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Subject: 0486 English Literature

Year Group Term 1 (Aug – Oct) Term 2 (Oct – Dec) Term 3 (Jan – Mar) Term 4 Mar – Jun)

Year 10 Course Outline: Overview of Aims Assessment Objectives

F.L.I.R.R.T Chart – list literary devices under the headings: Form, Language, Rhythm, Rhyme and Tone. Activities around the set texts. Group and individual readings. Media examples. Awareness of context. Writing activities.

In each schemes of work: Communicate in extended writing an informed personal response to the set texts

SOW: Poetry for meaning and enjoyment The Poet at work – How does the poet use language and form to: describe, narrate, explore, reflect? Create sounds and imagery, invoke connotations, appeal to the senses and respond to tone? Explore the layers of meaning:

The Poetry EssayAO1 – AO4 Build confidence in compiling an informed response. Build skill at writing about the poet’s ability to use language effectively in the poetic form. Study essay writing structure for poetry using: thorough notes and written work including annotations, planning templates.

SOW: Drama: language written for a live audience.

Appreciate the qualities of Drama through reading, acting, listening and role-play. Engage with tension building. Respond to mood. Understand the role of dialogue, monologue and stagecraft. Appreciate scenes for impact, e.g. slow, frenetic, serious or comic Empathise with characters, their motivation, how they are portrayed. What motivates them,

Know the importance of stage

directions and themes. Be aware of social and historical contexts. Analysethe dramatist at work, e.g.dramatic irony, recurrent imagery, prose and verse form.

The Drama essayAO1 –AO4 Build skill and confidence in compiling a written essay for both the passage based and critical forms. Keep notes from viewing, watching and reading script. Use templates, plans and follow essay-writing conventions for drama.

SOW: Prose: enjoy reading prose fiction Appreciate narrative viewpoint and the characteristics of first and third person;the writers’ structure: e.g. foreshadowing,

parallelism and plotting. Explore: themes, character

Respond to: mood including comedy, tragedy, irony and pathos Analysethe writer at work – the way s/he uses language to create effects, e.g. diction, irony and symbolism. Be aware of social and historical contexts of the whole story and for significant episodes.

The Prose essayAO1–AO4 Build skill and confidence in compiling a essays in both the passage based and critical forms. Keep notes from reading chapters. Use templates, planning strategies and follow the essay-writing conventions for prose.

Summer exams

(Component 1) Paper 1: Poetry and Prose 1 hour, 30 minutes.

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appreciate ambiguity and ambivalence; be aware of social and historical context.

their interactions and conflicts development; and how dialogue is used. Engage with twists and turns and building tension.

(Component 3, open book) Paper 3: Drama 45 minutes

Year 11 Overview of Course Revisit course outline. Where are we? What we need to do?

Finalise and submit Prose essay for ‘The English Teacher’. Continue studying the poetry anthology. Submit final poetry essay.

Coursework Finalise coursework for submission. Coursework portfolios need to include two pieces ofwork. Assignments should be between 600 – 1200 words. One can be on texts for examination; the other should be outside the set texts. Over length will be penalised.

Coursework Paper 1: Write critically about poetry. Choose at least two poems, from the anthology “Poems Deep and Dangerous”. Choose between set questions on the themes:

a. Father and son

b. Marriage and love

Select evidence carefully. Refine sophistication of your discussion.

Prepare for Mock

examinations.

Mock Exams (Component 1) Paper 1: Poetry and Prose 1 hour, 30 minutes.

(Component 3, open book) Paper 3: Drama, 45 minutes.

Results decide candidates for

for core and extended.

Coursework Prose piece not on the text set for examination: ‘Of Mice and Men’, by John Steinbeck.

Coursework Paper 2: Show critical engagement with text. Choose between two questions on John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”. Demonstrate empathy in assuming a character’s persona. Showknowledge of character, plot and atmosphere while

Submit Coursework to Cambridge early March.

Revise the Literature essay. Under supervision practice and refine essay writing skills for all three text types, following the conventions for:

Poetry

Prose

Drama

Be specific about particular literary devices for each style.

Structure your essays with links between paragraphs and points. Take a position early and use a thread to hold the discussion together. Address the question directly, using synonyms or inference. Former exam questions to be taken under supervision.

Exam Revision Follow the rubric for revising texts. Poetry: Complete revision sheets on the anthology. Sure up knowledge of poems. Prose: Summarise the novel. Respond to revision questions. Narrative style. POW and other literary devices. Drama: Write a synopisis of the play. What do you consider are the main parts of each Act? Consider characters and their interaction. Final IGCSE Exams 0486

Literature. (Component 1) Paper 1: Poetry and Prose 1 hour, 30 minutes.

(Component 3, open book) Paper 3: Drama 45 minutes

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addressing the question.

0486 Literature: Syllabus Aimsand Assessment Objectives

Syllabus Aims

Cambridge IGCSE Literature (English) aims to develop learners who:

• enjoy the experience of reading literature

• understand and respond to literary texts in different forms and from different periods and cultures

• communicate an informed personal response appropriately and effectively

• appreciate different ways in which writers achieve their effects

• experience literature’s contribution to aesthetic, imaginative and intellectual growth

• explore the contribution of literature to an understanding of areas of human concern.

Assessment Objectives

The assessment objectives in Cambridge IGCSE Literature (English) are:

AO1: show detailed knowledge of the content of literary texts in the three main forms (drama, poetry and prose)

AO2: understand the meanings of literary texts and their contexts, and explore texts beyond surface meanings to show deeper awareness of ideas and attitudes

AO3: recognise and appreciate ways in which writers use language, structure and form to create and shape meanings and effects

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AO4: communicate a sensitive and informed personal response to literary texts.

* Each Assessment Objective carries an approximate weighting of 25% (See page 8 of the Syllabus)