Year 11 Long Term Plan 2016/2017 GCSE English Language / Literature

Entry: Summer 2017

Split classes: 11.2 NJ and CB, 11.4 CB and KM, 11.5 LC and KM

Teaching time / Unit / Feedback / Assessments
Half Term 1: Approaching Unseen Texts and Comparing
Lesson time will also be dedicated to reviewing the End of Year PiXL papers on publication of PiXL data / Autumn First Half Term
  • 6 weeks
  • 30 hours
/ Literature
Poetry – Paper 2B and 2C
Completion of ‘Love and Relationships’ cluster – comparing poetry(18.75% of Lit GCSE)
AO1, AO2, AO3
Unseen Poetry (20% of Lit GCSE)
Approaching an unseen (AO1, AO2) and comparing methods in two unseen poems (AO2 only)
Language
P2B - Introduction to Viewpoint Writing(25% of Lang GCSE)
AO5, AO6 / Initial feedback after approximately 10 hours of teaching – book review and common errors addressed in DIRT.
Practice exam question part way through the unit followed by DIRT and use of mark scheme
End of unit assessment – practice exam question followed by DIRT and use of mark scheme. / End of Unit Assessments
Literature
Paper 2B and C –Poetry
AO1, AO2, AO3
1hr 45min
Language
Paper 2 Section B
Q5 Viewpoint writing
AO5, AO6
45 mins
Half term 2: Language 19th, 20th and 21st century Non-Fiction / Autumn Second Half Term
  • 5 weeks
  • 25 hours
3 weeks, work exp, 2 weeks, mocks w/c 12th Dec / Language
Paper 2A – Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives (25% of Lang GCSE)
AO1, AO2, AO3
19th century non-fiction plus either 20th or 21st
Literature
Students will need the opportunity to revise for Literature Paper 2 mock. Suggestion – set AIC revision for homework and push revision sessions. / Initial feedback after approximately 10 hours of teaching – book review and common errors addressed in DIRT.
Practice exam paperpart way through the unit followed by DIRT and use of mark scheme (suggestion – sit prior to work exp)
End of unit assessment – Full mock paperfollowed by DIRT and use of mark scheme in Jan. / Y11 MOCKS
Literature Paper 2
AIC and Poetry
AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4 across paper (see each mark scheme for specific AOs for each question)
2hrs 15min
(60% of Lit GCSE)
Language Paper 2 – Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives (full paper)
AO1, AO2, AO3, AO5, AO6
1hr 45min
(50% of Lang GCSE)
Half Term 3: Language Paper 1
W, T mock / Spring First Half Term
  • 6 weeks
  • 30 hours
/ Language Paper 1 – Explorations in creative reading and writing(50% of Lang GCSE)
AO1, AO2, AO4, AO5, AO6
20th or 21stcentury literature fiction text (prose). / Initial feedback after approximately 10 hours of teaching – book review and common errors addressed in DIRT.
Practice exam paperpart way through the unit followed by DIRT and use of mark scheme
End of unit assessment – Full walking, talking mock paperfollowed by DIRT and use of mark scheme. / Walking, talking mock
Language Paper 1 – Explorations in creative reading and writing
AO1, AO2, AO4, AO5, AO6
1hr 45 min (extra time required for W, T mock)
(50% of Lang GCSE)
Half Term 4: Literature Paper 1 Revision / Spring Second Half Term
  • 6 weeks
  • 30 hours
/ Literature Paper 1 Revision
Section A - Shakespeare
Macbeth (21.25% of Lit GCSE)
AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
Section B -19th C Novel
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (18.75% of Lit GCSE)
AO1, AO2, AO3 / Initial feedback after approximately 10 hours of teaching – book review and common errors addressed in DIRT.
Practice exam paperpart way through the unit followed by DIRT and use of mark scheme
End of unit assessment – Full Literature Paper 1 mock followed by DIRT and use of mark scheme. / Literature Paper 1 mock
Macbeth
AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4
55 mins
Jekyll and Hyde
AO1, AO2, AO3
50 mins
REVISION / Summer First Half Term
  • 5 weeks
  • 25 hours
/ To review with department after December and Spring mocks.

Exam dates

7th May 2017 NEA (Speaking and Listening) submission

22nd May 2017 GCSE English Literature Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th century novel (1h 45m)

26th May 2017 GCSE English Literature Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry (2h 15m)

6th June 2017GCSE English Language Paper 1: Explorations in creative reading and writing (1h 45m)

12th June 2017GCSE English Language Paper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives (1h 45m)

NEA (Speaking and Listening) to be added after discussion at dept. meeting/SPPA in September