English Literature - St Joseph School, Blata l-Bajda

Form 5: English Literature 2014Texts Used:Macbeth (William Shakespeare)New Dragon Book of VerseAnimal Farm (George Orwell)S.E.C. Literature Past PapersLiterary Criticism Pack (carried over from Form 4)Form Five2014 - 2015Drama(Macbeth)Poetry (Selection)ProseAnimal FarmPast PapersSeptember/OctoberIAMBIC PENTAMETER(Mention ‘trochaic’ re.witches)Revision Acts 1 and 2, Act 3Scene 1.Act 3 Scene 2: relationshipbetween Macbeth andLady Macbeth.Theme: Great Chain ofBeing: visual rep. and ppt.Act 3 Scene 3: acting out ingroups.Revise poetry forms andfigures of speech.If (Rudyard Kipling)Discussion re. didacticpoetry and itssuccess/failure.The Night Mail (W.H.Auden) – poem written fora film; rhythms moreimportant than themes?Discuss.Revise THEMES of novel,events and charactersChapter 6: Pigs arebreaking the tenets ofAnimalism, windmill isbuilt and destroyed,Snowball replaces MrJones as the scapegoat.Building up character logs,discussing themes.Cont. Lit. crit pack.Passage from Dracula(Bram Stoker); listen toaudiobook of relevantpassage.Questions for HW.“A Fisherman of the InlandSea” (U.K. LeGuin).Questions for HW.- 1 -

Form 5 English Literature 14 - 15November Act 3 scene 4.Act 3 scenes 5 and 6Compare Hecate sceneto other witch scenesWatch and comparevideos.Act 4 scene 1: Witcheschant.2 nd set of prophecies.The Lake Isle of Innisfree(W.B. Yeats)- Lyrical description ofideal surroundings;contrast withpresent, etc.I thank you God (e.e.cummings)- Poet’s techniqueand how he uses itto present hisspiritual rebirth.In depth study of themesof tyranny andmanipulationChapter 7: Hens’rebellion, suppressionand subsequent showtrials.Commandments beingchanged in secret –discuss historicalprecedent.Same as previous.SEC Literature Paper 12014.Poem and Prose.Class Discussionfollowed by HW.Going throughExaminers’ Report(which sometimescontains mark scheme)to discuss answers.DecemberAct 4 scene 2Act 4 scene 3Macbeth’s charactercompared to KingEdward; compared toMacduff;King Edward ceremony– link to Great Chain ofBeing.Poetry Essay Writingtechniques – discussionof HW.Chapter 8 (started):More oppression ofanimals, latest humanattack on the farm endswith the Battle of theWindmill.SEC Literature Paper 12013.Same as previous.- 2 -

Form 5 English Literature 14 - 15January Finish Act 4 scene 3.Act 5 scene 1:Sleepwalking scene –intro., videos, etc.Lady Macbeth’scharacter – finaldiscussion.Act 5 Scene 2: FourThanes discuss what ishappening (similar toChoric scene).Five Ways to Kill a Man(Edwin Brock):Discussion of humanity’smurderous nature.Contemporary (postwar)poetry.Chapter 8 (continued).Discussion of essays andprose essay writing.Chapter 9: The animals(except for the pigs) gohungry, Boxer’s storycomes to an end.Themes of betrayal andmurder added tocorruption.SEC Literature Paper 12012.Same as previous.FebruaryAct 5 scene 3: Macbeth’sdeterioration.Sickness and healthimagery.Act 5 scene 4: Malcolm,the rightful King.Prophecies start to cometrue.Revision of all poems(Form 4 and 5).Revision of literarymovements (eg.Romanticism).Comparing two poemsabout the same topic:different handling ofstereotypes, etc.Revision of all chapters.Discussion of importantcharacters and themes.Use School past paper(2013 or 2012 issuggested) for Revision.- 3 -

Form 5 English Literature 14 - 15MarchRevision of Exam PapersDiscussion of essays andhow should have beenanswered.Act 5 scene 5 – centralsoliloquoy.Discussion of Macbeth’snihilism at this point inthe play. Finaldevelopment of hischaracter.Scenes 6 – 8: Chaosdefeated and orderrestored with rightfulking, Malcolm.Revision of Exam Papers.Composed uponWestminster Bridge(William Wordsworth).Romanticism – differentfrom Keats. Discussion.Revise themes andimageryRevision of Exam Papers.Chapter 10: Time-lapseinto future of the farm;all of Old Major’sdreams come tonothing. Animalism’scollapse.Themes: Irony; satire;utopia becomesdystopia, etc.Revision of Exam Papers.SEC Literature Paper 12011.SEC Literature Paper 12010.Same as previous.Discussion of imp.themes and characters.- 4 -