Assessment

English LiteratureRomeo and Juliet

Aim: To study plot, character, setting, stage directions and key contextual factors/universal topics and how these were received in the 16th century compared with today (e.g. forced marriage, masculinity, societal expectations of men and women, honour, mental wellbeing, family conflict and so on).

Skills: language analysis/ embedding context/ developing a critical viewpoint/ understanding writer’s methods and applying

Language Paper 1

Aim: To build on prior knowledge from Year 10 and revisit/revise the skills needed for Paper 1. In addition, we want to engage students in this exam paper, providing them with a range of extracts-both films and extracts- that are going to enable them to think about a variety of genres and topics. Skills: language analysis, structural features, evaluating a text, writing to describe/narrat e in preparation for life beyond GCSEs

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Literature Paper 2 Revisit – P&C Poetry

Aim: To revise and study a selection of poems from the cluster.

Skills: To develop the skill of comparison and promote independent and alternative viewpoints.

Language Paper 2

Aim: To build on prior knowledge from Year 10 and revisit/revise the skills needed for Paper 2. In addition, we want to engage students in this exam paper, providing them with a range of extracts that explored topical issues such as knife crime, climate change and cruelty to animals. Skills: language analysis, structural features, evaluating a text, writing to describe/narrate in preparation for life beyond GCSEs (copywriter/edit or/proof-reader/ lawyer/

Literature Paper 2 Revisit – P&C Poetry

Aim: To revise and study a selection of poems from the cluster.

Skills: To develop the skill of comparison and promote independent and alternative viewpoints.

Revision and Exam Prep Reading:

LANG: To read a wide range of texts confidently and with insight, being able to perceive strands of meaning and semantic fields, appreciating how these work together with generic features to fulfil the writer’s purpose and construct meanings. Identify the key ideas communicated by texts, summarising and synthesising information with precision. Read and evaluate texts critically and make comparisons between texts, commenting perceptively on a writer’s choice of vocabulary, grammatical and structural features; evaluate and explain precisely how language, structure, form and presentation contribute to quality and impact, using sophisticated linguistic and literary terminology.

LIT: Construct a critical, exploratory, well-structured interpretative argument, marshalling and coordinating a wide range of references, many of which will be learned by heart. Build increasingly sophisticated interpretations informed by strong and precise knowledge of contextual factors, taking a conceptualised approach to the full task, supporting with a range of judicious references. There will be an insightful analysis of language, form and structure supported by judicious terminology.