English Year 12

English A Level Year 12
Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
Drama and Poetry pre -1900 (Unit 1) Poetry of Christina Rossetti and linked contexts Comparative and Contextual study: Women in Literature(Unit 2) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte & Linked texts	COURSEWORK (Component 3) The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams Drama ( Unit 1) Hamlet – William Shakespeare Essay writing skills and practice for poetry and prose writing	THE GLASS MENAGERIE – Tennessee Williams Drafting Coursework short writing task (1000 words) THE REMAINS OF THE DAY – Kazuo Ishiguro Text 1 for comparative Coursework Long writing task (2000 words) HAMLET skills and practice for Unit 1 END OF YEAR EXAMS in June
Assessment	Assessment	Assessment
Scaffolded writing tasks on specific chapters of prose and individual poems	Broader writing tasks A level past question Key assignments in preparation for coursework	Summer exams Glass Menagerie final draft

English A level Year 13
Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
Drama Unit 1: She Stoops to Conquer –Oliver Goldsmith Coursework text 2: poetry Two for Joy – Danny Abse Comparative Coursework drafting Unit 2 Women in literature: Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen Synoptic links to Jane Eyre Women in literature- unseen prose	MOCKS in January Completing of Rossetti poetry Links between Rossetti and She Stoops to Conquer Synoptic essay writing skills and practice Unseen prose – Women in literature Shakespeare revision	Revision and timed writing practice FULL MOCKS in May Optional extra mocks before exams
Assessment	Assessment	Assessment
Essay writing Timed responses in preparation for mocks Coursework final draft	January mocks Further timed writing practice	Mocks Optional second set of mocks before exams Final exams

How we assess students’ understanding in the classroom:

Open and closed questioning
Open debate
Ability to cross reference within the text and eventually with other texts
Ability to make links to contexts across time
Ability to contribute productively to whole- class scaffolding for homework essays
Weekly homework writing tasks to check for understanding of classwork

How we support learning:

Preparatory/ consolidatory worksheets prior/post lesson to enable the classroom discussions to be a fair playing field
Tailored feedback for each student on weekly homework writing
Approachable staff who are happy to help outside class time
A process of gradual removal of scaffolding for writing as students move towards independent and confident responses.
Clear deadlines along the coursework journey to enable the students to perform to their greatest potential
Timed writing
Marked exemplars and modelling

How parents can support learning:

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