IGCSE English Literature

Year 10

First Term

·  Drama: A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
Background and historical setting
Examination of tragic genre and Greek Tragedy
Scene by scene reading of play
Analysis of Characters

·  Poetry: Selection from Poetry Anthology
Analysing poems on the poetic tecniques and themes
Half-past two/ Piano/ Hide and Seek/ Poem at thirty-nine

Year 10

Second Term

·  Drama: A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
Character and plot analysis
Examination of themes
Examination of dramatic techniques

·  Prose: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Background and historical setting
Character analysis
Examination of themes in novel

·  Poetry: Selection from Poetry Anthology
Analysing poems on the poetic tecniques and themes
Prayer before Birth/ War Photographer/Mother in a Refugee Camp

Year 10

Third Term

·  Prose: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Character analysis
Examination of themes in novel

·  Poetry: Selection from Poetry Anthology
Analysing poems on the poetic tecniques and themes
If / Once Upon A Time / Telephone Conversation

·  Drama: A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
Essay practice

·  Library lessons: personal reading

Year 11

First Term

·  Prose: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Essay style questions

·  Poetry: Selection from Poetry Anthology
Analysing poems on the poetic tecniques and themes
The Tyger/ Sonnet 116 / La Belle Dame sans Merci / My Last Duchess

·  Drama: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Background and historical setting
Scene by scene reading of play
Analysis of Characters and themes

Year 11

Second Term

·   Poetry: Selection from Poetry Anthology
Analysing poems on the poetic tecniques and themes
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night / Remember

·   Drama: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Scene by scene reading of play
Analysis of Characters and themes

Year 11

Third Term

·  Drama: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Scene by scene reading of play
Analysis of Characters and themes

·  Revision and Exam practise