English Language & English Literature 11EN2 Revision plans and course organisation

English Language Unit 1 Section A Reading

1. Writing for audience and purpose - audience and purpose - context and topic - written texts - approaching non-fiction texts - magazine articles - biographies and autobiographies - travel writing - documentary writing - examining newspapers - looking at advertising (presentational devices) - film, TV and websites

2. Analysing language 3. Exploring non-fiction texts

4. Studying media texts

English Language Unit 1 Section B Writing

1. Presenting views, ideas and information - presenting an argument - persuasive writing - presenting advice - presenting information - types of imaginative and creative writing - aspects of story writing - descriptive writing - advanced punctuation - making the grade - becoming more ambitious

2. Imaginative and creative writing

3. Punctuation

4. Powerful Language

English Literature Unit 1 Question 1 An Inspector Calls

1. Plot and action - Summary - Act 1 - Act 2 - Act 3 - The Inspector - Mr Birling - Mrs Birling - Sheila Birling - Eric - Gerald Croft - Eva Smith/Daisy Renton - Key contexts: social position, workers and bosses, setting and place, war and important history - Key themes: an equitable society, responsibility, love, time - Language - Structure - Understanding the question - Planning your answer - Using quotations and literary terms - Sitting the exam - Sample answers

2. Characterisation

3. Understanding context

4. Language and structure

5. Maximising marks

English Literature Unit 1 Question 2 An Inspector Calls

1. Plot and action - Summary - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Slim - George - Lennie - Candy - Curley - Curleys wife - Crooks - Minor characters - Key contexts: the author, the American Dream, Of Mice and Men poem, setting and place - Key themes: human fragility, dreams and reality, pessimism or optimism, protest and racial prejudice, loneliness, relationships

2. Characterisation

3. Understanding context

4. Language and structure

- Language - Structure - Understanding the question - Planning your answer - Using quotations - Sitting the exam - Sample answers - Literary terms

5. Maximising marks

English Literature Unit 2 Section A Relationships Poetry & Section B Unseen Poetry
1. Reading poetry - reading and revising - approaching a poem

2. Features of poetry

- tone, mood and atmosphere - imagery use - rhyme and rhythm - social, cultural and historical contexts - Literary Heritage vs contemporary poems - poetry from different cultures and traditions

3. Poetry in context

4. Comparing poems

- features to look for in each poem - planning and writing the response

Lessons remaining
Sunday 5th January 18th February 23rd February 27th March 13th April 24th May Exams period 26 lessons 20 lessons 20 lessons Total: 66 lessons