Teaching from Autumn 2015
OCR AS and A Level Co-Taught Long Term Plan
The Ferrers (KHI)
Teacher 1 (3 lessons)
Teacher 2 (2 lessons + 1)
An introduction to structure and www.ocr.org.uk
aims co-teachable AS/A Level
for spec
Year 1 Term 3
Spring
Intro to study of English Lit at
AS/A Level.
Bridging activities between
GCSE and A Level. (Dystopia)
Intro to Dystopia and study of
one set prose text
Prose Post-1900
Dystopia:
‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ –
George Orwell
+
Unseen dystopian text
Drama Post-1900
‘Jerusalem’ – Jez Butterworth
Year 1 Term 4
Spring
Use this time to complete the
Non examined critical or
recreative piece to be carried
forward to A Level on
Drama Post-1900
‘Jerusalem’.
Year 1 Term 1
Autumn
Year 1 Term 2
Autumn
+ REVISION for Exam 2
Year 1 Term 5
Summer
Year 1 Term 6
Summer
Summer
Holidays
Year 2 Term 1
Year 2 Term 2
Revision for Exam 2
Notes
An introduction to Shakespeare
Shakespeare
‘Twelfth Night’
Poetry pre-1900
Christina Rosetti, ‘Selected
Poems’
Poetry pre-1900
Christina Rosetti, ‘Selected
Poems’
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REVISION
Revision for Exam 1
Intro to comparative study for
A Level
Begin comparative study, by
reading ‘Saturday’. Context:
Contemporary World and prep
for non-examined component
(comparative). Read:
‘Saturday’
Read a Dystopian text from
suggested reading list.
Prepare a presentation to
deliver on return.
Non Examined Linked Essay
Study of ‘Saturday’, Ian
McEwan and ‘District and
Circle’ for the Linked Text
Essay
Context: Contemporary World
and prep for non-examined
component (comparative).
Read: ‘District and Circle’.
Comparative and Contextual
Study
Studying, ‘The Handmaid’s
Comparative and Contextual
Study
Wider contextual reading of
Finish reading ‘Saturday’ and
‘District and Circle’. Plan and
begin non examined linked
essay.
Non Examined Linked Essay
Study of ‘Saturday’, Ian McEwan
and ‘District and Circle’ for the
Linked Text Essay
Intro of synoptic
skills
Non-examined
assessment
component task
two:
comparative
essay on two
literary texts
(2000 words)
Additional
lesson to be
used to re-draft
Teaching from Autumn 2015
OCR AS and A Level Co-Taught Long Term Plan
The Ferrers (KHI)
Tale’, Margaret Atwood
Dystopian texts from suggested
texts to prepare for the unseen
text.
Year 2 Term 3
Comparative and Contextual
Study
Studying, ‘The Handmaid’s
Tale’, Margaret Atwood
Drama and Poetry Pre-1900
‘A Doll’s House’, Ibsen
Year 2 Term 4
Comparative and Contextual
Study
Wider contextual reading of
Dystopian texts from
suggested texts to prepare for
the unseen text.
Revision Exam 2
Exam
Drama and Poetry Pre-1900
‘A Doll’s House’, Ibsen
Year 2 Term 5
Year 2 Term 6
and
submit
Non-Examined
Component
Task
1‘Jerusalem’
recreation
or
critical piece
Set exam tasks
for additional
lesson on
Shakespeare:
‘Twelfth Night’
Shakespeare revision – ‘Twelfth
Night’.
Revision Exam 1
Exam
OCR AS Level English Literature Specification:
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Two components which are both externally assessed examinations.
Required to study a minimum of four texts at AS Level including at least one example of each of the
genres of prose, poetry and drama.
