IGCSE ENGLISHlanguage

ORIENTATION SESSION 2016-2017ISLAMIYA ENGLISH SCHOOL

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE – 4EBO/01R

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

• AO1 – Read and understand a variety of texts, selecting and ordering information, ideas and opinions from the texts provided.

• AO2 – Adapt forms and types of writing for specific purposes and audiences using appropriate styles.

• AO3 – Write clearly, using a range of vocabulary and sentence structures, with accurate spelling, paragraphing, grammar and punctuation.

BOOKS & RESOURCE MATERIAL

ENGLISH LANGUAGE – 4EBO/01RE.Language Paper 2015 –4EBO/01

E.Language Paper 2016 –4EBO/01R

ENGLISH LANGUAGE – 4EBO/01R

Grade Boundaries - 2015

• A* 76

• A 70

• B 64

• C 58

• D 47

• E 37

• F 27

• G 17

• U 0

Grade Boundaries – 2016

• A* 83

• A 77

• B 71

• C 66

• D 54

• E 43

• F 32

• G 21

• U 0

IGCSE ENGLISHLITERATURE

ORIENTATION SESSION 2016-2017

ISLAMIYA ENGLISH SCHOOL

THE INITIATIVE OF 21ST CENTURY• I.E.S introduced “Advanced English” from

Gr. 4 to GR. 7 for Sri Lankan Students in the Academic Year 2014-15.

• Advanced it as “IGCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE” in Gr. 9 & 10 in the Academic Year 2015-16

• Added online e.Exam for “Advanced English” Students in the same year.

• In the year 2016-2017, Gr. 10 (Sri-Lankans) is the FIRST Edexcel IGCSE English Literature batch.

IGCSE ENGLISH Literature – 4ETO

Paper 1 – Drama & Prose

• Section A - Drama

• Arthur Miller: A View from The Bridge

• J B Priestley: An Inspector Calls

• William Shakespeare: Henry V

• William Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

• William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

• Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest

• Thornton Wilder: Our Town

Section B – Prose / Novels

• Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice

• Harper Lee: To Kill a Mocking Bird

• R K Narayan: The English Teacher

• John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men

• Mildred Taylor: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

IGCSE ENGLISH Literature – 4ETOUnseen Texts and Poetry Anthology

• Unprepared poem or prose extract

• imagery

• descriptive skills

• language choice

• tone and mood

• structure and form.

Anthology poems• If — Rudyard Kipling

• Prayer Before Birth — Louis Macneice

• Half-past Two — U A Fanthorpe

• Piano — D H Lawrence

• Hide and Seek — Vernon Scannell

• Sonnet 116 (‘Let me not to the marriage ...’) —Shakespeare

• La Belle Dame Sans Merci — John Keats

• Poem at Thirty-Nine — Alice Walker

• Telephone Conversation — Wole Soyinka

• Once Upon a Time — Gabriel Okara

• War Photographer — Carol Ann Duffy

• The Tyger — William Blake

• My Last Duchess — Robert Browning

• A Mother in a Refugee Camp — Chinua Achebe

• Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night — Dylan Thomas

• Remember — Christina Rossetti

IGCSE ENGLISH LiteraturePaper 1 : Drama & Prose 4ETO/01 (1hr 45mins)

Paper 2 : Unseen Texts & Poetry Anthology 4ETO/02 (1hr 30mins)

IGCSE ENGLISH Literature – Sample Answer Script

IGCSE ENGLISH Literature – Sample Answer Script

IGCSE ENGLISH Literature