Key Stage 5 English Literature
Curriculum Information
Year 12
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
An Introduction to Victorian Literature
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Preparation and planning for Drama and Prose Coursework Pieces (LITA2)
Poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (set poetry text for LTA1A Exam)
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells / Hard Times by Charles Dickens (wider
reading for LTA1A exam)
Poetry by Thomas Hardy (wider reading for LTA1A)
Poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Revision of wider reading texts, Victorian context and close reading skills
for LTA1A exam
Final Exam Prep and study leave
Begin A2 Course: Love through the ages
King Lear by William Shakespeare
‘The Miller’s Tale’ from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Year 13
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Continuing with King Lear by William Shakespeare
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter
Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
Preparation and planning for Shakespeare Study Coursework (LITA4)
Songs and Sonnets by John Donne (wider reading poetry for LITA3 exam)
Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy (wider reading poetry for LITA3 exam)
Focus on practical criticism and close reading of unseen texts
Revision of wider reading texts, literary contexts and close reading skills
for LITA3 exam
Revision of wider reading texts, literary contexts and close reading skills
for LITA3 exam
Study leave