WHO’S WHO?
Progress Leader: Mrs R Horner
Assistant Progress Leader: Miss H Asran
Teaching Staff: Miss K. Higgs, Mrs M Lord, Mr R. Longson, Mrs K. Wood, Mrs A. Williams, Mrs M Dewhurst, Mrs G. Morrow
Link Governor: Dr R Foster
COURSE INFORMATION
Students will study both English Language and English Literature.
English Language
- 19th and 21st Century Non-fiction texts
- Prose writing
- Transactional writing
- Persuasive writing
- Spoken Language Endorsement
English Literature
- A Shakespeare play (Romeo and Juliet)
- A selection of poetry from 1789 to present
- Post 1914 prose and drama (An Inspector Calls)
- 19th Century prose (A Christmas Carol)
In English Language, students will develop skills in responding to texts critically, sensitively and in detail and consider different approaches to texts and alternative interpretations.
In English Literature, students will study literary heritage poetry and prose, contemporary prose and drama.
COURSE CONTENT
Students will be taught to analyse how language is used in different contexts and adapted to suit a different audience. They will be taught how to analyse a variety of texts and how to then emulate those styles in their own writing.
COURSE ASSESSMENT
English Language
Component 1 Exam (40%) - A 1 hour, 45-minute examination on 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing (40%)
Component 2 Exam (60%) - A 2-hour examination on 19th and 21st Century Non-Fiction Reading and Transactional/Persuasive Writing (60%)
English Literature
Component 1 Exam (40%) - A 2-hr examination on Shakespeare and Poetry (40%)
Component 2 Exam (60%) - A 2 hr 30-minute exam on Post-1914 Prose, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry (60%)
YEAR 10 |
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TERM
| UNIT OF STUDY
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Autumn
| C1 Language
C2 Literature: A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
| Critical reading, comprehension and evaluation of fiction texts; drawing inferences and justifying these with evidence; evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary, form, grammatical and structural features; producing clear and coherent narrative writing to imagine, explore and entertain; writing for impact.
Literal and inferential comprehension; critical reading; evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary; producing clear and coherent text.
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Spring
| C2 Language
C1 Literature: Romeo and Juliet & poetry
| Critical reading, comprehension and evaluation of non-fiction texts; drawing inferences, comparing texts and justifying these with evidence; evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary, form, grammatical and structural features; producing clear and coherent transactional writing; writing for impact.
Literal and inferential comprehension; critical reading; evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary; producing clear and coherent text and using accurate Standard English.
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Summer
| C1 Literature Romeo and Juliet & poetry
Spoken Language NEA
| Literal and inferential comprehension; critical reading; evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary; producing clear and coherent text and using accurate Standard English.
Present information and ideas; respond to spoken language; spoken Standard English
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YEAR 11 |
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Autumn
| C1&2 Lang
C1&2 Lit
| Critical reading, comprehension and evaluation of fiction and non-fiction texts; drawing inferences, comparing texts and justifying these with evidence; evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary, form, grammatical and structural features; producing clear and coherent narrative and transactional writing; writing for impact.
Literal and inferential comprehension; critical reading; comparing texts; evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary; producing clear and coherent text and using accurate Standard English.
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Spring
| C1&2 Lang
C1&2 Lit
| Critical reading, comprehension and evaluation of fiction and non-fiction texts; drawing inferences, comparing texts and justifying these with evidence; evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary, form, grammatical and structural features; producing clear and coherent narrative and transactional writing; writing for impact.
Literal and inferential comprehension; critical reading; comparing texts; evaluation of a writer’s choice of vocabulary; producing clear and coherent text and using accurate Standard English.
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Summer
| All Units revisited
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ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Theatre Trips
Visiting theatre companies
Guest speakers/writers
Lunchtime and after school clubs
Revision and Booster clubs
Debating competitions
Writing competitions
A LEVEL/BTEC REQUIREMENTS:
To study English Language and/ or English Literature at A level, you need to achieve Grade 5 in GCSE English Language and Literature.
HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING
Check for homework and ensure it is completed
Help your child with learning spellings through revision and testing
Encourage the use of a dictionary/thesaurus
Check that your child has a pen and books for lessons
Encourage independent reading of both fiction and non-fiction texts
Purchase revision guides and the set texts studied at GCSE
Follow the exam revision timetable and revise weekly
Read the books your child is reading to discuss them
WHERE TO GO:
Dove Cottage- Grasmere- Home to William Wordsworth
Theatre visits are enriching and entertaining and enhance understanding of texts
Speke Hall Liverpool designed in the Tudor style and Rufford Old Hall where a young William Shakespeare was rumoured to have performed.
New Shakespeare theatre – Prescot
Haworth, Bronte museum
Science & Media Museum – Bradford
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television
British Library
Charles Dickens Museum
The Lowry, Salford
International Slavery Museum, Liverpool
WHAT TO WATCH:
Shakespeare-Franco Zeffirelli and Roman Polanski, ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
'Thug Notes’ to revise Shakespeare and literary devices
A Christmas Carol (1951 – Alastair Sim)
An Inspector Calls (2015)
BBC Newsround
WHAT TO READ:
Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
An Inspector Calls
Poetry
ONLINE:
English Heritage
Good Reads website - goodreads.com - also an app
Shakespearesglobe.com- virtual tour
Poetryfoundation.org
Book Trust
BBC Bitesize
RSC YouTube
GCSE revision videos
GCSE Pod
FUTURE CAREERS
English is a valuable qualification no matter what future aspirations students may have. A good command of spoken and written English also benefits other GCSEs. An English qualification can also provide students with a platform to study the subject at a higher level and can lead to careers such as journalism, film and television, research, writing and teaching.