If you enjoyed English at GCSE and want to take your study further, then this is the course for you! This broad course takes a ‘back to basics’ look at language and applies those skills to the study of literature. You will learn a lot about how writers create meaning and have a chance to create some pieces of your own in the creative writing elements of the course. Unlike its full course equivalents, this course focuses on a broad range of skills, allowing you to develop your skills as both a reader and writer; you will explore both the literary and linguistics elements of spoken and written texts and then apply this knowledge to your own creative writing. A combination of fiction and non-fiction, modern and traditional texts will be studied, and you will explore them from both a literary and a linguistics perspective; for example: • How is dialogue used in A Streetcar Named Desire? • How is setting used in The Great Gatsby? • In what ways does Ian McEwan use suspense in Atonement? You will explore a range of non-fiction and real life, spoken texts to consider how they are designed and crafted and you will study a prose novel, poetry and a play, exploring them analytically and creatively. The emphasis of this course is on ‘The Reader as Writer and The Writer as Reader’ and, having studied your set texts, you will then have the opportunity to create your own original writing, both non-fiction creative writing.
• We have a minimum entry requirement of grade 4 in both Maths and English Language. Additional subject entry requirements for each subject are listed below. There may be some flexibility around these. • English can be either Literature or Language unless specifically stated. • At least a grade 5 and 6 in GCSE English Literature and Language (either way round)
Component 1: Exploring and comparing non-fiction and spoken texts (1 hour) = 16% The exam board provides an anthology of texts for this part of the course. Component 2: The stylistic and dramatic analysis of poetry and plays (2 hours) = 32% Texts range from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire to poetry by Carol Ann Duffy Component 3: Analysis of narrative in a modern novel followed by an original creative writing task plus commentary (2 hours) = 32% Texts range from Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby to Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake to Ian McEwan’s Atonement Non-Exam Assessment: Comparison of two non-fiction texts plus a piece of original non-fiction writing = 20% Students this year are currently comparing We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Warwickshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Myton Road, Warwick, CV34 6PJ |
If you enjoyed English at GCSE and want to take your study further, then this is the course for you! This broad course takes a ‘back to basics’ look at language and applies those skills to the study of literature. You will learn a lot about how writers create meaning and have a chance to create some pieces of your own in the creative writing elements of the course. Unlike its full course equivalents, this course focuses on a broad range of skills, allowing you to develop your skills as both a reader and writer; you will explore both the literary and linguistics elements of spoken and written texts and then apply this knowledge to your own creative writing. A combination of fiction and non-fiction, modern and traditional texts will be studied, and you will explore them from both a literary and a linguistics perspective; for example: • How is dialogue used in A Streetcar Named Desire? • How is setting used in The Great Gatsby? • In what ways does Ian McEwan use suspense in Atonement? You will explore a range of non-fiction and real life, spoken texts to consider how they are designed and crafted and you will study a prose novel, poetry and a play, exploring them analytically and creatively. The emphasis of this course is on ‘The Reader as Writer and The Writer as Reader’ and, having studied your set texts, you will then have the opportunity to create your own original writing, both non-fiction creative writing.
• We have a minimum entry requirement of grade 4 in both Maths and English Language. Additional subject entry requirements for each subject are listed below. There may be some flexibility around these. • English can be either Literature or Language unless specifically stated. • At least a grade 5 and 6 in GCSE English Literature and Language (either way round)
Component 1: Exploring and comparing non-fiction and spoken texts (1 hour) = 16% The exam board provides an anthology of texts for this part of the course. Component 2: The stylistic and dramatic analysis of poetry and plays (2 hours) = 32% Texts range from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire to poetry by Carol Ann Duffy Component 3: Analysis of narrative in a modern novel followed by an original creative writing task plus commentary (2 hours) = 32% Texts range from Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby to Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake to Ian McEwan’s Atonement Non-Exam Assessment: Comparison of two non-fiction texts plus a piece of original non-fiction writing = 20% Students this year are currently comparing We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote