English KS4
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Key Stage 4
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CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT: READING & WRITING
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CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT: S&L
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EXAM
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ENGLISH
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40%
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20%
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40%
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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30%
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30%
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40%
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
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25%
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75%
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- Controlled Assessments
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English
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English in the world of the imagination
Reading:
1. Literary Heritage poetry & Shakespeare
2. Different Cultures prose (OM&M)
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English in the world of the imagination
Writing:
1. Open writing 1st person narrative
2. Open Writing 3rd person narrative
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English in the daily world (S&L)
Speaking and Listening:
Communicating and adapting language; interacting and responding; creating and sustaining roles.
3 pieces – 2 based on real life situations and one based on a literary text.
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English Language
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Literary reading and creative writing
Studying written language: extended literary text e.g. ‘Of Mice and Men’
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Using Language: creative writing
1. Descriptive Writing
2. Narrative Writing
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Spoken language (S&L)
Using language: Speaking and Listening (Communicating and adapting language; interacting and responding; creating and sustaining roles) - same as GCSE English
Studying spoken language: Variations, choices, change in spoken language.
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English Literature
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Poetry and drama (literary heritage)
Poetry taken from GCSE poetry collection & a play by Shakespeare
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- Exams
- Section A: ‘Of Mice and Men’
- Section B: Comparative Study
- ‘An Inspector Calls’
- Contemporary Prose
In year 11, the Faculty offers both GCSE English and English Literature through the Welsh Examining Board (WJEC). For most pupils the course is an integrated course, which prepares pupils to gain a GCSE in both English and English Literature. Ranges of literary and non literary texts are studied throughout the course. These provide the stimulus for much of the work pupils need to cover in order to produce the successful coursework and be prepared for the examination in both subjects.
Coursework
Students need to complete six pieces of written coursework and three pieces of oral coursework both worth 20%.
English
1. Reading - Shakespeare play e.g. ' Romeo and Juliet' *
2. Reading - Different cultures e.g. Seamus Heaney *
3. Writing - explore, imagine, entertain or inform, explain, describe
4. Writing - argue, persuade, advise or analyse, review, comment
English Literature
1. Reading -Different cultures e.g. Seamus Heaney *
2. Reading - Shakespeare play e.g. 'Romeo and Juliet' *
3. Pre 1914 Prose e.g. 'Great Expectations' , selection of short stories
4. Pre 1914 Poetry e.g. Robert Browning, Rosetti
Exams
English -there are two 2 hour exams:-
Paper 1 - reading comprehension (literary text), descriptive writing and writing to imagine, explore or entertain.
Paper 2 - reading non-fiction and media texts, writing to argue, persuade, advise and anaylse, review, comment.
Literature - one two and a half hour exam:-
Post 1914 prose text - 'Of Mice and Men' a context question and an essay response
Post 1914 drama text - ' An Inspector Calls' a context question and an essay response
Poetry - unseen poetry question
