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Year 11 · Northern Ireland Curriculum
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View topicsYear 11 begins the CCEA GCSE English Language and English Literature courses, which are examined separately and reward different skills.
Language work covers reading and analysing non-fiction and media texts, writing for purpose and audience, and the controlled assessment tasks CCEA sets, alongside the assessed Talking and Listening component. Literature work covers a Shakespeare play, a prose text, poetry and drama.
The most common weakness at this stage is essay structure under time pressure. Practising full-length responses with detailed feedback, rather than reading more content, is what actually moves grades in Year 11.
Curriculum Breakdown
Important Topics
- Reading Non-Fiction & MediaAnalysing and comparing real-world texts for purpose, audience and method.
- Shakespeare & DramaClose study of a set play with extract and whole-text questions.
- Prose & Poetry StudyStudying set prose and poetry with attention to theme, language and context.
- Writing for PurposeArticles, letters, reports, reviews and speeches with correct conventions.
- Creative & Personal WritingNarrative, descriptive and personal writing produced to a standard.
- Talking & ListeningThe assessed individual presentation, role play and group discussion.
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