AS AQA Spec B
Overview planning 09-10
Week
1
Teacher 1 (BUT/LAW)
Teacher 2 (DOL/HAR)
Independent
Narrative (Unit 1) set up Kite
Runner
Tragedy (Unit 2)
Coursework Death of a
Salesman
Pre-reading both
novels and plays
2
3
4
5
6
7
Tragedy (Unit 2) Coursework
Othello
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Watch and
research other
tragedy
Theory/background of tragedy
Assessed task (class)
Assessed task (class)
Set 1st draft Salesman
coursework
Half term
Drama finish off
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Theory/background
Back reading from
lessons and
annotating
Coursework
Salesman coursework draft due
Set 1st draft Othello coursework
Narrative (Unit 1) Great Gatsby
Narrative (Unit 1)
Kite Runner
Poetry pre-reading
Othello coursework draft
deadline
Narrative (Unit 1) Hardy
Assessed task Gatsby (class)
Christmas
Exams/internal assessment on novels (section A style)
Kite Runner
Salesman coursework final
deadline
Coursework
Othello coursework final
deadline
Kite Runner
Pick up Hardy/Tenn/Gatsby
Half term
Narrative (Unit 1) Tennyson
Linking both poetry and back to
novels
Post-reading for
novel and
poetry/exam prep
Final coursework deadline
Assessed task – novel and poetry
if possible (Section B)
Exam prep
Poetry assessed task (class)
Easter
Exam prep
Practice essays
Exam prep (rereading)
AS ends
Aim to do assessed tasks every two weeks or so, not necessarily full essays, but bits
of analysis to get them writing about texts.
Full, graded assessments shown; also set assessed essays as HW