Year 9 Assessment Overview Assessment point Content focus linked to SOW Suggested lessons English Literature Assessment Objective Interim assessment one Modern Prose or Drama Brothers, An Inspector Calls or Lord of the Flies) Context of the novel/play Characterisation Plot AO1: read, understand and respond to AO2: Analyse the writer’s use of language, form and structure AO3: show understanding of the relationship between text and context AO4: vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling & punctuation Assessment one Modern Prose or Drama Context of the novel/play Characterisation Plot Themes and ideas AO1: read, understand and respond to texts AO2: Analyse the writer’s use of language, form and structure AO3: show understanding of the relationship between text and context AO4: vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling & punctuation Assessment followed by short study of poetry from AQA Anthology Power and Conflict Context of poems Language and structural analysis Themes and ideas AO1: read, understand and respond to texts AO2: Analyse the writer’s use of language, form and structure AO3: show understanding of the relationship between text and context Interim assessment two 19th century novel (A Christmas Carol or Jekyll and Hyde) Context of the novel Characterisation Plot Themes and ideas AO1: read, understand and respond to texts AO2: Analyse the writer’s use of language, form and structure AO3: show understanding of the relationship between text and context AO4: vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling & punctuation
Assessment two Mock exam English Literature Paper 2 (alongside study of the modern prose) Context of the novel Characterisation Plot Themes and ideas AO1: read, understand and respond to AO2: Analyse the writer’s use of language, form and structure AO3: show understanding of the relationship between text and context AO4: vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling & punctuation Assessment followed by revision of English Literature in preparation for exam Context of texts Characterisation Language and structural analysis Comparison of poetry Themes and ideas AO1: read, understand and respond to texts AO2: Analyse the writer’s use of language, form and structure AO3: show understanding of the relationship between text and context AO4: vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling & punctuation Assessment point Content focus linked to SOW Suggested lessons English Language Assessment Objective Interim assessment three Introduction to English Language Paper 1 Language analysis Themes & ideas Writing to describe/ narrative writing AO1: select, retrieve and interpret/infer AO2: explain, comment and analyse how writers use language for effect AO5: content and organisation AO6: vocabulary, sentence structure & organisation and spelling Assessment three Paper 1 English Language Language analysis Structural analysis Themes & Writing to describe/ narrative writing AO1: select, retrieve and interpret/infer AO2: explain, comment and analyse how writers use language/structure for effect AO5: content and organisation
Pupils in Year 11 will sit exams in both English Language and English Literature in 2018 Assessment Point Content linked to SOW Suggested lessons Assessment objective focus Interim assessment one English Language Paper 2 English Literature Paper 1 – Macbeth English Lit Paper 2 - poetry comparison English Language Synthesise and summarise Writing from a point of view English Literature Context Characterisation Language analysis AO1: select, retrieve and interpret/infer Synthesise and summarise AO2: explain, comment and analyse how writers use language for effect AO5: content and organisation AO6: vocabulary, sentence structure & organisation and spelling Assessment one English Language Paper 2 mock Synthesise and summarise ideas Writing from a point of view Compare writers’ ideas and perspectives Writing from a point of view AO1: select, retrieve and interpret/infer Synthesise and summarise AO2: explain, comment and analyse how writers use language for effect AO3: compare writers’ ideas and perspectives AO5: content and organisation AO6: vocabulary, sentence structure & organisation and spelling Assessment followed by revision of the 19th century novel – A Christmas Carol Context Characterisation Language analysis Themes and English Literature assessment objectives AO1: read, understand and respond to texts AO2: Analyse the writer’s use of language, form and structure AO3: show understanding of the relationship between text and context AO4: vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling & punctuation Interim assessment two English Language Paper 1 Language analysis Structural analysis English Language AO1: select, retrieve and interpret/infer Synthesise and summarise
English Lit revision Modern prose or drama – Blood Brothers AO2: explain, comment and analyse how writers use language/structure for effect Assessment two English Language Paper 1 Plot Narrative devices SPaG - Developing vocabulary, spelling patterns, standard English AO5: content and organisation AO6: Vocabulary, sentence structure & organisation and spelling Assessment followed by revision of poetry - AQA Anthology Power and Conflict Context Language and structural analysis Comparative skills English Literature AO1: read, understand and respond to texts AO2: Analyse the writer’s use of language, form and structure AO3: show understanding of the relationship between text and context Interim assessment three Revision of English Language and Literature Revision of English Language and Literature skills prior to exams All assessment objectives across English Language and Literature