Literature - Bukit Panjang Government High School

Bukit Panjang Government High School
Lower Secondary Core Curriculum 2015
LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH
Subject
Learning
Objectives
LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH EXPRESS / NORMAL ACADEMIC
The Literature-in-English Programme will enable students to:
● Discover the joys of reading Literature and become aware of new ways of perceiving
the world around them.
● Appreciate the aesthetic value of language.
● Engage personally with a variety of texts and draw connections between self, texts
and the world in order to develop intellectual, emotional, socio-cultural and global
awareness.
● Articulate perceptive and analytical thinking when discussing and writing about
literary texts.
● Explore how the elements of different genres function in literary works to achieve
specific effects.
● Appreciate the importance of the contexts in which literary texts are written and
understood.
Instructional
Programme
Sec One
1.
2.
3.
Sec Two
THE GIVER by Lois Lowry
(Express) / SING TO THE DAWN
by
Minfong
Ho
(Normal
Academic)
3 Plays: AH BAH’S MONEY, A
CASE OF DURIANS & THE DURIAN
MAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS
Enrichment Programme – Drama
Course (Semester 1 only)
1
1.
2.
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
(Express) / SING TO THE DAWN
by
Minfong
Ho
(Normal
Academic)
Selected Prose and Poetry
Areas of Study
Plot
Elements of Plot
Narrative Structure
Plot
Plot Devices
Conflict
Character
Characterisation
Character Traits
Character
Character Development
Relationships
Setting and Atmosphere
Time
Place
Physical Details
Setting and Atmosphere
Situations
Mood
Theme
Identify Central Ideas
Theme
Explore Main Concerns
Style
Point of View
Style
Poetry - Imagery
Prose - Tension & Suspense (Express) /
Characterisation (Normal Academic)
2
Assessment
Tasks
Sec One
Sec Two
SEMESTER ONE
SEMESTER ONE
Continual Assessment 1 [15%]
Continual Assessment 1 [15%]
2 Class Tests
1. Drama assessment based on A
CASE OF DURIANS
2. Assignment on one of the three
studied plays
a) Common Test based on ANIMAL
FARM / SING TO THE DAWN
Essay Question OR Text-based Question
b) Class Test
Unseen Poetry
Semestral Assessment 1 [30%]
Semestral Assessment 1 [30%]
Mid-Year Examination based on THE
DURIAN MAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS
Mid-Year Examination
1. Essay Question OR Text-based
Question based on ANIMAL FARM
/ SING TO THE DAWN
2. Unseen Poetry
1. Text-based Questions
2. Short Answer Questions
SEMESTER TWO
Continual Assessment 2 [5%]
SEMESTER TWO
Continual Assessment 2 [5%]
2 Class Tests
1. Post-reading quiz based on THE
GIVER / SING TO THE DAWN
2. Essay Question based on THE
GIVER / SING TO THE DAWN
Semestral Assessment 2 [50%]
End-of-Year Examination based on
THE GIVER / SING TO THE DAWN
1. Text-based Question
2. Essay Question
3. Short-answer Questions (NA)
3
Class Test
1. Unseen Prose
Semestral Assessment 2 [50%]
End-of-Year Examination
1. Essay Question OR Text-based
Question based on ANIMAL FARM
/ SING TO THE DAWN
2. Unseen Poetry OR Unseen Prose