English Literature

Core Declarative Knowledge
What should students know?

• Students will analyse both texts with a consideration of context, form, structure, language and theme.
• Students will begin to consider the global issues presented in each text as well as the intertextual links to Antigone in Homefire.

Core Procedural Knowledge
What should students be able to do?

• Students will be able to identify and analyse the form, content, context, language, structure, and themes of both Homefire and Antigone; students will be able to write an organised, cogent commentary that has a clear introduction, thesis statement, topic sentences that connect logically, and a conclusion;
• Students will collaboratively lead and assess their own balanced, insightful, and text-based discussions using good enunciation pronunciation and delivery; students will be clear, concise, and direct (as opposed to vague) in their commentaries and essays.

Links to TOK

• Students will be considering the core concepts of TOK. For example, in works of translation, students will consider how culture, values and interpretation and perspective can affect our understanding of truth.

Links to Assessment

• Students will complete their learner portfolio for each text studied.
• They will also begin preparing for Paper 1: Unseen Guided Analysis.

Core Declarative Knowledge
What should students know?

• Students will analyse both texts with a consideration of context, form, structure, language and theme.
• Students will begin to consider the global issues presented in each text and consider more thoroughly how context affects meaning.

Core Procedural Knowledge
What should students be able to do?

• Students will be able to identify and analyse the form, content, context, language, structure, and themes of both The Reluctant Fundamentalist and The Sailor…; students will be able to write an organised, cogent commentary that has a clear introduction, thesis statement, topic sentences that connect logically, and a conclusion; students will collaboratively lead and assess their own balanced, insightful, and text-based discussions using good enunciation pronunciation and delivery; students will be clear, concise, and direct (as opposed to vague) in their commentaries and essays.

Links to TOK

• Students will be considering the core concepts of TOK. For example, in works of translation, students will consider how culture, values and interpretation and perspective can affect our understanding of truth.

Links to Assessment

• Students will complete their learner portfolio for each text studied. They will continue preparing for Paper 1: Unseen Guided Analysis.Students will be introduced to the requirements for the IOC in this module and begin to look at the presentation of global issues within the works studied.

Core Declarative Knowledge
What should students know?

• Students will analyse both texts with a consideration of context, form, structure, language and theme.
• Students will begin to consider the global issues presented in each text as well as reader response and critical theory.

Core Procedural Knowledge
What should students be able to do?

• Students will be able to identify and analyse the form, content, context, language, structure, and themes of both A Doll’s House and The World’s Wife; students will be able to write an organised, cogent commentary that has a clear introduction, thesis statement, topic sentences that connect logically, and a conclusion; students will collaboratively lead and assess their own balanced, insightful, and text-based discussions using good enunciation pronunciation and delivery; students will be clear, concise, and direct (as opposed to vague) in their commentaries and essays.

Links to TOK

• Students will be continually considering the core concepts of TOK. Through our study of both ‘Death and the Maiden’ and ‘A Doll’s House’, we will discuss the following themes: justice, memory, truth and reparations

Links to Assessment

• Students will complete their learner portfolio for each text studied. They will continue preparing for Paper 1: Unseen Guided Analysis.Students will continue to practise for the IOC in this module.