IGCSE Litearture Tips
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This document provides an overview of the assessment objectives and structure for the IGCSE English Literature exam. It discusses the four assessment objectives which examine a student's detailed knowledge, understanding of themes and context, appreciation of writing techniques, and personal responses. It then outlines the five exam papers: Paper 1 involves open book questions on drama, poetry, and prose; Paper 2 involves coursework assignments; Paper 3 involves an unseen question; Papers 4 and 5 involve closed book questions on additional texts. The document provides guidance on answering different question types and meeting the assessment criteria.
IGCSE Litearture Tips
- 2. What are we looking for? • • have a detailed knowledge of the passage or whole text you are writing about (this will depend on the question) • • understand the important themes of texts as well as their basic storylines • • appreciate the ways in which writers achieve their effects (for example, to create characters or settings) • • offer a personal response to the text and the question set.
- 3. What are the assessment objectives? • Helps the examiner to see that you covered everything in the syllabus. • Are designed to alllow you to show all the skills for the exam
- 4. Assessment objective What the full assessment objective says you must be able to do What you need to be able to do in practice 1. Detailed knowledge show detailed knowledge of the content of literary texts. Show that you undertood the detail of all your texts.
- 5. Assessment objective What the full assessment objective says you must be able to do What you need to be able to do in practice 2. Understanding of deeper meanings understand the meanings of literary texts and their contexts, and explore texts beyond surface meanings. Read your texts closely so that you have a clear understanding of major themes and ideas.
- 6. Assessment objective What the full assessment objective says you must be able to do What you need to be able to do in practice 3. Understanding of writer’s methods recognise and appreciate the ways in which writers use language. Show an appreciation of the writer’s craft. In their plays, poems, short stories and novels, writers make careful choices about language and structure in order to achieve the effects they desire.
- 7. Assessment objective What the full assessment objective says you must be able to do What you need to be able to do in practice 4. Personal response communicate a sensitive and informed personal response to literary texts Give your honest personal response to the question you are asked. This is not a subject where there are correct answers to be learned by heart, so don’t expect your teachers to ‘spoon-feed’ you.
- 8. Papers:
- 9. Paper 1: Set Texts – Open Books (2 hours 15 minutes) Drama Poetry Prose 3 questions 45min Each part Must answer one essey and one passage- based question
- 10. drama • The passage-based question • The general essey question • Enpathic question
- 11. Poetry For this part of the exam at each point you will have 2 different questions: • Is related to a poem • You have to offer your personal response to the poetry • You must comment on why the poet has used certain words
- 12. Prose • Passage-based question • The general essey question • Empathic question
- 13. Paper 2: Coursework The portfolio requirements
- 14. Portfolio Requirements • 1) Two assignments • 2) The assignments may be on texts from the same form • 3) Essays or emphatic responses • 4)The text must be written in english. • 5)600 – 1000 words • 6) You don’t need to present earlier drafts • 7)The work should be legible and may be hand written or by computer
- 16. What will you be rewarded for? • General essay following qualities: • Evidence of detalied knowledge • A clear argument • Relevant references • Analyticalcomment • Informed personal response
- 17. Paper 3: Unseen (1 hour 15 minutes)
- 18. Paper 4: Set Texts – Closed Books – A (2 hours 15 minutes)
- 19. Paper 5: Set Texts – Closed Books – B (45 minutes)