Core Knowledge and Skills

• Introduce students to the plot, characters, themes and structure.
• Closely read the play to decode meaning.
• Understand historical influences of the time.
• Explore salient themes throughout the text.

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• The corrupting influence of power.
• The impact of unhealthy relationships.

Key Vocabulary

1. Tragedy
2. Tragic hero
3. Hamartia
4. Duplicity
5. Hubris

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Introduce students to the plot, characters, themes and structure.
• Utilise skills acquired in HT1 to decode meaning independently.
• Understand the influence of Victorian Britain.
• Explore the authorial intent.

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• Understand the impact of Victorian Britain on modern Britain.
• Consider working class lives.
• Develop introspection.

Key Vocabulary

1. Novella
2. Social reform
3. Allegory
4. Capitalism
5. Socialism

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Develop the ability to critically read an unseen extract.
• Exposure to influential bodies of work from the modern age.
• Express creativity with original thought and clarity of expression.

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• Reading for understanding and purpose.
• Understanding multiculturalism in literature.

Key Vocabulary

1. Retrieve
2. Infer
3. Evaluate
4. Consolidate
5. Construct

Core Knowledge and Skills

•  Understand meaning and the writer’s craft from a selection of poems.
• Consider the impact of the poetic form and structure.
• Express personal response to such texts.
• Apply contextual influences to individual poems.

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• Understanding of human emotions.
• Appreciation of sacrifice and the resulting respect required.
• Expressing personal thought in a sensitive and unbiased manner.

Key Vocabulary

1. Media res
2. Symbolism
3. Iambic pentameter
4. Caesura
5. Enjambment

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Introduce students to the plot, characters, themes and structure.
• Understand contextual influences of post-war Britain.
• Explore the impact of British colonialism and empire.
• Understand the writer’s views on human nature.

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• Develop tolerance and mutual respect.
• Understand the value of unity in the face of adversity.
• Appreciate the dangers of power.

Key Vocabulary

1. Predatory
2. Degenerate
3. Symbolism
4. Futility
5. Assumptions

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Develop clarity or expression in spoken form.
• Refine debate skills in a considerate manner.
• Understand and appreciate different viewpoints.
• Present a well-rounded argument.

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• Develop mutual respect for differing views.
• Debating in a courteous manner.

Key Vocabulary

1. Contentious
2. Polemical
3. Receptive
4. Challenging
5. Thoughtful 

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Revise the plot, characters, themes and structure.
• Closely read the play to decode meaning.
• Develop exam strategy and planning skills.
• Demonstrate understanding in academic form.  

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• The corrupting influence of power.
• The impact of unhealthy relationships.

Key Vocabulary

1. Tragedy
2. Tragic hero
3. Hamartia
4. Duplicity
5. Hubris

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Explicit teaching of exam strategy and the assessment objectives.
• Demonstrate wealth of knowledge in written expression.
• Demonstrate understanding in academic form.

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• Clear written expression.
• Exposure to multiple viewpoints and cultures.

Key Vocabulary

1. Comparison
2. Polemical
3. Clarity
4. Inference
5. Understanding.

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Revise the plot, characters, themes and structure.
• Closely read the play to decode meaning.
• Develop exam strategy and planning skills.
• Demonstrate understanding in academic form.
• Explicit teaching of exam strategy and the assessment objectives.  

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• Reading for understanding and purpose.

Key Vocabulary

1. Retrieve
2. Infer
3. Evaluate
4. Consolidate
5. Construct

Core Knowledge and Skills

• Revise the plot, characters, themes and structure.
• Closely read the play to decode meaning.
• Develop exam strategy and planning skills.
• Demonstrate understanding in academic form.
• Explicit teaching of exam strategy and the assessment objectives.  

Enriched Knowledge and Skills

• Planning for extended writing.

Key Vocabulary

1. Media res
2. Symbolism
3. Iambic pentameter
4. Caesura
5. Enjambment

Revision for Paper 1 and 2

WalkThroughs

Core Knowledge and Skills

Determined by individual teachers