English
BackEnglish Language is the study of language and its importance in today’s society. Focusing on literacy skills and the ability to communicate confidently and fluently in reading, writing and speaking activities. Creativity and critical thinking encourage independent thinking and debate skills.
(continued from year 7-11 learning journey on secondary subjects English page)
Year 12 Language | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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Key Topic | Paper 1: Textual variations and Language levels | Paper 1: Language Levels and Meanings and Representations | Paper 1: original writing NEA |
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Links to the School Curriculum |
MFL – word classes, etymology, verb tenses and conjugation, morphology Media-gender representations and gender performativity |
English Literature – social/historical context influencing meanings of texts English Language- writers’ perspectives and opinions Explore the reasons people use slang in their everyday language |
English Literature – structural features, aspects of authorial style, degrees of literariness English Language GCSE: identification of a writer’s language features and their effects (A02) Media A Level: evaluating representations of different social groups e.g. gender, ethnicity and class |
Independent Activities |
Read Cambridge guide – Textual Analysis and representation by Ian Cushing Read and work through relevant sections of Cambridge/Oxford A level Student Book by Marco Giavonelli/Dan Clayton Read Language and Gender-Cambridge edition, by Felicity Titjen |
Subscribe to Lexis podcast Read “How Language Works” by David Crystal Read Attitudes to Language, Cambridge edition, by Dan Clayton |
Online course on stylistics via Futurelearn: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/stylistics-using-linguistics-explore-texts-meaningenglishlangsfx.blogspot.com/2021/04/putting-f-in-nea-making-language.html |
Web Links | Applied Linguistics course through FuturelearnSteven Pinker on Linguistics | Foucault on knowledge and powerFollow Englangblog | Commentary overview from Englangblog NEA Language InvestigationAQA subject content |
Year 13 Language | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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Key Topic | Paper 1: Child Language Development | Paper 1: Advanced Language Levels, Advanced context, meanings and representations | Revision of all exam papers and all topics |
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This term is focused on consolidation and reflection of previous learning from the beginning of Year 12. New knowledge will only occur if your child needs to complete any learning tasks due to absence. |
Previous Knowledge Required |
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All prior modules of course |
New Skills |
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Apt and effective revision skills and strategies. These could include: - Mind maps - Flash cards - Quizzing - Paired / group revision - Using exam questions and mark schemes - Re-doing an exam question you were unhappy with - Planning responses - Podcasts - Re-reading any of your literature texts |
Links to the School Curriculum |
M.F.L. Year 7 – Phonics and phonemic alphabet History-impact of invasions, colonisation and key British events upon the English Language |
ICT- emoticons and abbreviations used in language use | EPQ: choosing an investigative focus to explore and then establishing an organised research schedule to research and gather data |
Enrichment Activities |
Read Cambridge Language Development book by Rachel Rudman Read Language Change: Progress or Decay, by Jean Aitchison |
Letts A Level English Language workbook Read Language Change, Cambridge topics, by Ian Cushing |
Letts A Level English Language revision guide |
Web Links | MOOC on child language development | Follow Englangblog | Dan Clayton |
English Literature
Year 12 Literature | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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“Tess of the D’Urbervilles” by Thomas Hardy “A Room With A View” by E. M. Forster |
“Othello” by William Shakespeare AQA Anthology of Love Poetry through the ages pre1900 |
Unseen Poetry Non Examination Assessment (N.E.A.) |
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History PSHCE |
History PSHCE |
History PSHCE |
Enrichment Activities |
Read another novel by Hardy: “The Mayor of Casterbridge”, “Jude the Obscure”, “The Woodlanders”. Read another novel by Forster: “Howards End”, “A Passage to India”, “Where angels fear to tread” or a biography: “Concerning Forster” by Frank Kermode. |
Read another Shakespearian tragedy: “Anthony and Cleopatra”, “Hamlet”, “Julius Caesar”, “King Lear”. Read any other poems by: Donne, Marvell, Lovelace, Wilmot (Earl of Rochester), Blake, Burns, Byron, Keats, Rossetti, Hardy, Dowson |
Read any other poems by: Jennings, Larkin, Ben Jonson, e. e. cummings, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edna St Vincent Millay, Louis MacNeice. Your N.E.A. is an entire independent unit – you need to select two comparable texts and research the texts and the authors. |
Web Links | Thomas Hardy website E.M Forster websiteOr see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Visit The Royal Shakespeare Company website for more information on “Othello”. Visit The British Library or individual poets’ websites for further information on pre 1900 poetry. |
Read as much poetry as you can – it does not matter the poet or time period, have a look on YouTube for performance poets including: Kate Tempest, George The Poet, Hollie McNish, Sabrina Mahfouz, Jemima Foxtrot, Ross Sutherland |
Year 13 Literature | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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“Skirrid Hill” by Owen Shears “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams and “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker |
Unseen Poetry Unseen Prose |
Revision of: “Tess of the D'Ubervilles”, “A Room With a View”, “Othello”, “Skirrid Hill”, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, “The Color Purple”, Unseen Poetry and Unseen Prose |
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This term is focused on consolidation and reflection of previous learning from the beginning of Year 12. New knowledge will only occur if your child needs to complete any learning tasks due to absence. |
Previous Knowledge Required |
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New Skills |
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Apt and effective revision skills and strategies. These could include: - Mind maps - Flash cards - Quizzing - Paired / group revision - Using exam questions and mark schemes - Re-doing an exam question you were unhappy with - Planning responses - Podcasts - Re-reading any of your literature texts |
Links to the School Curriculum |
Drama History PSHCE |
Drama History PSHCE |
Drama History PSHCE |
Enrichment Activities | Read a biography of one of your chosen authors, read another text by one of your taught authors, read another text on the same theme, go to the theatre, watch programmes about literature and the arts – BBC4, BBC2 and Sky Arts or listen to Radio 4: Book at Bedtime. | Read a biography of one of your chosen authors, read another text by one of your taught authors, read another text on the same theme, go to the theatre, watch programmes about literature and the arts – BBC4, BBC2 and Sky Arts or listen to Radio 4: Book at Bedtime. | Read a biography of one of your chosen authors, read another text by one of your taught authors, read another text on the same theme, go to the theatre, watch programmes about literature and the arts – BBC4, BBC2 and Sky Arts or listen to Radio 4: Book at Bedtime. |
Web Links | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0374bx8 https://poetryarchive.org/ | https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/units/faculty-english-language-and-literaturehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjz6LNDQOWaCkQegAHxyo2g |