OREL VINE SCHOOL
Year 11 Literature Course Outline 2022-2023
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| TERM 1 | TERM 2 | TERM 3 |
TWELFTHNIGHT by William Shakespeare. | Unit 1A Introduction to ‘Conflict’ in writingAppreciate narrative viewpoint, including particular characteristics of first and third person narrators. | Unit 2A Introduction Appreciate the interplay of dialogue, description and plot development. | Unit 3A: Introduction Appreciate the interplay of the novel, description and plot development |
The Purple Hibiscus by C N Adichie. | Unit 1B : Types of Conflict Interweave the different types of conflicts in the novel. | Unit 2B: Rising Action and Climax Analyse the ‘writer at work’: the way s/he uses language to create particular effects, e.g. diction, irony, recurrent imagery, symbolism. | Unit 3B: Setting, Plot and Characterisation Reading and analysing chapters and sections, then summarising and writing them. |
Poetry from different cultures. | Unit 1C: Dramatic Irony Reading and analysing play scripts, then planning and writing a play script. | Unit 2C: Falling Action and Denouement. Respond to mood and changes of mood, including comedy, tragedy. | Unit 3C: Poems in a variety of forms Reading and analysing poems in a variety of forms, then planning and writing a poem. |
Year 11 Literature in English Course Outline.
Literature in English 0475.
COURSE OUTLINE OF SET TEXTS PER STRAND.
You will be sitting for TWO Literature examination papers. Paper 1 and Paper 2.
Paper 1
A candidate is expected to answer two questions in all. One question from section A and one question from section B.
Section A
Outline per strand.
Poetry
From song of ourselves volume 1 part 2, Song of ourselves volume 2 part 3 and New selected Poems by Carol Ann Duffy
The following 10 poems were selected for the candidates to read, internalize, analyze, critique and acquaint themselves with in preparation for their IGCSE Literature in English Examination;
Any one or two or more of the above poems could be set in an IGCSE examination and the mode of questioning varies from asking how a persona is portrayed in the poem by a speaker or poet, to conveying the effect of a major theme on a persona among others. All call for detailed points, well-illustrated and explained with vivid examples and quotations in reference to the poem.
A candidate is expected to choose only one prose. Either a novel or poem.
Paper 1 Section B.(Prose).
Gilman (1892) page 44-55.
A candidate is expected to choose only one text under prose and answer in line with the question asked.
For prose we have planned to have 3 options, that is 2 novels and 5 stories from which a learner will choose one that best suites them and either write an essay or answer a passage based question in line with the mode of question that might require identifying, commenting, using or showing awareness on how characters’ lives end, language structure and form used, themes and setting.
Paper 2 (Closed Drama)
We chose 3 texts and they are;
A candidate is expected to answer 2 questions on 2 texts.
1 question on a text should be passage based and the other question should be on a different text and an essay must be answered in written form.
12th Night has 5 Acts and 18 scenes in total.
The Crucibles has 2 Acts and 5 scenes in total.
Journey’s End by R.C Sheriff.
The above drama texts all require a candidate to first clearly read, highlight key terms, display knowledge of texts through quotations and vivid examples from the text in terms of characters, themes, setting, language and techniques then be able to carefully decide which will be passage based and which will be an essay.
Learners analyse how a writer uses a combination of features to enhance their intended meaning, e.g. using powerful verbs to emphasise key language choices.
Learners read an Act and summarise it in their own words.
Leaners are able to appreciate the context of significant episodes within the overall play.
Learners explore developments in characterisation and the way that characters are portrayed as the play progresses.
Learners engage with the twists and turning-points of the play and appreciate the build-up of suspense and creation of tension.
Learners analyse the ‘writer at work’: the way he uses language to create particular effects, e.g. diction, irony, recurrent imagery, symbolism.