A Level English Language and Literature will give you an opportunity to explore both subjects in a critical and engaging way. It is not just a theoretical subject, its theories and issues can be applied to the outside world by increasing your analytical, comparative and evaluative skills. Genre, narrative, storytelling and point of view are at the heart of this specification, with the four main areas of AS considering Imagined Worlds, Poetic Voices, Remembered Places and Recreative Writing. Imagined Worlds considers point of view and genre in written prose, and at Scarisbrick Hall, we have picked up the study of The Lovely Bones. Poetic Voices considers the forms and functions of the poetic voice in a wide range of detail with the study of the late and great Seamus Heaney. Remembered Places considers the importance of place in texts, and the anthology Paris is provided for study. Finally, students will produce their own recreative writing piece, with stimulus material from the anthology and will evaluate their own work with a critical commentary.
The subject requires a good level of literacy: reading analytically and essay writing skills. You need an ability to analyse and evaluate different forms of texts, but this course will work and build on your skill base here that is already established from GCSE.
• 80% exam based. • 2 x 1 hour 30 minutes closed book exams for the AS on ‘Imagined Worlds’ and ‘Remembered Places’, and then 2x 2 hours 30 minutes exam papers (taken at the end of the course) based on ‘Telling Stories’ and ‘Exploring Conflict’. • An opportunity to follow your own line of language interest through a piece of non-exam assessment called ‘Making Connections’ that is worth 20% of the grade.
About Education Provider
| Region | North West |
| Local Authority | Lancashire |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Southport Road, Ormskirk, L40 9RQ |
A Level English Language and Literature will give you an opportunity to explore both subjects in a critical and engaging way. It is not just a theoretical subject, its theories and issues can be applied to the outside world by increasing your analytical, comparative and evaluative skills. Genre, narrative, storytelling and point of view are at the heart of this specification, with the four main areas of AS considering Imagined Worlds, Poetic Voices, Remembered Places and Recreative Writing. Imagined Worlds considers point of view and genre in written prose, and at Scarisbrick Hall, we have picked up the study of The Lovely Bones. Poetic Voices considers the forms and functions of the poetic voice in a wide range of detail with the study of the late and great Seamus Heaney. Remembered Places considers the importance of place in texts, and the anthology Paris is provided for study. Finally, students will produce their own recreative writing piece, with stimulus material from the anthology and will evaluate their own work with a critical commentary.
The subject requires a good level of literacy: reading analytically and essay writing skills. You need an ability to analyse and evaluate different forms of texts, but this course will work and build on your skill base here that is already established from GCSE.
• 80% exam based. • 2 x 1 hour 30 minutes closed book exams for the AS on ‘Imagined Worlds’ and ‘Remembered Places’, and then 2x 2 hours 30 minutes exam papers (taken at the end of the course) based on ‘Telling Stories’ and ‘Exploring Conflict’. • An opportunity to follow your own line of language interest through a piece of non-exam assessment called ‘Making Connections’ that is worth 20% of the grade.