English Literature - KS5 overview: Topic Map
Autumn Term 1
Unit F661
Prose 1800-1945
Charlotte Bronte’s Jane
Eyre
 Historical background
 Gothic tradition
 Thematic concerns
 Understanding the
text, theme and
characterisation
 Literary links
 An introduction to
critical readings.
Autumn Term 2
Spring Term 1
Spring Term 2
Unit F661
Prose 1800-1945.
Charlotte Bronte’s Jane
Eyre
 Detailed reading of
the text
 Comparative and
critical analysis
 Language, structure
and form
Unit F661
Prose 1800-1945
Charlotte Bronte’s Jane
Eyre
 Leading questions
 The art of fiction
 Ways of reading.
 Critical appreciation
and comparison.
 Exam practice
Unit F661
Prose 1800-1945
Charlotte Bronte’s
Jane Eyre
 Leading questions
 The art of fiction
 Ways of reading.
 Critical
appreciation and
comparison.
 Exam practice
Unit F662 independent
assessment
 Monitoring or
progress with active
guidance
Unit F662
independent
assessment
 Review and
completion
Unit F662 independent
assessment
 Monitoring or
progress with active
guidance
Year 12
Unit F662 setting up
Literature post 1900
independent
assessment.
 Independent
study
skills
 Research techniques
 Text investigation
and preliminary
reading
Unit F661
Poetry 1800-1945 W.B
Yeats
 Historical and
contemporary period
 Literary tradition
 Poetic relevance
 A2 terminology.
 Textual analysis of
first 5 poems in set
Unit F661
Poetry 1800-1945 W.B
Yeats
 Textual analysis of
poem 5-10
 Language, structure
and form
 Critical reading and
theory
 Terminology
 Comparative studies
Unit F661
Poetry 1800-1945 W.B
Yeats
 Textual analysis of
poems 10-15
 Critical
appreciation
 Language,
structure and form,
terminology and
comparative
studies.
Summer
Term 1
Unit F661
Prose 18001945
Charlotte
Bronte’s
Jane Eyre
Exam
practice and
revision
Unit F661
Poetry 18001945 W.B
Yeats
Exam
practice and
revision
Summer Term 2
Unit F661
Prose 1800-1945
Charlotte
Bronte’s Jane
Eyre
Exam practice
and revision
Unit F661
Poetry 18001945 W.B Yeats
Exam practice
and revision
Autumn Term 1
Year 13
Unit F663 Shakespeare
(King Lear or Anthony
and Cleopatra)
plus ‘Texts in Time’
(F664) Independent
Study.
Key Topics:
 Independent study
skills
 Research techniques
 Text investigation
and preliminary
reading
Autumn Term 2
Spring Term 1
Spring Term 2
Unit F663 Shakespeare
(King Lear or Anthony
and Cleopatra)
 Understanding the
text
 Shakespearean
language, structure
and form
 Critical and
comparative analysis
 Historical context and
nature of theatre
Unit F663 Drama
(Ben Johnson’s
Valpone)
 Understanding the
text
 language, structure
and form
 Critical and
comparative analysis
 Historical context and
nature of theatre
Unit F663
Poetry Chaucer – The
Wife of Bath’s Tale
and Prologue)
 Historical
background
 Literary tradition
 Structure form
 Critical and
comparative
analysis
 Biblical
significance
Summer
Term 1
Revision and
exam
preparation.
Summer Term 2
Revision and
Exam
Preparation