Mrs A Proudman BA Hons Head of Department
Mrs P Lyons-White BA Hons Key Stage 4 Coordinator
Mrs C McClean BA Hons Key Stage 3 Coordinator
Miss Leah Hunkin BA Hons
Ms H Snook BEd
Mrs L Trezise Inclusion Manager Our Aims In line with the school’s aim to promote intellectual, personal, spiritual, moral and social development, the English Faculty aims: To provide opportunities for all pupils to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding in speaking, listening, reading and writing. To impart knowledge and develop critical awareness of and sensitivity to literature and language at a level appropriate to a pupil’s development. To ensure breadth of reading beyond the limits of the syllabus. To develop in pupils the beginnings of a critical understanding of media, including moving image media. To encourage pupils to value themselves and their worlds by drawing upon their experience through talking, writing and drama. To help all pupils to feel successful and to achieve the best examination results of which they are capable.
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Resources The Department has three designated classrooms and shares another room. In addition we share the use of the hall with the Drama Department All classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards and televisions with video/DVD playback facilities. We have an extensive video/DVD library covering plays, Shakespeare, adaptations of novels and useful television programmes. The Department has a very wide range of texts tailored to the needs of each Key Stage.
| Extra Curricular Activities - Writing for the school Chronicle and Banter
- Poetry and fiction writing competitions
- Raving Readers Club
- World Book Day
- Poetry Day
- BBC School Report
- Christmas Readings
- Theatre and cinema trips to Bristol, Bath, London, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Visits from authors (working with the school librarian)
- Visits to literary festivals
- Public speaking including Gabblers, Rotary Club and British Professional Women
- Visits to the school from actors, writers and performers to run workshops
- Inter and intra-school debating
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| | Writing | | Reading | | Spelling | | Language | | | | | | | | | | | Various activities including: | | A range to include: | | A wide range including: | | A range of strategies including: | | Developing understanding from: | Drama improvisation
and working with scripts Involvement in class discussions and debates A talk given to the whole class Reporting on an event, book read etc. Telling or retelling stories | | Narrative Descriptive Personal /
anecdotal
/ biographical Poetry Scripts Non-fiction | | Drama - Shakespeare to contemporary texts Novels-including pre-twentieth century texts Poetry – Beowulf to the present day Non-fiction | | Use of dictionary Spelling tests Roots of words Redrafting Corrections | | Nouns and adjectives Verbs and
adverbs Syntax Accurate punctuation |
| | | | Years 10 - 11 GCSE English Language 5010 www.wjec.co.uk
Unit 1: Studying Written Language (Reading: Non-Fiction texts) 1 hour examination Unit 2: Using Written Language (Writing: Information and Ideas) - 1 hour examination
Unit 3: Literary Reading and Creative Writing - controlled assessment
Studying Written Language - extended literary text
Using language (Creative Writing) - 2 assignmnets (narrative and descriptive)
Unit 4: Spoken Language - controlled assessment
GCSE English Literature 5110 www.wjec.co.uk Unit 1: 2 hour examination (closed book)
Section A - Prose (Different Cultures)
Section B - Unseen Poetry Comparison (contemporary)
Unit 2: Contemporary Drama and Literary Heritage Prose - 2 hour exam (closed book)
Unit 3:Poetry and Drama (Literary Heritage) - controlled assessment
Students will study different texts depending to their ability group. |
Post 16 WIDER READING FOR AS AND A2 ENGLISH A Level AQA English Literature Specification 1741 www.aqa.org.uk AS Level Unit 1 Victorian Literature - Texts in Context
Thomas Hardy's poetry, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Arcadia by Tom Stoppard. Unit 2 Creative Study
Coursework: two tasks one on prose text and one on drama text.
A Level AQA English Literature GCE Syllabus A www.aqa.org.uk A2 Examination Unit 4 - LITA4 - Extended Essay and Shakespeare Study
20% of A level
Coursework - Extended comparative essay of 3000 words - 70 marks
Texts: Hamlet by W Shakespeare; The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald; a third text selected by the candidate, possibly Atonement by Ian McEwan, or a selection of poetry.
The coursework will be entered for the June examination cycle.
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