Key Stage 5 Programme of Study

	Autumn Term 1	Autumn Term 2	Spring Term 1	Spring Term 2	Summer Term 1	Summer Term 2
Year 12	Gothic Literature (Creative Coursework) Pride and Prejudice and Emma	Kindertransport (Exam) Coursework Continued…	Duffy Poetry	Duffy Poetry	Revision
Year 13	King Lear (Core Text) Oedipus Rex: Independent Partner Text Blake Study	King Lear (Core Text) Oedipus Rex: Independent Partner Text Blake Study	January Exam The Color Purple Emily Dickinson Poetry A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Independent Text)	January Exam The Color Purple Emily Dickinson Poetry A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Independent Text) Coursework:3000 Word Comparative Essay	Moderation

The Department offers English Literature at AS & A Level in Years 12 & 13.  We follow the WJEC exam board specification.  The minimum entry requirement is a grade C at GCSE in English Language and/or Literature.  A Level is taught by two members of the department: Mrs Winters and Miss Hacker.  

The AS specification has been designed to serve both as the first half of a full A level course and also as a discrete course for those wishing to follow just one year of study.

The A level specification extends these studies in breadth and depth, developing and enhancing students’ techniques of analysis, evaluation and comparison of literary texts in the context of a wider range of texts of cultural and literary significance.  

The AS course is made up of two units entitled LT1 and LT2.

LT1: pupils must study a poetry post-1990 core text and a partner text as well as studying a drama post-1990 text. At the end of the year, pupils sit a 2 ½ hour external exam where clean copies of the texts may be used. 

LT2: pupils will complete a coursework folder. Two assignments are set on Prose Study & Creative Reading and Prose Study. 

The A2 course is made up of a further two units entitled LT3 and LT4.

LT3: pupils produce a 3000 word coursework essay on three texts from different periods and genres.

LT4: pupils study poetry and drama in this unit which is assessed at the end of the year in a 2 ½ hour external examination. 

AS contributes 50% of the total A Level marks and grades are awarded on an A* – E basis. 

Opportunities are also provided for candidates to develop key skills, especially those in Communication. 

Hopefully, this page has given you a flavour of what the course entails. For a far more detailed look at the Literature specification, past papers, allocation of marks, texts etc please select this link.