Transition Activity Year 11-12: English Literature
Topics covered
in year 12:
What types of
activities are
typical in this
subject:
How this
subject is
assessed:
Paper 1: Love through the ages:
Shakespeare and poetry (Study of two texts: one Shakespeare play
and one AQA Anthology of love poetry through the
ages (pre-1900 or post-1900)
Paper 2: Love through the ages: prose (Study of two prose texts.
Exam will include an unseen prose extract)
Reading independently
Analysing use of language, structure and context
Comparing and contrasting ideas/writers’ intentions
100% Examination
One drama text A Shakespeare play from set list (pre-1900)
One poetry text From set list
Two prose texts From set list
Awarding body AQA
& Specification: Specification A
Useful websites http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/english/specifications/AQA-7711-7712for this subject: SP-2015-V1-0.PDF
Useful books for Othello
this subject:
AQA anthology of love poetry through the ages post-1900
Kate Chopin The Awakening
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Transition task
Revise marriages in Elizabethan England and the concept of arranged
to be
marriages.
completed over
summer and
Explore the context of the story of Othello and how it is derived from
handed in 1st
another source—an Italian prose tale written in 1565 by Giovanni Battista
week back:
Giraldi Cinzio (usually referred to as Cinthio).
What else you
Read a wide range of texts, fiction and non-fiction.
can do to
Watch remakes of The Great Gatsby/Othello
prepare for this
subject:
Teacher(s)
Miss M.Coffield
responsible for
this subject: