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The Howard Partnership Trust (THPT) is a Surrey based Multi-Academy Trust, comprising four secondary, six primary and two special schools with two further under development. We are proud of our ethos of collaboration and inclusion, "Bringing out the best" in students of all abilities and backgrounds. Visit website

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English Literature

Level GCSE English Literature (Always studied with English Language)
Exam Board AQA
Website www.aqa.org.uk

Aims of the course:
This course aims to introduce students to a wide range of literature through which they will analyse how writers use language to achieve  specific effects, evaluate their purpose in these choices as well as exploring contextual cultural and historical influences.

What we study

Students will study:

  • Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’
  • Poetry - ‘Love and Relationships’ poems from an AQA anthology Pre-Twentieth Century Prose - ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens
  • A Modern Text – ‘An Inspector Calls', 'Blood Brothers' or 'Lord of the Flies'
  • Poetry – Unseen Poetry

In studying the set texts, students have the opportunity to develop the following skills:

  • Reading comprehension and reading critically

This will include: 

  • understanding words, phrases or sentences in context
  • exploring aspects of plot, characterisation, events and settings
  • identifying themes and supporting points of view by referring to evidence in the text
  • evaluating a writer’s choice of vocabulary, descriptive techniques and grammatical and structural features
  • Drawing links between text through comparative analysis
  • Writing

Students will be taught to: 

  • produce clear and coherent analysis, writing effectively about literature and using accurate Standard English

  

Post-16 Choices
The course prepares students who would like to continue English Language and Literature or English Literature at
A-Level at Oxted.

 

 

Staff Contact:
Mrs A Emney - adele.emney@oxted.thpt.org.uk