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Year 11 Mock & Final Exam Prep

The second year of GCSE Art and Design concentrates on exam work.  The year will start with the Mock exam project which will last up to the Christmas break, with the Mock exam taking place in the final week.  The Mock exam project is titled 'Everyday Life' and Students must chose a topic to fit within this broad subject range.  They will learn how to meet the assessment objectives and prepare ​

Everyday Life

Year Eleven Mock Exam Paper

Unit Three – Everyday Life.

The project will be completed during both class and at home time for the duration of 

12 weeks.  The project is worth a total of 80 marks (60 marks for 

sketchbook/preparation work and 20 marks for final piece.)  It is essential that all of 

the four assessment objectives are covered successfully in order to achieve a higher 

grade pass, (see assessment objective mark sheet for marking criteria.)

AO1 – Working in artist styles and artist research.

A02 – Planning for a final piece in the style of your chosen artist, and use of different 

media ( materials).

A03 – Observational drawing and own photographs.

AO4 – Final piece/s which shows a clear link to an artist/s style.

Please ensure that you meet the strict deadlines - it’s important that you spend an 

even amount of time on each of the assessment objectives to ensure that you have 

covered them all successfully
.

Week One  Lesson one. 

Lesson One – Brainstorm possible ideas for your ‘Everyday Life’ project, past examples shown.

Homework at the end of lesson one - to take six photos of thing related to your theme. E.g. if your chosen project 

is based on ‘ gardens’ you need six good quality photos of garden/s.  Remember to make your subject matter 

resource able for pictures, i.e., don’t draw New York if you can’t photograph it. The photos need to be brought 

to your next art lesson, already printed.
(DON’T BRING THEM ON MEMORY STICK AND EXPECT TO PRINT THEM OFF DURING LESSON, YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED BEFORE THE LESSON WITH IMAGES READY TO DRAW FROM.)

Weeks 1- 3.  Lesson 2

 Objective- Build upon evidence to support A03 of the assessment criteria 

(observational drawing.)

You must complete a minimum of: 

6 x Observational drawings of things related to your ‘Everyday Life’ project. (3 x 

grey pencil studies and 3 x coloured studies using a media of your choice.) These will 

be completed in both class time and at home for the duration of three weeks.

Weeks 4-7

Objective- Build upon evidence to support A01 of the assessment criteria (artist 

research).

You must complete at least: 6 x artist research pages (working in the style of a 

chosen artist with written analysis to support each one.) These will be completed in 

both class time and at home for the duration of four weeks.

Discuss with your teacher artists who are relevant to your idea.  A mixture of 

contemporary and traditional art would be best.

Weeks 8 – 10

Objective – Build upon evidence to support A02 of the assessment criteria 

(planning ideas and experimenting with materials.)

You must have at least:

6 x finished plans in colour. (Plans should be an idea that you are considering for a 

final piece and should therefore show clear links to your chosen artists’ style.) Plans 

should also include photography.

 You may experiment with different materials, techniques and processes.  The purpose 

of having six plans/design ideas is to re- visit an idea using different compositions, 

colours and materials. (These will be completed in both class time and at home for the 

duration of four weeks.)

Week 11

Objective - Build upon evidence to support A04 of the assessment criteria. (Final 

outcome). 

Draw up and complete ‘Everyday Life’ final piece using your preferred choice of 

material.

Week 12

Mock Exam Week

Mock Exam to take place in the week before Christmas Break.

Students must ensure that they are completing at least 2 hours of homework per week, as all tasks must be completed by the deadlines.  Please remember that the department is open on Wed, Thurs and Fri from 3.00pm – 4.00pm in order to complete tasks and get extra support from teachers. 

Deadline TBA (no extension).

Good Luck!

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