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Scheme of work – Cambridge International AS and A Level Literature in English (9695)
Overview
This scheme of work provides ideas about how to construct and deliver a course. The 2013 (9695) syllabus has been broken down into teaching units with
suggested teaching activities and learning resources to use in the classroom.
Recommended prior knowledge
Students will have covered the Cambridge O Level or IGCSE Literature (English) syllabus.
Outline
The units within this scheme of work are:
Unit 1: Moving on from O Level or IGCSE
Unit 2: Poetry passage questions
Unit 3: Poetry essay questions
Unit 4: Prose passage questions
Unit 5: Prose essay questions
Unit 6: Drama passage questions
Unit 7: Drama essay questions
Unit 8: Moving from AS to A level
Unit 9: Paper 5 – Shakespeare text
Unit 10: Paper 5 – novel text
Unit 11: Paper 6 – poetry text
Paper 7 and Paper 8 – Comment and Appreciation is not specifically referred to in this scheme of work. The skills learned in preparing for the other papers are
transferable. Centres wishing to undertake Paper 8 (Coursework) must first write to Cambridge with a detailed plan and rationale for a proposed course. Enquiries
should be sent to www.cie.org.uk
Teaching order
Units 1 to 7 are aimed specifically at AS Level (Papers 3 and 4 on the syllabus) and Units 8 to 11 at the A Level (Papers 5 to 8 on the syllabus). Unit 1 must be
covered first. Unit 2 covers a number of core skills of literary appreciation, and material from it can be applied to the Prose and Drama Units. It is therefore
recommended that Unit 2 be taught after Unit 1. Thereafter Units 3 to 7 can be taught in any order, though it may be found useful to approach whole texts through
examination of particular passages, in which case, each genre pair of units should be taken sequentially. Units 8 to 11 focus on the A Level and it is recommended
that Units 1 to 7 are completed first.
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Teacher support
The up-to-date resource list for this syllabus can be found on the University of Cambridge International Examinations website www.cie.org.uk. In addition, the
password-protected Teacher Support website at http://teachers.cie.org.uk provides access to specimen and past question papers, mark schemes and other support
materials. We offer online and face-to-face training; details of forthcoming training opportunities are posted on the website.
Resources
Beard, A The Language of Literature Routledge A Level English Guides ISBN 9780415286336
Toner, H and Whittome, E English Language and Literature: AS Level Cambridge University Press, 2003 ISBN 9780521533379
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.learn.co.uk
www.pfmb.uni-mb.si/eng/dept/eng/poetry/index.htm
www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
www.english.cam.ac.uk/vclass/terms.htm
www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Home
www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/projects/jtap/
http://englishstudies.users.btopenworld.com
www.postcolonialweb.org/
www.victorianweb.org/
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu
www.rdg.ac.uk/globe
www.shakespearesglobe.com/
www.rsc.org.uk/
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