KS4 GCSE
ENGLISH AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OVERVIEW
YEAR
TEN TERM ONE
10.1. GCSE Pre1914 Prose coursework
(assessed for reading skills and literature by written essay)
to include speaking and listening group discussion assessment
and specific work on structuring a discursive essay
10.1 Pre-1914 Prose coursework
10.2 GCSE Media Coursework
(assessed for writing skills by written essay)
looking specifically at a moving image text.
and further work on structuring a discursive essay.
YEAR
TEN TERM TWO
10.3. GCSE Shakespeare coursework
(assessed for reading skills and literature by oral discussion)
to include compilation of notes responding to reading the play and
study of language change, standard English and dialect
YEAR
TEN TERM THREE
10.4. GCSE study of a twentieth century play
(assessed for literature only by written essay)
to include speaking and listening drama focused assessment and
language study work on the differences between spoken and written
English
10.4 GCSE Post-1914 drama coursework
10.5.
Original writing
(assessed by a piece of handwritten work )
including work on a number of key genres
whose nature and form have been explored in lessons
which focus on language study
10.5
Original writing coursework
YEAR ELEVEN
11.1. NEAB Anthology work
(for GCSE English and for GCSE English Literature)
to include speaking and listening skills and assessments
and study of the anthology, beginning with poems from different cultures and
traditions
11.2.
Examination skills:
revision and consolidation of language study skills
and reading and writing skills.