Grade 10 · Year 11 · Ages 15–16
Grade 10 English
A Common Core-referenced, GCSE-style English course for Grade 10: complex characters, rhetoric in non-fiction, elegy and tone, Dickens and Shelley, sentence variety, the passive and nominalisation, punctuation for effect, quoting accurately, irony and satire, symbolism, and comparative and argument essays.
5 units16 lessonsFinal exam: 60 minutes
Each lesson practised, unit test passed and the final exam count as steps.
Units
Unit 1: Literature and Non-fiction
Characters, rhetoric, elegy and classics.
- Complex CharactersDone
- Point of View and RhetoricDone
- Elegy and Tone in PoetryDone
- Dickens and ShelleyDone
Unit test · 15 questionsPassedUnit 2: Grammar and Style
Sentence variety, the passive and formal accuracy.
Unit test · 15 questionsPassedUnit 3: Punctuation and Quotation
Punctuation for effect, quoting and commas.
Unit test · 15 questionsPassedUnit 4: Language and Interpretation
Irony, symbolism and academic roots.
Unit test · 15 questionsPassedUnit 5: Essay Writing
Arguments, comparisons and evidence.
Unit test · 15 questionsPassed
Final exam
Passed40 questions from every unit, 60 minutes. Take it online or print the paper.