GCSE from 2010 | English Literature
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Unit 1: Understanding Prose
Study of two prose texts:
• one text from the Literary Heritage
• one text from Different Cultures.
Literary Heritage texts
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
The Hound of the Baskervilles – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Animal Farm – George Orwell
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
Felicia's Journey – William Trevor |
Different Cultures prose texts (common with GCSE English Language):
Anita and Me – Meera Syal
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress – Dai Sijie
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Rani and Sukh – Bali Rai
Heroes – Robert Cormier
Riding the Black Cockatoo – John Danalis |
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Unit 2: Understanding Poetry
• Study of own choice of poems to engage students' interest in poetry
• Study of one collection of 15 poems from a choice of four collections in the Edexcel Poetry Anthology
• Developing skills in analysing style, language, structure and form.
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Poetry themes in anthology
Somewhere, Anywhere
Clashes and Collisions
Relationships
Taking a Stand
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Unit 3: Shakespeare and Contemporary Drama
• Study on page and stage or screen of:
- one Shakespeare play of own choice
- one Contemporary Drama text of own choice
• Developing skills in reading and responding to drama texts
• Developing skills in analysing the writers' craft.
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