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Secondary Two Parents’ Seminar. English Literature Friday 13 July 2012. English Literature . In essence, we believe that English Literature will develop our students to: Be able to critically and independently read, analyse and appreciate literary texts.
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Secondary Two Parents’ Seminar English Literature Friday 13 July 2012
English Literature • In essence, we believe that English Literature will develop our students to: • Be able to critically and independently read, analyse and appreciate literary texts. • Be able to develop and effectively communicate personal and critical responses.
English Literature Aims of the Literature syllabus at Bedok View • Discover the joys of reading Literature • Appreciate Language • Engage personally with the texts • Articulate perceptive and analytical thinking • Explore how the different genres function • Appreciate the importance of contexts
Importance of Literature post Secondary • For Junior College • To qualify for the Arts Stream, Literature is considered as one of the Humanities subjects that can be counted. • For Polytechnics: • Courses such as Advertising and Public Relations and Mass – Communication require good grades in language and Humanities subjects. • Literature will therefore be an added advantage.
English Literature To take Literature at Sec 3 • 60% pass at Sec 2 level Text: • Paper 1: Prose • “The good earth” by Pearl S Buck • Seen and Unseen Prose and Poetry • Paper 2 : Drama • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Focus: • 5 areas of study • Personal response to the following: • Character, plot, theme, setting and style • To provide a critique of unseen prose.
English Literature Student Attributes for Literature: • Students must have a passion and love for reading. • Students must have good vocabulary. • Students should be able to interpret different points of view, form opinions and justify these opinions with examples and evidence. • Students should be able to express their ideas and opinions confidently.
Enrichment at Upper Secondary Focus on: • Developing students to be effective communicators of their thoughts and ideas. • Developing confidence and ability to express their thoughts and ideas. • Develop critical thinkers • Preparation for O Level Literature exam Programmes: • Romeo and Juliet Learning Journey • Examination workshops held by Singapore Teachers’ Union • Book clubs for texts being studied • Overseas learning journey
Thank you for your attention Ms. Mischa Pereira (HoD ELLit) mischa_leigh_pereira@moe.edu.sg