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|Form 5 Edexcel IGCSE English Language 2016-17 |

|Group Name: Form 5 |

|Text: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Language A & B |

|Examination: IGCSE English Language A (Coursework Option) |

|Aims: To cover the content and skills required for Examination Paper 1, Reading and Writing Coursework Paper 3, Speaking and Listening |

|Coursework paper 4 and to build language skills for learners from a variety of international backgrounds and linguistic abilities. |

Christmas Term

|Week |Aims and outcomes |Supplementary |

|1 |Introduction to the course, aims and expectations. |Language Building – key |

| |Assessment Outcomes |concepts and terms. |

| |Writing Triplets | |

| |Coursework |SPAG |

| |Speaking and Listening Triplets | |

| | |Awareness of collocation|

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| | |Ambitious vocabulary |

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| | |Approaches to self-study|

|2-6(A.W.) |Theme 1 – Exploration and Self Discovery | |

| |Anthology, Section A: Non-fiction | |

| |From Touching the Void | |

| |From Taking on the World | |

| |From A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat | |

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| |Reading Outcomes: personal narratives, including features such as style, structure, | |

| |viewpoint, creating a sense of place and atmosphere, building tension. | |

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| |Writing Outcomes: Triplet 1 (inform, explain, describe) e.g. autobiographical writing | |

|7 |Half term | |

|8-14 (A.W.) |Theme 2 – War and Conflict |Language Building |

| |Anthology, Section A | |

| |From A Passage to Africa |Paragraphing |

| |Anthology, Section B | |

| |Disabled |Study Visit – Imperial |

| |Reading Outcomes: Section A - study and discuss the writer’s presentation of a war-torn |War Museum |

| |country in the autobiographical account, considering how information is conveyed; structure;| |

| |viewpoint and tone. | |

| |Section B - students study and discuss the writers’ presentation of war in literary texts, | |

| |including the use of language (especially figures of speech), rhythm and rhyme in the | |

| |poetry. | |

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| |Writing Outcomes: Triplet 2 (explore, imagine, entertain). e.g. imaginative and/or critical | |

| |responses to the above texts. | |

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| |Written Coursework Unit 1 – Research for task based on Anthology Section B Text – Wilfred | |

| |Owen | |

Easter Term

|Week |Aims and outcomes |Supplementary |

|1-5 (A.W.) |Theme 3 – The female perspective |Language Building – |

| |Anthology, Section A |Grammar and Vocabulary |

| |From The Explorer’s Daughter | |

| |From Chinese Cinderella | |

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| |Reading Outcomes: Section A (unseen texts) - biographical and autobiographical writing, | |

| |including features such as style, structure, viewpoint, selection of detail, presentation of| |

| |fact/opinion. | |

| |Section C – longer writing - Triplet 1 (inform, explain, describe) | |

| |Written Coursework – Unit 2 Writing | |

| |Speaking and Listening Coursework | |

|6 |Half term |

|7-12 (A.W.) |Theme 4 – Dilemmas and dramas |Language Building – |

| |Anthology, Section A |Preparation for Dual |

| |Your Guide To Beach Safety |Entry for CIE English as|

| |Climate Change: Web Page |a Second Language |

| |Climate Change: The Facts | |

| |Explorers, or Boys Messing About? | |

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| |Reading Outcomes: (Section A) - reportage and media, especially the use of language to | |

| |interest the reader and to convey information; use of direct speech; structure; headlines. | |

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| |Writing Outcomes: Triplet 3 (argue, persuade, advise).). e.g. discursive essay on a gender | |

| |theme, such as equality | |

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| |Speaking and Listening Coursework | |

| |Written Coursework – Unit 1 Reading | |

| |Mock Exam | |

Summer Term

|Week |Aims and outcomes |Supplementary |

|1-5 |Speaking and Listening Coursework submission |Language Building |

| |Cover any remaining subject content | |

| |Final revision | |

| |Practice questions | |

| |Final Submission of coursework marks | |

|6 |Half term | |

|7 |Final Practice Questions | |

|8 |Exam | |

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