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Illustrative Programme of Study: IGCSE 2014-16

IGCSE English Language: 1 Externally Examined Papers and 1 Coursework Portfolio

Paper 2 Extended Reading (2 hours) – Core Skills: Directed Writing, Analysing Writer’s Effects; Summary Writing

Component 4 Coursework Portfolio (3 essays, 500-800 words)

Coursework Skills Focus for Language Component 4:

Lang Comp 4, Triplet 1 (T1) Writing to Inform, Analyse or Argue

Lang Comp 4, Triplet 2 (T2) Writing to Imagine, Describe or Narrate

Lang Comp 4, Triplet 3 (T3) Analytical and Evaluative Response to Stimulus Text

IGCSE English Literature: 1 Externally Examined Paper and 1 Coursework Portfolio

Component 1 Set Texts Closed: two questions on two texts from two genres (poetry and prose: 1h 30mins)

Component 3 Set Texts Open: two questions on one text from one genre (drama: 45 mins)

Component 5 Coursework Portfolio: one crossover text and one additional text (600-1000 words per essay)

Set Texts for Literature:

Lit Component 1 Prose: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson or Stories of Ourselves, IGCSE Anthology

Lit Component 1 Poetry: Songs of Ourselves, IGCSE Anthology or Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy

Lit Component 3 Play: The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde or An Inspector Calls, JB Priestley

Lit Component 5 Crossover: The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde or An Inspector Calls, JB Priestley

Lit Component 5 Additional: 20th Century Love Poems or Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

|4F |1st Half, Christmas Term |2nd Half, Christmas Term |

| |Crash course in skills of English Language Syllabus Paper 2 Extended Writing |

| |Initial drafts of all three of the Component 4 Lang CWK assignments |

| |Link Lang P2 Q2 (how writer’s achieve effects) to Lang Comp 4 T3 (analytical response to chosen texts) |

| |1st Half, Spring Term |2nd Half, Spring Term |

| |Lit Component 1 Poetry |Lit Component 5 Additional Text CWK focus |

| | |Coursework Assessment due (600-1000) |

| |1st Half, Summer Term |2nd Half, Summer Term |

| |Lit Component 3 Play |(internal exams) |

| | |Lit Component 3 Play |

|5F |1st Half, Christmas Term |2nd Half, Christmas Term |

| |Lit Component 1 Prose |Re-drafting and completion of all CWK (Lang Comp 4 and Lit Component 5) |

| | |Revision for 5F mock exams (on the two examined papers of the IGCSE, Lit |

| | |and Lang) |

| |1st Half, Spring Term |2nd Half, Spring Term |

| |5F mock exams |Revision: Lit Paper Component 1 and 3 |

| |Lang Comp 4 CWK and Lit Component 5 CWK completed and submitted to HOD | |

| |Revision: Lang Paper 2 | |

| |1st Half, Summer Term |2nd Half, Summer Term |

| |Revision: Lit and Lang |IGCSE EXAMS |

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