Lynn Grove High School

Students follow the WJEC course. The two GCSEs are taught concurrently as they overlap in the skills required as well as in some coursework. Students are assessed through coursework and final examination on

• their reading of literary, non-fiction and media texts
• their ability to write for different purposes and audiences
• their speaking and listening skills
• their detailed knowledge of major works of literature

All students will experience the English literary heritage, learning to acknowledge the social and historical context of the text as well as gaining an understanding and appreciation of literature from different cultures across the globe.

They will study

• at least one significant novel in the written in the English language,
• a variety of short stories
• poetry
• drama
• all genres will include both modern and pre-1914 works

Writers as diverse as Shakespeare, J.B. Priestley, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Grace Nichols, Harper Lee, Jane Austen, George Orwell, H.G.Wells, Robert Swindells and John Steinbeck form part of the English and English Literature syllabus.