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CSEC English A

A full CSEC English A plan: the current paper format, a diagnostic, weekly summary, comprehension and timed writing routines, each syllabus skill in turn, the SBA from theme to submission, past papers, the mock and exam day.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CSEC English A, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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📝 Caribbean School Exams

CSEC English A

Studying CSEC English A: comprehension, summary writing, argumentative and expository essays, short stories and the SBA, with past-paper practice.

  1. Current CSEC English A syllabus and paper format check
  2. Diagnostic English A paper and starting profile
  3. English A study timetable to the exam sitting
  4. Past papers, mark schemes and subject reports pack
  5. Agreeing English A targets with the teacher
  6. English A error and correction notebook
  7. Personal word bank for precise writing
  8. Home writing desk and timed practice rules
  9. English A practice score log
  10. Reading opinion pieces for argument practice
  11. Tuesday summary practice
  12. Saturday timed comprehension passage
  13. Two timed pieces of writing a month
  14. Monthly error notebook quiz
  15. Caribbean short story reading list
  16. Sunday English A check-in for parents
  17. Standard English and Creole in your own writing
  18. Sentence control, agreement, tense and punctuation
  19. Register, tone and audience
  20. Literal and inferential comprehension questions
  21. Writer's purpose and techniques in informational texts
  22. Reading an unseen poem for comprehension
  23. Prose fiction extracts, character, setting and mood
  24. Visual and media texts, adverts, cartoons and posters
  25. Fact, opinion, bias and persuasion in texts
  26. Summary writing, selecting the main points
  27. Summary writing, paraphrase, flow and word limit
  28. Short story writing from a prompt or picture
  29. Argumentative and persuasive essays, position and rebuttal
  30. Expository writing that explains clearly
  31. Choosing the SBA theme and group roles
  32. SBA research and source record
  33. SBA individual pieces and reflections draft
  34. SBA oral presentation rehearsal
  35. Final SBA portfolio check and submission
  36. Paper 032 preparation for private English A candidates
  37. Choosing extra lessons or a tutor for English A
  38. Timing plan for each English A paper
  39. Handwriting speed and legibility under time
  40. First full timed English A paper at home
  41. School mock exam and marked script review
  42. Weak-area repair after the mock
  43. Last full past paper before the exam
  44. Final four weeks of English A revision
  45. English A exam day plan
  46. Extra time and access arrangements for English A
  47. Resitting English A in the January sitting
  48. Teacher's English A marking rubric and model answer bank
  49. Subject report patterns across five sittings
  50. Stretch writing for a top grade

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Current CSEC English A syllabus and paper format check

CXC revises its syllabuses, and the English A that older cousins or second-hand revision guides describe may not be the one you will sit. An hour with the current syllabus and the CXC timetable tells you which papers exist, what Paper 01, Paper 02 and the SBA each test, and when your sitting falls, so every hour of practice after this rehearses the real exam.

First tasks

  • Check the current syllabus and timetable on the CXC website and note the English A paper format
  • Write each paper and what it tests on one page
  • Note your English A exam date from the published timetable
  • Ask your English teacher to confirm the summary is right

Diagnostic English A paper and starting profile

Before deciding where the year's effort goes, find out where marks are leaking. One recent past paper set, written at home and marked against the mark scheme, shows whether comprehension, summary, the story or the essay is costing most, and whether the cause is misreading questions, grammar or simply running out of time.

First tasks

  • Choose a recent past paper set that matches the current format
  • Write the papers on two quiet afternoons in the same week
  • Mark the answers with the mark scheme or hand them to your teacher
  • Record your starting score and three weakest areas in the error notebook

English A study timetable to the exam sitting

English A is required for most sixth form places, college programmes and many jobs, yet it is often squeezed out by subjects with more content to memorise. A written weekly timetable that gives it fixed slots for reading, summary, comprehension and writing, counted back from the exam date and the SBA deadlines, stops it being left to the last month.

First tasks

  • Mark the exam date and SBA deadlines on your calendar
  • Choose three to five fixed weekly slots for English A
  • Label each slot with reading, summary, comprehension, writing or SBA
  • Show the timetable to a parent or your teacher
  • Adjust the timetable for the month ahead @recurring(monthly:3)

Make it yours.

Install CSEC English A, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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