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The St Marylebone CE School

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English

Overview

The English Department at St Marylebone School aims to teach in a way that will develop a life-long love of the English language and its literature in all students.  By exploring a rich and varied range of poetry, drama and novels, students will experience the deep, complex and challenging pleasure involved in studying literature.  We also encourage our students to develop the skills necessary to respond critically to the information that will be presented to them throughout their lives. Through careful teaching, we want them to have confidence in their ability to communicate effectively and convincingly through both the spoken and the written word.

Key Stage 3. Years 7-9

In the English Department we are passionate about Key Stage 3 as we work on a strong foundation for successful English students. We work hard to combine our development of students’ belief in the validity of their personal response with the tools they will need to make these responses compelling and convincing.

In Year 7, students learn how to approach fiction through a diverse poetry anthology exploring special people and places, the class novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry and a new short story unit entitled Perspectives which looks at how we all experience the world and communicate our view of it. They also study A Midsummer Night’s Dream and World Myths, where they work on their creative writing skills. Year 7 also includes a non-fiction unit called Writing Relationships, closely linked to our work in PSHE.

In Year 8, students continue developing their skills in creative writing as they create their own short story. They explore literature of the Gothic genre, a second Shakespeare play and a unit focusing on Speeches and Debates where they develop their work on Perspectives in Year 7 as they focus again on how people use words to convey their points of view as persuasively as possible. The year ends with The Village, a student favourite, where the class create their own fictional town. They all adopt a role and complete various real-life writing tasks as their chosen character.

In Year 9, students start the year with the high dramatic tension provided by a play by Arthur Miller. This year also includes study of George Orwell’s Animal Farm and a return to our important study of the concise expression of powerful emotion through poetry. Our non-fiction unit in Year 9 changes annually as it is focused on significant current affairs.

Reading list Key Stage 3

Key Stage 4 GCSE. Years 10-11

Course Content

GCSE  English Language and GCSE English Literature involve the study of how writers communicate their ideas about the world, and how readers might respond to those ideas. The course aims to develop a critical understanding of the ways in which texts are a reflection of, and exploration of, the human condition, the study of which develops empathic understanding of human nature. GCSE English Language and Literature aims to enable students to appreciate these qualities, developing and presenting informed, critical responses to the ideas in a range of texts and the ways writers present these ideas. We aim to enable students to make links between a variety of written texts and between the text and the context within which it was shaped. 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper One: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing (1 hour 45 minutes) 50%

Section A: Reading – One unseen literature fiction text from the 20th or 21st century with four questions: (one short form 4 mark question, two longer form 8 mark questions and one extended 20 mark question)

Section B: Writing – Descriptive or narrative writing (one extended writing question with 24 marks for content and 16 marks for technical accuracy)

Paper Two: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives (1 hour 45 minutes) 50%

Section A: One non-fiction text and one literary non-fiction text from the 19th and 20th / 21st century with four questions: (one short form 4 mark question, two longer form 8 mark questions and one extended 20 mark question)

Section B: Writing to present a viewpoint (one extended writing question with 24 marks for content and 16 marks for technical accuracy)

SPOKEN LANGUAGE

This is an internally assessed component, externally moderated, and leading to a separate endorsement, focused on the development of speaking and listening skills.

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Paper One: Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel (1 hour 45 minutes) 40%

Section A: One essay question on a Shakespeare play (pre-taught)

Section B: One extract question on a 19th Century novel and one question comparing the extract to the play as a whole (pre-taught)

Paper Two: Modern Texts and Poetry (2 hours 15 minutes) 60%

Section A: One essay question on a modern novel or drama text (pre-taught)

Section B: One comparative essay question on two poems from the Anthology, one named on the paper and one chosen by the candidate (pre-taught)

Section C: One question on one unseen poem and one question comparing this to another unseen poem

Exam Board – AQA

Final Grade – Grades 1-9

English Language GCSE

Structure of Assessment

50% of the final GCSE grade – Paper One: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing

50% of the final GCSE grade – Paper Two: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives

English Literature GCSE

Structure of Assessment

40% of the final GCSE grade – Paper One: Shakespeare and the 19th Century Novel

60% of the final GCSE grade – Paper Two: Modern Texts and Poetry

Key Stage 4 Reading List – we encourage students to read widely, beyond the texts listed on the specification.

Key Stage 5 A Level. Years 12-13

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