CHESTERHOUSE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Our Grade 11 pupils are concluding their International General Certificate of Secondary
Education (IGCSE) course this year.
The course focuses on the pupils’ ability to put their language and writing knowledge into
practice; all assessments are passage-based and applied. The focus of our class work is
thus the writing of essay-style responses to language and literature. Because essays
require a thorough knowledge and sound understanding of writing styles, the
manipulation of register and tone, and an awareness of purpose and audience, formal
elements of language are not neglected.
Our pupils write an examination on all the work comprising the course in June in
preparation for the IGCSE final examination in November.
GRADE 11 2009
IGCSE 2009
PROPOSED PROGRAMME
2009
TERM 1
Weeks 1 – 4
Weeks 5 – 8
Weeks 9 – 11
TERM 2
Weeks 1 – 5
Weeks 5 – 8
Into the Wind
Assessments:
Narrative essay writing skills
Into the Wind
Figures of Speech
Into the Wind
Assessments:
(Focus on principles of
analysis, themes, characters)
Into the Wind
Assessments
Language Work based on old exam
papers
Language and Writing
Keats poems
Assessments
REVISION
Two Stories
Literature Essays
Persuasive Essay
Creative Writing
1 Story
Test
Two Stories
Fairy Tale
Literature Essay
3 stories
Worksheets
Tests
Original Writing – 2 pieces
4 poems
Tests
TERM 3
Weeks 1 – 4
Weeks 5 - 8
TERM 4
Weeks 1 – 4
Weeks 5 – 8
Keats poems
Assessments
4 poems
Worksheets
Essays – at least 4
Original Writing – 2 pieces
Language Practice
Language and Writing
Old Papers
Keats
Short Stories
A raisin in the sun
Lord of the Flies
REVISION
Remaining poems
Essays
Old Exam Papers
EXAMINATIONS 2009
June: Language:
2 hours – 50 marks
Composition: 2 hours – 50 marks
Literature:
2 hours 40 minutes – 100 marks
Lord of the Flies
(25 marks)
Keats’ Poetry
(25 marks)
A Raisin in the Sun (25 marks)
Into the Wind
(25 marks)
IGCSE FINALS November:
Language:
2 hours – 50 marks
Composition: 2 hours – 50 marks
Literature:
2 hours 40 minutes – 100 marks
Lord of the Flies
(25 marks)
Keats’ Poetry
(25 marks)
A Raisin in the Sun (25 marks)
Into the Wind
(25 marks)
CAMRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATION
International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE): written in
November 2009
Course designations:
0486 Literature
0500 Language
Examinations per course:
Literature:
Paper 4
2 hours 40 minutes 80 marks
Language:
Paper 2
Paper 3
2 hours
2 hours
50 marks
50 marks
0486 Literature
0486 Paper 4:
Components:
Drama:
A Raisin in the Sun
Poetry:
Keats
Prose:
Lord of the Flies; Into the Wind
Requirements:
Answer one question per section plus one other title: 4 in total
Number of questions per title: 3
Types of questions: passage-based
essay
“emphatic” or creative response for drama and prose
Total marks:
4 x 20 marks = 80 marks
N.B. Students must answer at least one passage-based and at least one essay or
emphatic question.
0500 Language
0500 Paper 2:
N.B. Dictionaries are not allowed
Components:
Two interrelated passages 600–700 words each
Types of questions: Comprehension-style questions
Understanding how writers achieve their objectives
Summary
Requirements:
Answer all three questions
0500 Paper 3:
20 marks
10 marks
20 marks
N.B. Dictionaries may not be used
Components:
Section 1:
Directed writing (e.g. letter, diary, dialogue)
Section 2:
Composition
25 marks
25 marks
Types of questions:
Section 1:
Use and develop given information in another form
Section 2:
At least two argumentative/discursive; two descriptive and two narrative
titles set
Requirements:
Section 1:
Reading and writing objectives assessed
Section 2:
Response between 350 and 450 words
PRECRIBED BOOKS
IGCSE English, Ian Barr, John Reynolds, Hodder Murray, Second Edition 2003, London
Lord of the Flies, William Golding, Faber and Faber, Reset 1996, London
Into the Wind, Selected Barrie Wade, EJ Arnold, Second Edition 1990, Cheltenham
Keats, Selected and Edited by Nicholas Roe, Everyman, 1996, London
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage Books, 1994, New York
TEACHERS
Miss T Jones: t.jones@chesterhouse.co.za
Miss M Rees: m.rees@chesterhouse.co.za
Mrs E Snyders: e.snyders@chesterhouse.co.za