Exam 1 – Shakespeare and
Poetry Pre-1900
Shakespeare – ‘Twelfth Night’
Poetry Pre-1900 – Christina
Rosetti: Selected Poems
(closed text)
Exam 2 – Drama and Prose
Post 1900
Drama Post-1900 – ‘Jerusalem’,
Jez Butterworth
Prose Post-1900 – ‘Nineteen
Eighty-Four’, George Orwell
(Closed text)
1 hour, 30 minutes
(60 marks)
50% of total AS Level
1 hour, 30 minutes
(60 marks)
50% of total AS Level
The Shakespeare set texts for AS English Literature Exam 1 are the same as those set for Section 1 of
Exam 1 at A Level, and the poetry set texts for AS are the same as those set for Section 2 at A Level.
Exam 1: Shakespeare and Poetry Pre-1900
Teaching from Autumn 2015
OCR AS and A Level Co-Taught Long Term Plan
The Ferrers (KHI)
Shakespeare, Section 1. Candidates answer one question, from a choice of two, on the play they
have studied.
Poetry Pre-1900, Section 2. Candidates answer one extract based question on the text or collection
of poetry they have studied.
Exam 2: Drama and Prose Post 1900
Drama Post-1900, Section 1. Candidates answer one question from a choice of two about the play
they have studied.
Prose Post-1900, Section 2. Candidates answer one question on the prose text they have studied,
making connections with an unseen prose text from the same topic area.
OCR A Level English Literature Specification:
Exam 1: Drama and Poetry Pre1900
Shakespeare – ‘Twelfth Night’
Drama and Poetry Pre-1900Christina Rosetti – ‘Selected
Poems’ and Ibsen – ‘A Doll’s
House’.
(Closed text)
Exam 2: Comparative and
Contextual Study
- Close reading (unseen
Dystopian text)
- Comparative and
Contextual essay.
George Orwell –
‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’
and Margaret Atwood –
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.
(Closed text)
Non-Examined Assessment
Component: Literature Post1900
- Critical piece OR recreative writing piece
with commentary.
- Comparative essay
2 hours, 30 minutes
(60 marks)
40% of total A Level
2 hours, 30 minutes
(60 marks)
40% of total A Level
One critical or re-creative piece
with commentary based on one
text.
20% of total A Level
One essay based on two linked
texts (40 marks)
Exam 1: Drama and Poetry Pre-1900
Shakespeare (Section 1) candidates answer one question on the play they have studied.
Teaching from Autumn 2015
OCR AS and A Level Co-Taught Long Term Plan
The Ferrers (KHI)
Drama and Poetry Pre-1900 (Section 2) candidates answer one question exploring contracts,
connections and comparisons between one drama text and one poetry text.
Exam 2: Comparative and Contextual Study
This examination will be split into five different topic areas. Candidates choose one topic and study
two set texts from that topic area (Dystopia). Centres are offered a range of core set texts and
suggested set texts. Candidates must study at least one of the cores set texts. For their second text
candidates may choose to study the other core set text OR another text from the wider list of
suggestions.
There is a close reading section, where candidates demonstrate their close reading skills in analysing
an unseen prose extract from their chosen topic area.
There is a comparative section whereby candidates explore contrasts, connections and comparisons
between two different literary texts in the context of the chosen topic area (Dystopia). There is a
choice of three questions in each topic area, one related to each of the two main set texts for the
topic (‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ ) and one general question.
Non-Examined Assessment Component
The post-1900 drama texts set for AS Exam 2 (section 1) may be studied by candidates preparing for
the non-examined assessment component for A Level English Literature.
Candidates are required to study three literary texts grouped to facilitate links or contrasts.
The three texts must represent the three genres and include one prose text, one poetry text and one
drama text.
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All the texts must have been first published or performed in 1900 or later
At least one of these texts must have been published or performed in 2000 or later
One of the texts may be a significant or influential text in translation.
Task 1: A critical piece or re-creative piece with commentary (1000 words).
Task 2: A comparative essay about two literary texts (2000 words).
The Contemporary World
Drama – ‘Jerusalem’, Jez Butterworth.
Poetry – ‘District and Circle’, Seamus Heaney
Prose – ‘Saturday’, Ian McEwan