KS5 English
Medium Term Plan
To explore and analyse Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein with the purpose of writing a comparative essay.
For the assessment, AS Level candidates will be required to compare two prose texts from within the chosen theme.
Students will be introduced to, and learn how to, critically analyse:
● Structural devices
● grammatical features
● language and imagery
Develop an understanding of:
● Themes
● Context
Develop skills of:
 Writing comparatively
 Thinking critically
 Adopting a critical stance
(6+1 weeks)
Focus on understanding and critical analysis of text with the aim to compare with another selected text with a shared theme.
Students work through the novel chronologically with themes and context introduced and explored throughout the unit. Students will develop a critical understanding of the text, whilst developing their comparative analysis toward the end of the unit.
This STP assumes that students will be studying their comparative text alongside Frankenstein.
This text has not been specified, but suggestions have been made on how tasks could be adapted to compare.
Themes to be considered:
 Gothic
 Nature
 Slavery
 The acquirement of knowledge
 Religion
 Monstrousness
 Alienation
 Gender
 Grief and regret
 Fire
 Light
 Nature Vs. Nurture
 Scientific advancements
 Rural Vs. Urban
 Education and nurturing
 death
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KS5 English
Medium Term Plan
Context – Introduction to the text/author/letters.
‘Ways into the text’
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Introducing the author and the context of the novel
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Introduction to the gothic genre and romanticism
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Insights into central themes of the text
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Reading of short texts/extracts to support understanding
Students will read and analyse the text focusing on key extracts that link to the central themes of the novel.
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Wider reading and extract teaching to support critical understanding of the novel
Students will write an essay each week with some comparative focus.
Revision, consolidation and comparison
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Overview of novel consolidate understanding/reflections
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Understanding AOs
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Connections between texts
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Comparative essay writing skills
-looking at models and marking
-writing model answers
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Feedback
Students will gain understanding of the context and how they relate to the text.
Students will establish knowledge of:
 The development of the novel
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Where the novel is set in relation to the author’s output
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Understanding of relevant wider reading and how this relates to the text.
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General understanding of wider themes
Student will:
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Understand how the themes and characters develop as the text progresses
 The narrative structure of the text
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The development of personal and creative responses
 Understand prose style and its effect on mood, pace atmosphere and tone.
 Develop a key understanding of the context and its significance in relation to the text
 Develop understanding of different interpretations of the text and be able to adopt different critical standpoints.
Students will develop their competence in:
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Their understanding of the
Assessment objectives and how to meet them
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Considering the text as a whole
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Developing a personal response
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How to write comparatively
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Literary writing essay : close language analysis and contextual influences
 Considering both prose texts finding connections and comparisons
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KS5 English
Medium Term Plan
 Writing a comparative essay
 Understanding personal strengths and weaknesses.
Specification Coverage: (AO1, AO2, AO3 and AO4) Component 2: Prose Paper Code: 9ET0/02
● Externally assessed Availability: May/June First assessment: 2017 20% of the total qualification
Overview of assessment
● Written examination, lasting 1 hour.
● Open book – clean copies of prescribed prose texts to be taken into the examination
● Assessment consists of 40 mark
The assessment consists of 12 questions. Students answer two.
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