English Language
Course summary
Year 12: You will learn the course content for Components 1 and 2. > Component 1 will work from the anthology: Voices in Speech and Writing and explore Top Girls by Caryl Churchill. > Component 2 focuses on Varieties in Language and Literature; for this we will study The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Othello by William Shakespeare Year 13 > In Year 13 we will write your coursework. For this, you will complete two pieces of original writing (one fiction and one non fiction) alongside a commentary about your writing.
Entry Requirements
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| Requirement | Rule | You |
|---|---|---|
GCSE qualifications | 5 gcse qualifications at grade 4.0 or above | — |
English Language | Grade 5 in English Language | — |
English Literature Alternative route | Grade 5 in English Literature | — |
As published by the school
> Grade 5 or above in English Language or Literature > Hollyfield Sixth Form entry requirements minimum of five good passes at grades 4-9 at GCSE.
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Assessment
This qualification consists of the Component 1 exam (40%); the Component 2 exam (40%) and coursework (20%). Component 1 - Devising Non-examination assessment, 40% of the qualification, 80 marks. AO1, AO2 and AO4 are internally assessed and externally moderated. > There are two parts to the assessment: 1) A portfolio: submission recommendations are: - can be handwritten/typed evidence between 2500–3000 words or recorded/verbal evidence between 12–14 minutes or - can be a combination of handwritten/typed evidence (between 1250–1500 words) and recorded/verbal evidence (between 6–7 minutes). 2) the devised performance/design realisation Component 2 - Text In Performance Non-examination assessment, 20% of the qualification, 60 marks. AO2 is assessed externally by a visiting examiner. > Group performance/design realisation > Monologue or duologue/design realisation Component 3 - Theatre Makers In Practice Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes, 40% of the qualification, 80 marks Section A: Live Theatre Evaluation > Students answer one extended response question from a choice of two requiring them to analyse and evaluate a live theatre performance they have seen in light of a given statement. > Students are allowed to bring in theatre evaluation notes of up to a maximum of 500 words. Section B: Page to Stage: Realising a Performance Text > Students answer two extended response questions based on an unseen extract from the performance text they have studied. > Students will demonstrate how they, as theatre makers, intend to realise the extract in performance. > Students answer from the perspective of a performer and a designer. > Performance texts for this section are not allowed in the examination as the extracts will be provided. Section C: Interpreting a Performance Text > Students will answer one extended response question from a choice of two based on an unseen named section from their chosen performance text. > Students will demonstrate how their re-imagined production concept will communicate ideas to a contemporary audience. > Students will also need to outline how the work of their chosen theatre practitioner has influenced their overall production concept and demonstrate an awareness of the performance text in its original performance conditions. > Students must take in clean copies of their performance texts for this section, but no other printed materials.
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