Subject Leader: C Granville
Deputy Subject Leader: Neil Thomas
Subject Team: Jenny French, Shelley Jacks, Daisy Proctor, Judith Davey, Vanessa Giraud, Stuart Sinclair and Melissa Dennis
General subject statement:
To fully prepare students for the skills needed for GCSE English Literature/Language
Key Stage 3:
Year 7: | Term 1-2: Initial formal assessment, followed by Literary Fiction and class novel |
| Year 8 | Term 1-2: Literary fiction/Poetry, followed by AQA reading and writing assessment Term 3-4: Literary non-fiction followed by class novel Term 5-6: Media/Shakespeare |
*All students to be assessed by AQA key stage three assessment
Key Stage 4:
Year 9: | Term 1-2: Poetry anthology: Poetry and unseen poetry. Lit fiction, using a model text to annotate |
| Year 10: | Term 1-2: Literature Paper 2, Section A. Language, paper 1, sections A and B Term 3-4: Literature paper 2, section A – Macbeth. Language paper 2 Term 5-6: Literature, paper 1/19th C novel. June mock exams |
| Year 11: | Term 1-2: 2 weeks – poetry cluster. Five weeks, Blood Brothers. Mock exam in first week, following half term. Lit, paper 2, plus mock in last week of autumn term Term 3-4: Revision of Literature, paper 2, followed by a mock exam Term 5-6: Preparation for exams |
Key Stage 5:
Year 12: | Full year – Aspects of Tragedy: The Great Gatsby, Death of a Salesman, Othello and poetry of John Keats, followed by exam. |
| Year 13: | Social and Political Writing/Revision of Year 12, Aspects of Tragedy |
Examining board – AQA: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english
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