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Bridging the Gap
This work will not be submitted but will provide a good foundation of knowledge that will give you a positive start with your course.
Prior Knowledge
Prior Knowledge
This course combines both reading great books and getting a chance to use your creative and analytical skills too.
First and foremost, read everything and keep writing for pleasure!
Make your first read of the summer ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald (there’s a great film version directed by Baz Luhrmann to watch afterwards). It will be a novel we also read together as one of our exam texts, but knowing it a bit beforehand will be a huge advantage.
Once you’ve finished that, read and listen to as much as you can and as widely as you can - not just fiction, but non-fiction too - websites, magazines, blogs, podcasts.
A good place to start reading free books is the top 100 free classics on the Gutenberg site here
https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top
For interesting podcasts, try BBC Sounds or Goalhanger Podcasts. Read newspapers - on paper or online and keep your eyes and ears out for language in the world around you.
Further Reading
Further Reading
English Literature.pdfClick the icons to visit the highlighted reading material.
Transition Work
This work is to be completed before starting your course. The work will be set on Taster Day and due in during the first full week of College. This work will be assessed alongside subject assessments and Attitude to Learning.
Task Overview
Task Overview
Keep a scrapbook of pieces of writing that interest you over the summer - these could come from any source and be about anything at all.
Also, look back over everything you’ve read - including your summer reading - and come with your favourite book and some notes to share on what you love about the writing/style and story.
Finally, make some time and space in your scrapbook for your own writing - whether that’s stories, poetry or articles.
Work to be Submitted
Work to be Submitted
Scrapbook and notes on your favourite novel.
Preparation for September
Find below the guidance on what will be required from September for your subjects. Subject textbooks are listed in priority order. Please see guidance before purchasing any textbooks.
Folders & Organisation
Folders & Organisation
A lever arch folder with dividers will be essential to organise notes for different areas of study.
A good sized notebook (A5 hardback for example) to keep a reading log of useful notes and quotations from each book you read.
Subject Textbooks
Subject Textbooks
The Great Gatsby (Wordsworth Classics)
F Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN: 978-1853260414
Great Expectations (Wordsworth Classics)
Charles Dickens
ISBN-13 : 978-1853260049
A Streetcar named Desire (Penguin Classics)
Tennessee Williams
ISBN 978-0141190273
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