A Level English Literature is a subject which allows you to build on and develop your reading and discussion of Literature. If you have enjoyed the texts you studied at GCSE and if you like reading in your own time, then English Literature is well worth considering. You will read novels, plays and poetry. You will also be expected to develop your understanding further by writing essays and making presentations on the texts studied. This is a course where you will be given frequent opportunities to express your views, and listen to the views of others. Some texts and ideas that you encounter will be challenging and will stretch your understanding. Students can expect to develop skills of analysis, through close reading of texts. Students will be given the opportunity to read a wide range and style of texts as well as researching texts, themes and authors independently. They will also develop discussion skills and how to work with a group to develop ideas. Finally students will consider how to plan and organise their ideas logically.
Grade 6 at GCSE is preferred, however the department is happy to meet with students who have achieved grades below this and wish to complete the course. The English department will talk to teachers to see whether a student has the required attitude to complete the course.
A Level 2 year course Paper 1: Love through the ages - Study of three texts: one poetry, one prose text and one Shakespeare play. The exam will include two unseen poems. - Assessed on a 3 hour, open book exam worth 40% of A Level. Section A: Shakespeare: one passage-based question with linked essay Section B: Unseen poetry: compulsory essay question on two unseen poems Section C: Comparing texts: one essay question linking two texts Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts WW1 and its aftermath - Study of three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama, of which one must be written post-2000. Exam will include an unseen extract. - Assessed on a 2 hour 30 minutes, open book written exam worth 40% of A Level. Section A: Set texts. One essay question on set text Section B: Contextual linking of one compulsory question on an unseen extract and one essay question linking two texts. There is also a non-examination assessment which takes the form of an independent critical study of texts across time. Assessed by a comparative critical study of two texts, at least one of which must have been written pre-1900 which takes the form of an extended essay of 2,500 words which is worth 20% of A Level.
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| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Staffordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Dove Bank, Uttoxeter, ST14 8DU |
A Level English Literature is a subject which allows you to build on and develop your reading and discussion of Literature. If you have enjoyed the texts you studied at GCSE and if you like reading in your own time, then English Literature is well worth considering. You will read novels, plays and poetry. You will also be expected to develop your understanding further by writing essays and making presentations on the texts studied. This is a course where you will be given frequent opportunities to express your views, and listen to the views of others. Some texts and ideas that you encounter will be challenging and will stretch your understanding. Students can expect to develop skills of analysis, through close reading of texts. Students will be given the opportunity to read a wide range and style of texts as well as researching texts, themes and authors independently. They will also develop discussion skills and how to work with a group to develop ideas. Finally students will consider how to plan and organise their ideas logically.
Grade 6 at GCSE is preferred, however the department is happy to meet with students who have achieved grades below this and wish to complete the course. The English department will talk to teachers to see whether a student has the required attitude to complete the course.
A Level 2 year course Paper 1: Love through the ages - Study of three texts: one poetry, one prose text and one Shakespeare play. The exam will include two unseen poems. - Assessed on a 3 hour, open book exam worth 40% of A Level. Section A: Shakespeare: one passage-based question with linked essay Section B: Unseen poetry: compulsory essay question on two unseen poems Section C: Comparing texts: one essay question linking two texts Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts WW1 and its aftermath - Study of three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama, of which one must be written post-2000. Exam will include an unseen extract. - Assessed on a 2 hour 30 minutes, open book written exam worth 40% of A Level. Section A: Set texts. One essay question on set text Section B: Contextual linking of one compulsory question on an unseen extract and one essay question linking two texts. There is also a non-examination assessment which takes the form of an independent critical study of texts across time. Assessed by a comparative critical study of two texts, at least one of which must have been written pre-1900 which takes the form of an extended essay of 2,500 words which is worth 20% of A Level.