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'Every Child a Reader'
Students have been amazing in English this year. We look forward to welcoming them everyday to our English lessons at Outwood Academy Freeston. They will study a range of topics and we are certain that there will be something that they will enjoy. English gives you the opportunity to read a range of texts, write a variety of texts and also show your creative side when producing stories or descriptions. You will have four hours of English lessons on your timetable - this may be split between two English teachers.
Your English Lessons
“I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.” Maya Angelou
KS4
English Language
English Literature
Component 1 - 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing
Section A (20%)
Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions
Section B (20%)
Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles
Component 2 - 19th and 21st Century Non-Fiction Reading and Transactional/Persuasive Writing
Section A (30%)
Reading Understanding of two extracts (about 900-1200 words in total) of high-quality non-fiction writing, one from the 19th century, the other from the 21st century, assessed through a range of structured questions
Section B (30%)
Writing Two compulsory transactional/persuasive writing tasks
Component 1 - Shakespeare and Poetry (40% of the total mark)
Section A (20%)
Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet; One extract question and one essay question based on the reading of a Shakespeare text from the above prescribed list. Learners are not permitted to take copies of the set texts into the examination.
Section B (20%)
Poetry from 1789 to the present day Two questions based on poems from the WJEC Eduqas Poetry Anthology, one of which involves comparison. Learners are not permitted to take a copy of the anthology into the examination.
Component 2 - 1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry
Section A (20%) Post-1914 Prose/Drama
An Inspector Calls (Priestley) One source-based question on a post 1914 prose/drama text from the above prescribed list. Learners are not permitted to take copies of the set texts into the examination.
Section B (20%) 19th Century Prose
A Christmas Carol (Dickens) One source-based question on a 19th century prose text from the above prescribed list. Learners are not permitted to take copies of the set texts into the examination.
Section C (20%) Unseen Poetry from the 20th/21st Century Two questions on unseen poems, one of which involves comparison.
What skills will you learn?
Communicate your ideas, views and emotion with confidence, both orally and in written form
Enables you to make sense of the world around you
Consider themes such as friendship, love and loss in novels, plays and poems
Develop your understanding of characters and empathise with their situations
Explore the craft of the writer and analyse how language is used for effect
Develop your skills to write imaginatively and through transactional writing, where purpose, audience and format are important
Extend your vocabulary and written accuracy
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