Croeso i Flwyddyn 11! Welcome to Year 11!. Amcan Heddiw To get ourselves set up for the Literature course.

Croeso i Flwyddyn 11!

Welcome to Year 11!

Amcan Heddiw

• To get ourselves set up for the Literature course

New Books

• Name and Tutor Group• Subject: English Literature• Teacher Name

First Page

• Gwaith Dosbarth• Dyddiad• Teitl: Course Overview

• Amcan: To understand the requirements of the Literature course.

Basic OverviewUnit 1 Exam

- 2hrs - 35% of GCSE

Unit 2 Exam- 2 hrs- 40% of GCSE

Unit 3 Controlled Assessment- 25% of GCSE

*** Point to remember: marks specifically for SPG.

Detailed OverviewUnit 1 Exam [To be sat in January]

• Prose (different cultures) and poetry (contemporary)

• Prose: Of Mice and Men

• Poetry: Unseen poetry comparison

Detailed Overview

Unit 2 Exam [To be sat in June]

• Contemporary Drama: Blood Brothers

• Literary Heritage Prose: A Christmas Carol

[Texts can be accessed online – Project Guttenburg]

Detailed Overview

Unit 3 Controlled Assessment [Completed June-October]

• Poetry and Drama

• Theme: the treatment of women

• Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

• Poetry: how men treat/view women

New Page in Your Books

Your Title: Controlled Assessment

• Texts:- Romeo and Juliet- A Woman To Her Lover, Walsh- Song of the Worker’s Wife, Alice Gray Jones- A Married State, Philips

Task Requirements

Your Title: Examine how Shakespeare presents the treatment of Juliet during the course of Romeo and Juliet. Examine the way the treatment of women is presented in A Woman to Her Lover and other poems.

- One essay discussing Romeo and Juliet and selected poems.

- Focus of assignment will be the theme of ‘presentation of women’.

- Must consider how the theme is presented in each text.

Being Tested On…

- AO1: Analyse texts, using quotes in your answers.

- AO2: How language, structure and form are used.

- AO3: Make comparisons between texts.

Don’t write this bit!

• Teaching and Learning Stage: texts can be studied within lessons and in personal study time.

• Research and Planning Stage: students can work collaboratively but teacher cannot comment.

• Assessment Period: Have up to 4 hours under exam conditions to write the essay. Can have clean copies of texts and one A4 side of notes, not plans or drafts!!!

• Should aim for 2,000 words.

Any Questions?...