Illustrative Programme of Study: IGCSE 2014-16

IGCSE English Language: 1 Externally Examined Papers and 1 Coursework Portfolio Paper 2 Extended Reading (2 hours) – Core Skills: Directed Writing, Analysing Writer’s Effects; Summary Writing Component 4 Coursework Portfolio (3 essays, 500-800 words)

Coursework Skills Focus for Language Component 4: Lang Comp 4, Triplet 1 (T1) Writing to Inform, Analyse or Argue Lang Comp 4, Triplet 2 (T2) Writing to Imagine, Describe or Narrate Lang Comp 4, Triplet 3 (T3) Analytical and Evaluative Response to Stimulus Text

IGCSE English Literature: 1 Externally Examined Paper and 1 Coursework Portfolio Component 1 Set Texts Closed: two questions on two texts from two genres (poetry and prose: 1h 30mins) Component 3 Set Texts Open: two questions on one text from one genre (drama: 45 mins) Component 5 Coursework Portfolio: one crossover text and one additional text (600-1000 words per essay)

Set Texts for Literature: Lit Component 1 Prose: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson or Stories of Ourselves, IGCSE Anthology Lit Component 1 Poetry: Songs of Ourselves, IGCSE Anthology or Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy Lit Component 3 Play: The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde or An Inspector Calls, JB Priestley Lit Component 5 Crossover: The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde or An Inspector Calls, JB Priestley Lit Component 5 Additional: 20th Century Love Poems or Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

1st Half, Christmas Term 2nd Half, Christmas Term  Crash course in skills of English Language Syllabus Paper 2 Extended Writing  Initial drafts of all three of the Component 4 Lang CWK assignments o Link Lang P2 Q2 (how writer’s achieve effects) to Lang Comp 4 T3 (analytical response to chosen texts) 4F 1st Half, Spring Term 2nd Half, Spring Term  Lit Component 5 Additional Text CWK focus  Lit Component 1 Poetry  Coursework Assessment due (600-1000) 1st Half, Summer Term 2nd Half, Summer Term  (internal exams)  Lit Component 3 Play  Lit Component 3 Play 1st Half, Christmas Term 2nd Half, Christmas Term  Re-drafting and completion of all CWK (Lang Comp 4 and Lit Component 5)  Lit Component 1 Prose  Revision for 5F mock exams (on the two examined papers of the IGCSE, Lit and Lang) 1st Half, Spring Term 2nd Half, Spring Term 5F  5F mock exams  Lang Comp 4 CWK and Lit Component 5 CWK  Revision: Lit Paper Component 1 and 3 completed and submitted to HOD  Revision: Lang Paper 2 1st Half, Summer Term 2nd Half, Summer Term  Revision: Lit and Lang  IGCSE EXAMS