The Curriculum Maps for English A: Literature and English B are provided below. The order of study may vary slightly in response to extra-curricular and cross-curricular projects. You can find out more about the course and assessments in OneNote. As the year progresses more teaching material and activities to accompany our study of each text will be made available in OneNote. Links to the OneNote Content Library for each class are available here:
- OneNote English Literature A: 2023 -2025 KW
- OneNote English Literature A: 2023 -2025 AA
- OneNote Additional HL English Literature curriculum content 2023 - 2025 AA
- One Note English Literature A: 2024 - 2026 KW
- One Note English Literature A: 2024 - 2026 AA
- OneNote Additional HL English Literature curriculum content 2024 - 2026 KW
Curriculum Map English A: Literature (Higher level only texts in red)
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Dates |
Unit |
Texts |
Assessments |
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Year 1 September - December |
Conflict |
Introductory activities – areas of exploration and concepts. Four Soldiers, Hubert Mingarelli (T) France All My Sons, Arthur Miller USA William Blake’s poetry, UK Paper 1 extracts Wilfred Owen's poetry, UK |
Paper 1 essays Essays and other written responses Introduction to the oral IA assessment
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January - June |
Identity, Family & Society
Oppression, Power & Control |
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (T) Iran Who Killed My Father, Edouard Louis (T) France The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison USA Woman at Point Zero (T), Nawal el Sadaawi Egypt No One Writes to the Colonel, Gabriel Garcia Marquez (T) Colombia |
Paper 1 Introduction to Paper 2 comparison Essays and other written responses IA skills IA Practice End of G11 exams |
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Year 2 September – December |
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Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen (T) Norway Emily Dickinson's poetry, USA
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Paper 1 Final IA Oral HL Essay |
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January – April |
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Selection of final 3 exam texts Revision and Paper 2 Practice |
Mock exams Final Exams: Paper 1 Unseen, Paper 2 Comparative |
Curriculum Map English B
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Year 1 Autumn Term 1 |
Identities
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Literature: The Kite Runner – Khalid Hosseini Novel and Film Citizens of the World |
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Autumn Term 2 |
Identities
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Literature: The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky Novel and Film Belief and Identity |
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Spring Term 1 |
Human Ingenuity |
Literature: Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro Novel and Film Future Humans |
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Spring Term 2 |
Human Ingenuity |
Literature: Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes Novel and Film Extracts from Frankenstein Technology and human interaction |
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Summer Term |
Social Organisation
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Literature: Rabbit Proof Fence – Doris Pilkington Novel and Film Minorities and Education Internal Exams |
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Year 2 Autumn Term 1 |
Experiences
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Literature: Maus: A Survivors Tale - Art Spiegelman The Great Gatsby – F Scott FitzGerald
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Autumn Term 2 |
Experiences
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Migration Pilgrimage Extreme Sports |
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Spring Term 1 |
Sharing the Planet |
Ending Poverty Climate Change Power to the People Final Individual Oral Exam |
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Spring Term 2 |
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Revision (Paper 1 -Text Types Paper 2 Listening and Reading Comprehension skills)
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