Builth Wells High School - English Literature

AS / A level

Course outline

Year 12 (5x50 minutes per week)	Year 13 (6x 50 minutes per week)
Autumn Term • Poetry Anthology • Prose Texts (eg. “Stuart:A Life Backwards (Masters) and “Once in a House on Fire” (Ashworth) • Coursework (original creative writing)	Autumn Term • Coursework (Section B) • Exam text (eg. “Wuthering Heights”)
Spring Term • Poetry Anthology/Possible partner texts • Prose Texts • Coursework (Commentary)	Spring Term • Coursework (Section A eg. “Othello” partnered with “Closer”) • Exam text and comparative material
Summer Term • Preparation for LL1 • Revision of Anthology/Possible partner texts • Revision of Prose Texts	Summer Term • Exam preparation and revision

Homework and the likely forms that it will take

Year 12

Year 13

Preparatory wider reading

Reading of set texts

Preparation for coursework – research and wider reading

Completion of coursework assignments

Preparatory wider reading

Reading of set texts

Preparation for coursework – research and wider reading

Completion of coursework assignments

Assessment pattern

Year 12	Year 13
Students complete a folder in each year which satisfies the syllabus requirements. The folders are completed by the end of the second term. Students are given a mock exam in the second term in each year. There is a final exam set by the exam board in May/June.	Students complete a folder in each year which satisfies the syllabus requirements. The folders are completed by the end of the second term. Students are given a mock exam in the second term in each year. There is a final exam set by the exam board in May/June.

Marking and grading of work

Year 12

Year 13

The coursework is marked by the teacher in line with WJEC marking guidelines. Original writing is marked out of 20 while the commentary is marked out of 40.

Band 1 0-5/0-10
Band 2 6-10/ 11-20
Band 2 11-15/21-30
Band 4 16-20/31-40

Exam responses are marked according to the mark scheme for that particular paper.

The coursework is marked by the teacher in line with WJEC marking guidelines. The essay on the play texts is marked out of 40 while the texts produced for performance are each out of 15 with the commentary out of 10.

Exam responses are marked according to the mark scheme for that particular paper.

Educational Visits

Where possible, students are offered educational visits to the theatre to see performances of their set texts. Visits to Leeds, Oxford and Cardiff have been organised in recent years.

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