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This year in English we will be learning:

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Key Vocabulary:

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English Language Paper 2, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ & ‘A Christmas Carol’

  • Explore a range of non-fiction texts by inferring, synthesising and comparing texts by analysing writers’ viewpoints and language methods.
  • Develop and manipulate the paragraph structure for non-fiction using a range of linguistic devices, sentence structures, structural methods, sophisticated punctuation and ambitious vocabulary.
  • Revising core knowledge about context, characters and themes, key quotes and practising skills and approaches to exam questions for ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’.
  • Your analytical skills from your study of Language Paper 1 and the Literature texts will be built upon from your study in Y10 to prepare you for Language Paper 2 and Literature Paper 1.
  • You will draft and practise writing paragraphs for non-fiction writing.

2

‘An Inspector Calls’ and Power and Conflict Poetry

  • Revising core knowledge about context, characters, themes, key quotes and practising skills and approaches to exam questions for both literature texts.
  • Analyse and interpret a wide range of poetry, exploring language and structural methods whilst comparing.
  • PPEs: Language Paper 2 and Literature Paper 1
  • Your analytical skills from your study of the Literature texts will be built upon from your study in Y10 to deepen your knowledge and practise exam style questions.

3

Language Paper 1 and Unseen Poetry Revision

  • Practising and revising: analysing writers’ use of language and structural methods whilst agreeing or disagreeing with a statement.
  • Develop and manipulate the Golden Paragraph structure for descriptive writing.
  • Analyse and interpret a wide range of poetry, exploring language, form and structural methods whilst comparing.
  • PPEs: Language Paper 1 and Literature Paper 2
  • Your analytical skills will be built upon from your study in term 1 to prepare you for Language Paper 1 and Literature Paper 2.

4

Literature and Language Revision

  • Practise exam skills and complete responses to exam questions perfecting skills ready for the GCSE exams.
  • Revising all core knowledge from Y10 and Y11, practising exam skills ready for the exams.

5

Literature and Language Revision

  • Practise exam skills and complete responses to exam questions perfecting skills ready for the GCSE exams.

Revisiting key vocabulary from Y10 and Y11

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GCSE Exams taking place

What I will know and understand by the end of Year 11.

  • Discarded
  • Marginalised
  • Callous
  • Languish
  • Oppression
  • Contrast
  • Allusion
  • Allegory
  • Social Criticism
  • Didactic

  • Proletariat
  • Bourgeoise
  • Inequality
  • Microcosm
  • Misogynistic

  • Juxtaposition
  • Cyclical Structure
  • Anaphora
  • Narrative Perspective
  • Lexical field

  • Malevolent
  • Melancholy
  • Mesmerising
  • Monotonous
  • Manacle
  • Antithesis
  • Dramatic monologue
    • Morality Play
  • Hamartia
  • Foil
  • Benevolent
    • Portentous
  • Chartered
  • Myriad
    • Malleable

  • Counter Argument
  • Persona
  • Anecdotal opener
  • Extended metaphor
  • Political diatribe