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Subject: English Language and Literature
Subject: English Language and Literature
Examination Board: Edexcel
Examination Board: Edexcel
Controlled Assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts 20%
Controlled Assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts 20%
Examination:
Examination:
Paper 1: Voices in Speech and Writing 40%
Paper 1: Voices in Speech and Writing 40%
Paper 2: Varieties in Language and Literature 40%
Paper 2: Varieties in Language and Literature 40%
Specific entry requirements: Grade 6 in GCSE English Language and a grade 6 in GCSE English Literature.
Specific entry requirements: Grade 6 in GCSE English Language and a grade 6 in GCSE English Literature.
What will you study?
What will you study?
For Paper 1, Students will study a wide range of non-literary and digital texts from the 20th- and 21st centuries. The unit has been designed to introduce students to the ways in which ‘voices’ are used or crafted in a variety of non-literary and digital genres, encouraging the analysis of linguistic and literary features and generic conventions in a range of non-literary and digital forms. The anthology contains a variety of non-literary and digital texts from different forms, such as interviews, broadcasts, podcasts, blogs, screenplays and travelogues. For this unit, Students will also study Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, giving them the opportunity to study how writer’s create different voices within a literary genre.
For Paper 1, Students will study a wide range of non-literary and digital texts from the 20th- and 21st centuries. The unit has been designed to introduce students to the ways in which ‘voices’ are used or crafted in a variety of non-literary and digital genres, encouraging the analysis of linguistic and literary features and generic conventions in a range of non-literary and digital forms. The anthology contains a variety of non-literary and digital texts from different forms, such as interviews, broadcasts, podcasts, blogs, screenplays and travelogues. For this unit, Students will also study Tennessee Williams’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, giving them the opportunity to study how writer’s create different voices within a literary genre.
For Paper 2, students will look at the ways in which different writers convey their thoughts or ideas on a theme in literary and non-fiction writing. Students will develop their understanding of how writers use language techniques and literary devices to craft their work and communicate ideas or issues, making connections between texts as well as looking at the significance and influence of the contexts in which they were produced and received. Students will study both ‘The Great Gatsby’, F Scott Fitzgerald and ‘Othello’, by William Shakespeare.
For Paper 2, students will look at the ways in which different writers convey their thoughts or ideas on a theme in literary and non-fiction writing. Students will develop their understanding of how writers use language techniques and literary devices to craft their work and communicate ideas or issues, making connections between texts as well as looking at the significance and influence of the contexts in which they were produced and received. Students will study both ‘The Great Gatsby’, F Scott Fitzgerald and ‘Othello’, by William Shakespeare.
At the end of Year 12 and into Year 13, students will demonstrate their skills as writers, crafting their own original texts for different audiences and purposes. In exploring the various forms of writing and the ways different writers use linguistic and literary techniques in texts, students will acquire the synthesised knowledge and understanding required to produce original pieces of writing. This component permits students to pursue their own interests, applying the skills they have developed to investigate a topic they are interested in.
At the end of Year 12 and into Year 13, students will demonstrate their skills as writers, crafting their own original texts for different audiences and purposes. In exploring the various forms of writing and the ways different writers use linguistic and literary techniques in texts, students will acquire the synthesised knowledge and understanding required to produce original pieces of writing. This component permits students to pursue their own interests, applying the skills they have developed to investigate a topic they are interested in.
What Super Curricular opportunities are there linked to this subject?
What Super Curricular opportunities are there linked to this subject?
- Small group intervention offered early on in the course to help with key analytical skills
- In the lead up to exams, after school support and intervention classes
- University trips, where possible
- Lecture opportunities on context covered in the A Level exam, where possible
- Theatre opportunities on drama texts, where possible
What can this course lead to?
What can this course lead to?
- Journalists research, write and present stories, features and articles across a range of media platforms – newspapers, magazines, television, radio and internet.
- Publishing books, magazines and online publishing, generalist or specialist (including academic publishers).
- Editorial roles - business, production and marketing
- Education- teacher in secondary or primary schools (teaching qualification needed on top)
- University lecturer (further education needed)
- Law
- Civil servant - working with government
English Language and Literature has a lot of transferable skills which suit most jobs. Most importantly, the course develops student's analytical skills and critical thinking.
English Language and Literature has a lot of transferable skills which suit most jobs. Most importantly, the course develops student's analytical skills and critical thinking.
KS5 Student Handbook (to be added)
KS5 Student Handbook (to be added)
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