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| Topic Title | | To Kill a Mockingbird | To Kill a Mockingbird | A Streetcar Named Desire | A Streetcar Named Desire | Exam Practice & Revision |
| Key Skills and Content | | ● Understanding the effects of slavery and The Civil rights movement on 1930s America | ● Researching segregation in the USA | ● Exploring the social and historical context | ● Analysing the ethical implications of intervening, especially in difficult situations | ● Practising exam techniques with past papers |
| ● Exploring the Great depression of 1930s America | ● Analysing mob mentality | ● Analysing how playwrights’ personal experiences shape their work | ● Understanding how humour is used to convey messages |
| ● Defining protagonists in narrative literature | ● Analysing the effects of irony | ● Examining dramatic conventions | ● Evaluating moral and ethical considerations related to authority |
| ● Exploring aspects of conflict in the novel | ● Researching the Southern debutante society in the 1930’s | ● Exploring character development | ● Evaluating the impact of dependence and independence on relationship growth |
| ● Analysing foreshadowing in narrative literature | ● Analysing different viewpoints | ● Understanding the staging of the play | ● Discussing complex ideas about mental health and narrative impact |
| ● Examining the importance of setting and place | ● Discussing elements of hypocrisy | ● Understanding how cultures shape gender identities | ● Understanding moral growth in fictional and real-world contexts |
| ● Explaining the symbolism of the title | ● Identifying the rising action of the novel | ● Discussing the role of appearance in the play | ● Evaluating bias in dramatic texts |
| ● Analysing actions, objectives, and obstacles | ● Identifying and discussing the climax of the novel | ● Exploring different perspectives | ● Reviewing character dynamics and/or motivations |
| ● Discussing thematic elements in the novel | ● Reviewing the novel’s characters, setting, and themes | ● Analysing foreshadowing in dramatic texts | ● Paper 2 exam preparation (Drama) |
| ● Paper 1 exam preparation (Prose) | ● Paper 1 exam preparation (Prose) | ● Analysing thematic elements in the play | |
| | ● Discussing societal viewpoints | |
| | ● Paper 2 exam preparation (Drama) | |
| Summative | | Teacher choice of assessment including writing extended exam-style analytical paragraphs | Teacher choice of assessment including writing exam-style passage-based essays and delivering PPT presentations | Teacher choice of assessment including writing exam-style passage-based essays | Teacher choice of assessment including writing exam-style passage-based essays and delivering PPT presentations | Teacher choice of assessment including practising exam-style passage-based essay questions |
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