English KS4

At KS4 the faculty offers both GCSE English and GCSE English Language & English Literature through the Welsh Examining Board (WJEC).

The courses are divided up as follows:-

	CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT: READING & WRITING	CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT: S&L	EXAM
ENGLISH	40%	20%	40%
ENGLISH LANGUAGE	30%	30%	40%
ENGLISH LITERATURE	25%	-----	75%

English	English in the world of the imagination Reading: 1. Literary Heritage poetry & Shakespeare 2. Different Cultures prose (OM&M)	English in the world of the imagination Writing: 1. Open writing 1^st person narrative 2. Open Writing 3^rd person narrative	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.
English Language	Literary reading and creative writing Studying written language: extended literary text e.g. ‘Of Mice and Men’	Using Language: creative writing 1. Descriptive Writing 2. Narrative Writing	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.
English Literature	Poetry and drama (literary heritage) Poetry taken from GCSE poetry collection & a play by Shakespeare

GCSE English & GCSE English Language

Exam 1 hour

English in the daily world

Reading: non-fiction texts

Exam 1 hour

English in the daily world

Writing: Information and ideas

English Literature

Exam 35% 2 hours

Prose (different cultures) and poetry (contemporary)

Contemporary: Unseen poetry comparison (comparison of two poems)

Exam 40% 2 hours

Literary heritage drama and contemporary prose

Should additional information relating to the curriculum be required, please contact Ms L Harrison on 01253 336500.