English Literature GCSE

Home Schooling GCSE English Literature – The Course

Plese note that 2011 is the last year in which it is possible for home learners to take this GCSE examination. This is because of the introduction of controlled assessment in 2012.  You will now need to take IGCSE English Literature.

The Old GCSE Course

Each lesson of the GCSE English Literature course begins with a set of clearly stated objectives and an explanation of its place in the overall programme of study. Effective learning is encouraged through frequent activities and self-assessment questions, and there is guidance for the preparation of coursework.

There are nine tutor-marked assignments.

Key Topics Covered

The GCSE English Literature course is divided into eight modules, the first two covering general aspects and the others dealing with set texts:

• Literary Analysis
• Essay Technique

Examination Texts

• Thomas Hardy: Far From the Madding Crowd
• G.B. Shaw: Pygmalion
• Chaucer: ‘The General Prologue’ to the Canterbury Tales

Coursework Texts

• Shakespeare: Macbeth
• The War Poets 1914-1918: Up the line to Death
• George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Choice of Texts

Oxford Home Schooling has been careful in its choice of texts to choose texts which are accessible to the widest audience an yet still present a challenge to the pupil. It is the parents responsibility to ensure that they are happy with the texts we have chosen.

English and English Literature Combined Coursework

We have carefully designed our English and English Literature GCSE course packs so that the student gets the benefit of the overlap between the two courses essentially doing the work for one and a half GCSEs to get the two qualifications. Please click here for more information.

The Syllabus

This course prepares students for AQA GCSE English Literature syllabus 3711, for examinations in 2010 and 2011. We have chosen this syllabus as it is the most suited to Distance Learning/Home Schooling.

Assessment is by one written paper (70%) and coursework (30%).

Special Requirements

A reasonable level of proficiency in written English is assumed.

Coursework

Home Schooling Students need to submit a folder of coursework to their examination centre. Full guidance is given in the course.

Within GCSE Home Schooling there are the following subjects

• Accounting GCSE
• Additional Science GCSE
• Biology GCSE
• Business Studies GCSE
• Chemistry GCSE
• Economics GCSE
• English GCSE
• English Literature GCSE
• French GCSE
• Geography GCSE
• History GCSE
• Human Biology GCSE
• Law GCSE
• Maths GCSE
• Physics GCSE
• Psychology GCSE
• Religious Studies GCSE
• Science GCSE
• Sociology GCSE
• Spanish GCSE