English Literature – CLOSED FOR ENROLMENT

Course – English Literature Level – iGCSE (14-16 year olds) Day & Time – Wednesdays 9.30am Overview – 1 weekly 45 minute live lesson (Google Classroom) – Set home study tasks – 1 weekly assessed piece with extensive and detailed feedback – Mock examinations in January and April ————————————— Topics Unseen and Anthology Poetry – Explore how writers create meaning and effects in a range of seen and unseen poetry. – Develop skills to compare a range of poetry from the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Anthology. Modern Prose: Of Mice and Men – Explore how writers create meaning and effects in a modern prose text. – Explore how contextual factors influence meanings and effects. Modern Drama: J.B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls – Develop skills to analyse how language, form, structure and contextual factors can be used to create meaning and effect in a modern play text. – Explore how contextual factors influence meanings and effects. Literary Heritage Text: Shakespeare’s Macbeth – Develop skills to analyse how language, form, structure and contextual factors can be used to create meaning and effect in a Shakespeare text. – Explore how contextual factors influence meanings and effects. Revision – Revision of all components of Edexcel iGCSE English Literature Papers 1 & 2 – Past Papers – Mock Exams