Assessment Higher Level

Component	Type	Content	%	Assessed	Date
Paper 1 Commentary	exam (2 hrs)	choose one of two unseen texts for a literary commentary	25%	external	May  Year 2
Paper 2 Essay	exam (2 hrs)	choose one  question based on texts studied during part 3 of the course	25%	external	May Year 2
World Literature Assignment 1	assignment	comparative study of at least two works from part 1 of the course 1000-1500 words	10%	external	June Year 1
World Literature Assignment 2	assignment	various options (comparative study, creative work, detailed study)  1000-1500 words	10%	external	Jan Year 2
Individual Oral Commentary	recorded oral commentary (20 mins prep/15 mins exam)	commentary on an extract from a text studied in part 2 of the course	15%	internal with external moderation	Jan Year 2
Individual Oral Presentation	oral presentation (10-15 mins)	presentation of a topic, chosen by student, on a work or works from part 4 of the course	15%	internal (with external moderation)	Jan  Year 1

 Assessment Standard Level

Component	Type	Content	%	Assessed	Date
Paper 1 Commentary	exam (1.5 hrs)	choose one of two unseen texts for a literary commentary	25%	external	May Year 2
Paper 2 Essay	exam (1.5 hrs)	choose one of six questions based on texts studied during part 3 of the course	25%	external	May Year 2
World Literature Assignment 1	assignment	comparative study of at least two works from part 1 of the course       1000-1500 words	20%	external	June Year 1
Individual Oral Commentary	recorded oral commentary (20 mins prep/15 mins exam)	commentary on an extract from a text studied inpart 2 of the course	15%	internal (with external moderation)	Nov Year 2
Individual Oral Presentation	oral presentation (10-15 mins)	presentation of a topic, chosen by student, on a work or works from part 4 of the course	15%	internal (with external moderation)	Jan Year 1

 

English A1 Texts for Study

A full list of the texts we currently study is given below. Details of the editions we use are given in the 'Summer Reading' section above.

Higher Level 

Part 1: World literature

3 texts from world lit list

• Sophocles: Antigone
  
• Friedrich Durrenmatt: The Visit
• Ariel Dorfman: Death and the Maiden

Part 2: Detailed study

4 texts (originally written in English)

• James Joyce: Dubliners
• William Shakespeare: Macbeth
• Seamus Heaney Death of a Naturalist
  
• George Orwell: selected essays
  

Part 3: Study of a Genre (The Novel)

4 texts (3 originally written in English, one world literature text)

• Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness
• Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale
  
• John Steinbeck: Cannery Row
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez Chronicle of a Death Foretold
  

Part 4: Schools Free Choice

4 texts (3 originally written in English, one world literature text)

• Selected short stories
• Selected poetry
• Alan Bennett: Talking Heads
• Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House

Standard Level

Part 1: World literature

3 texts from world lit list

• Sophocles: Antigone
  
• Friedrich Durrenmatt: The Visit
• Ariel Dorfman: Death and the Maiden

Part 2: Detailed study

2 texts (originally written in English)

• James Joyce: Dubliners
•  William Shakespeare: Macbeth
  

Part 3: Study of a Genre (The Novel)

4 texts (3 originally written in English, one world literature text)

• John Steinbeck: Cannery Row
  
• F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
  

Part 4: Schools Free Choice

4 texts (3 originally written in English, one world literature text)

• Selected short stories
• Selected poetry
• Alan Bennett: Talking Heads
• Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House