IGCSE English Literature Year 11
Ms. Daniela
A warm welcome to all students and their parents! We are looking forward to the 2023-2024 academic year where we would like to build a strong and trusting learning community. Please check this site regularly as it will be updated with content to be covered as well as all important dates and events.
We believe in open communication with students and parents, so please feel free to email me or set up an appointment for a video call should you wish to discuss anything. I am excited for the year ahead and I look forward to working with our lovely students!
Resources:
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
2. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
3. Othello by William Shakespeare
4. Songs of Ourselves vol. 1, part 3
Syllabus overview 0475
Aims
The syllabus aims summarise the context in which you should view the syllabus content and describe the purposes of a course based on this syllabus. They are not listed in order of priority. The aims are to develop learners who:
• enjoy the experience of reading literature • understand and respond to literary texts in different forms and from different periods and cultures • communicate an informed personal response appropriately and effectively • appreciate different ways in which writers achieve their effects • experience literature’s contribution to aesthetic, imaginative and intellectual growth • explore the contribution of literature to an understanding of areas of human concern.
All candidates take:
Paper 1
1 hour 30 minutes Poetry and Prose 50% 50 marks
Two questions on two texts: one poetry and one prose Externally assessed and either:
Paper 2
1 hour 30 minutes Drama 50% 50 marks
Two questions on two texts Externally assessed
Assessment objectives
The assessment objectives (AOs) are:
AO1 Show detailed knowledge of the content of literary texts in the three main forms (drama, poetry and prose), supported by reference to the text.
AO2 Understand the meanings of literary texts and their contexts, and explore texts beyond surface meanings to show deeper awareness of ideas and attitudes.
AO3 Recognise and appreciate ways in which writers use language, structure and form to create and shape meanings and effects.
AO4 Communicate a sensitive and informed personal response to literary texts.
TERM 1 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
UNIT 1: Prose
Appreciate narrative viewpoint, including particular characteristics of first and third person narrators
Appreciate the writer’s use of structure, including foreshadowing and parallelism in the plotting
UNIT 2: Poetry
Understand and respond to literary texts in different forms and from different periods and cultures
Explore the contribution of literature to an understanding of areas of human concern
UNIT 3: Wider Reading
Experience literature’s contribution to aesthetic, imaginative and intellectual growth
Enjoy the experience of reading a wide range of literature
TERM 2 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
UNIT 1: Drama- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Explore the play’s thematic concerns analyse the ‘dramatist at work’, e.g. variation of style diction to differentiate character, dramatic irony, recurrent imagery, prose/verse forms
Understand the meanings of literary texts and their contexts, and explore texts beyond surface meanings to show deeper awareness of ideas and attitudes.
Communicate a sensitive and informed personal response to literary texts.
Respond to mood and changes of mood, appreciating how dialogue, monologue or stagecraft contribute to the impact of the play
UNIT 2: Wider Reading
Appreciate the context of significant moments within the overall text
Be aware of historical, social and cultural contexts as illuminated by the text
