Aims:
- To promote an interest in reading and literature including texts from the literary canon such as Shakespeare.
- To develop students’ reading comprehension and textual analysis of both fiction and non-fiction texts.
- To enable students to write for different purposes and audiences.
- To enable students to produce clearly structured and technically accurate written work.
- To develop confidence in oral work so students express their opinions in formal, standard English.
Content:
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Year 11 |
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Key assessment details:
In Years 9 and 10 students will be assessed regularly using GCSE examination-style tasks. There will be formal assessments at the end of each unit of work. In Year 10, students will sit a past GCSE English Language paper. Students will also complete a formal speaking and listening assessment involving a presentation to the class for their spoken language award; this is assessed by classroom teachers. In the autumn term of Year 11, students will sit a formal mock examination based on past papers in English Language and English Literature. Students will also practise essay writing skills through regular extended responses to exam style questions and examination set texts.