If you enjoy getting your teeth into whole texts, arguing over the issues and themes, debating the characters, admiring the writers’ use of language, and developing your interpretations, then A Level English Literature should be just what you’re looking for. It involves a lot of reading, but there’s much more scope to develop your tastes and talents at A Level than at GCSE. It combines logical analysis with plenty of emotional involvement and can be a valuable asset for many kinds of degree courses or careers. WHAT WILL I STUDY & LEARN? In Year 12, “Love Through the Ages” is the over-arching theme, which includes Shakespeare’s magnificent tragedy “Othello”, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s compelling love story “The Great Gatsby” and the AQA Anthology of Pre1900 Love Poetry. In addition to these iconic texts, we will also enable our students to evaluate and undertake a detailed analysis of Unseen Love Poetry, which is an excellent challenge, especially if considering the study of Literature at University. Following internally set Year 12 examinations in the summer, students will commence the fantastic Year 13 course, “World War 1 and its Aftermath.” Texts will include the incomparable “Regeneration” by Pat Barker, the political drama “The Wipers Times” by David Haig, and the heritage collection of War Poetry in “The Oxford Book of War Poetry”, edited by John Stallworthy. We will also prepare our students to analyze Unseen Prose texts, written about or during WW1. The course also includes one NEA, a coursework essay of 2500 words, worth 20% of the overall mark, comparing two texts of your own choice, one of which must have been written pre-1900. This offers the chance for exciting, independent study and one-on-one mentoring sessions, in which students bring to the discussions their critical perspectives, plus the results from their independent research. These are skills necessary to undertake an Undergraduate course at University. We will prepare our students thoroughly for the next steps in their academic journeys.
Students who study this subject will normally have achieved five A* - C grades in a range of subjects at GCSE and should ideally have attained at least B grades in English Literature and English Language.
Paper 1 • (40% of A Level) Paper 2 • (40% of A Level) Coursework Folder • (20% of A Level)
About Education Provider
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Local Authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Burton Road, Beverley, HU17 7EJ |
If you enjoy getting your teeth into whole texts, arguing over the issues and themes, debating the characters, admiring the writers’ use of language, and developing your interpretations, then A Level English Literature should be just what you’re looking for. It involves a lot of reading, but there’s much more scope to develop your tastes and talents at A Level than at GCSE. It combines logical analysis with plenty of emotional involvement and can be a valuable asset for many kinds of degree courses or careers. WHAT WILL I STUDY & LEARN? In Year 12, “Love Through the Ages” is the over-arching theme, which includes Shakespeare’s magnificent tragedy “Othello”, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s compelling love story “The Great Gatsby” and the AQA Anthology of Pre1900 Love Poetry. In addition to these iconic texts, we will also enable our students to evaluate and undertake a detailed analysis of Unseen Love Poetry, which is an excellent challenge, especially if considering the study of Literature at University. Following internally set Year 12 examinations in the summer, students will commence the fantastic Year 13 course, “World War 1 and its Aftermath.” Texts will include the incomparable “Regeneration” by Pat Barker, the political drama “The Wipers Times” by David Haig, and the heritage collection of War Poetry in “The Oxford Book of War Poetry”, edited by John Stallworthy. We will also prepare our students to analyze Unseen Prose texts, written about or during WW1. The course also includes one NEA, a coursework essay of 2500 words, worth 20% of the overall mark, comparing two texts of your own choice, one of which must have been written pre-1900. This offers the chance for exciting, independent study and one-on-one mentoring sessions, in which students bring to the discussions their critical perspectives, plus the results from their independent research. These are skills necessary to undertake an Undergraduate course at University. We will prepare our students thoroughly for the next steps in their academic journeys.
Students who study this subject will normally have achieved five A* - C grades in a range of subjects at GCSE and should ideally have attained at least B grades in English Literature and English Language.
Paper 1 • (40% of A Level) Paper 2 • (40% of A Level) Coursework Folder • (20% of A Level)