsandreturntoearlieronesiftheyhavetime.
    Candidatesonlyneedapencilandarubberfortheexamination.
    Calculatorsarenotallowedintheexamination,norarerulers.

    Whatarewelookingfor?
    Wearelookingforevidencethatagirl
    Hasasoundgraspofbasicmathematicalskills
    Hastheabilitytocompletemathematicaltaskslogically
    Hastheunderstandingtosolvemathematicalproblems

    Howcangirlspreparefortheexamination?
    Girlsneedtobeabletoshowtheirabilitywithbasicskillsbutitisalsoimportantthat
    theyknowhowtousetheseskillstosolveproblems.Practicewithwordordiagram
    basedquestionsshouldbeencouraged.
    Itisrecommendedthatgirlsareawareofthetypeofquestionstheywillbefacingas
    showninthesamplequestionsavailableoneachschoolswebsite.
    Girlsshouldbeencouragedtochecktheirworkforaccuracyandtoshowtheirworking
    whencompletingmathematicaltasks.

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