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​English Literature Course Structure

English Literature
TitleType of AssessmentOverviewFilterPercent of Final GradeWhen
English Literature Unit 1 Exploring modern textsExam 1 hour 30 minutes
Section A: pupils answer one question, from a choice of two, on the text they have studied.
Section B: pupils answer one compulsory question on the second text they have studied.
40%Monday 18th May 2015 9.00am
English Literature Unit 2 Poetry across timeExam: 1 hour 15 minutes
Section A: pupils answer one question, from a choice of two, on the poetry cluster they have studied.
Section B: pupils answer one compulsory question on an unseen poem.
35%Friday 22nd May 2015 9.00a.m
Unit 3 Shakespeare and the English Literary HeritageControlled Assessment
1 task on a play from Shakespeare and one other text. 
25%Autumn term of year 10

Assessments
AssessmentStructureFilterDescriptionFilterName of Topic
Expand/Collapse Unit : English Literature Unit 1 Exploring modern texts ‎(1)
Exam
Section A: one question, from a choice of two, on a text that pupils have studied.

Section B: one compulsory question on the second text that pupils have studied.
Section A: 45 minutes to answer one essay style question on the modern text they have studied. Questions require knowledge and understanding of characters, settings, themes, ideas, issues and the author's style of writing.

Section B: 45 minutes to answer one essay style question on the text they have studied which is from a different culture. The question will require pupils to explore aspects of the text that are specific to that culture, as well as the aspects outlined in section A.
Exploring Modern Texts
Expand/Collapse Unit : English Literature Unit 2 Poetry across time ‎(1)
Exam
Section A: one question, from a choice of two, on the poetry cluster they have studied.




Section B: one compulsory question on an unseen poem.
Section A: pupils study a thematic cluster of 15 poems; some poems are contemporary, some from the English, Welsh or Irish Literary Heritage. In a 45 minute essay style question, pupils will be expected to make comparisons across poems and to respond to ideas, themes and issues; form, structure and language.



Section B: in 30 minutes, pupils are expected to respond to an unseen poem and write about key features such as content, theme, structure, rhyme, rhythm and use of language.
From 2015 pupils will be required to study at least one poem from a selection of named poets, both contemporary and literary heritage, and the unseen poem will be from the work of one of these poets.
Poetry Across Time
Expand/Collapse Unit : Unit 3 Shakespeare and the English Literary Heritage ‎(1)
Controlled Assessment
One essay written about two texts: a play by Shakespeare and one other text. 25%
Pupils will be expected to write an essay in which they link the study of a particular Shakespeare play with one other text which they have studied from the English Literary Heritage. Pupils will be expected to respond to texts critically and imaginatively and analyse language, structure and form. They need to make comparisions and links between texts and relate the texts to their social, historical and cultural contexts.
Shakespeare and the English Literary Heritage

Help
Encourage them to use the English Curriculum pages on the SLG, particularly the GCSE Revision pages.
Encourage them to re-read their set texs and the poems.
Look together at the targets for improvement that their teacher has set.
Look at the website www.bbc.co.uk/gcsebitesize