Do you like reading? Do you enjoy discussing the books you have read and the ideas they raise? Do you want to learn more about good writing and explore a range of authors, past and present? This popular course will enable you to do all of these and more. We study a range of texts, including plays, poetry and novels. Through class work, reading and independent research we will study the key aspects of literary texts, including the ways in which writers construct narratives and create characters. We will also study the ways in which literature can be assessed and analysed as well as how comparisons between texts can be made in order to gain further insight and understanding.
• You should have at least a grade 5 in GCSE English language and GCSE English literature. • Students should have a grade 5 in at least one other essay based subject. • There is no specific GCSE maths requirement to study this course.
The course comprises three exam papers and one non-exam assessment (coursework). Paper 1: Drama (30% of qualification – 2 hour 15 mins exam, open book) - This exam addresses a variety of critical responses to a Shakespeare play and also studies the principles of comedy or tragedy as presented in another dramatic text. Section A - Shakespeare Study of a Shakespeare play (we will be studying Hamlet) and a collection of related critical essays (provided by the exam board). Section B - Other drama We will be studying The Importance of Being Earnest. Paper 2: Prose (20% of qualification – 1 hour 15 mins exam, open book) - For this exam students will be asked to compare two prose texts according to a particular theme; one of the novels must have been written before 1900. There is a wide choice of novels and themes to choose from, for example under the theme of Science and Society, our students will study Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein alongside Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. Paper 3: Poetry (30% of qualification – 2 hour 15 mins exam, one question unseen, second question open book) - For this unit students will prepare for responding to an unseen modern poem, through the study of form, meaning and style; they will also be required to study a range of poetry from either a particular literary period or by a single named poet from within a literary period (we will be studying the poems of John Keats). Section A - Unseen Poetry One essay question on an unseen modern poem written after 2000. Section B - Prescribed Poetry One essay question relating to works studied in class. Coursework (20% of qualification) - For their coursework submission, students will study two texts, one of which will be The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, and are required to produce one assignment which will be an extended comparative essay. The advisory total word count is 2500 to 3000 words.
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Hampshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Prospect Avenue, Farnborough, GU14 8JX |
Do you like reading? Do you enjoy discussing the books you have read and the ideas they raise? Do you want to learn more about good writing and explore a range of authors, past and present? This popular course will enable you to do all of these and more. We study a range of texts, including plays, poetry and novels. Through class work, reading and independent research we will study the key aspects of literary texts, including the ways in which writers construct narratives and create characters. We will also study the ways in which literature can be assessed and analysed as well as how comparisons between texts can be made in order to gain further insight and understanding.
• You should have at least a grade 5 in GCSE English language and GCSE English literature. • Students should have a grade 5 in at least one other essay based subject. • There is no specific GCSE maths requirement to study this course.
The course comprises three exam papers and one non-exam assessment (coursework). Paper 1: Drama (30% of qualification – 2 hour 15 mins exam, open book) - This exam addresses a variety of critical responses to a Shakespeare play and also studies the principles of comedy or tragedy as presented in another dramatic text. Section A - Shakespeare Study of a Shakespeare play (we will be studying Hamlet) and a collection of related critical essays (provided by the exam board). Section B - Other drama We will be studying The Importance of Being Earnest. Paper 2: Prose (20% of qualification – 1 hour 15 mins exam, open book) - For this exam students will be asked to compare two prose texts according to a particular theme; one of the novels must have been written before 1900. There is a wide choice of novels and themes to choose from, for example under the theme of Science and Society, our students will study Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein alongside Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. Paper 3: Poetry (30% of qualification – 2 hour 15 mins exam, one question unseen, second question open book) - For this unit students will prepare for responding to an unseen modern poem, through the study of form, meaning and style; they will also be required to study a range of poetry from either a particular literary period or by a single named poet from within a literary period (we will be studying the poems of John Keats). Section A - Unseen Poetry One essay question on an unseen modern poem written after 2000. Section B - Prescribed Poetry One essay question relating to works studied in class. Coursework (20% of qualification) - For their coursework submission, students will study two texts, one of which will be The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, and are required to produce one assignment which will be an extended comparative essay. The advisory total word count is 2500 to 3000 words.