Overview of Syllabus 2015

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Grade Descriptions
Grade F
To achieve a Grade F, a candidate will be
able to:
make a few straightforward points in terms
of narrative and situation
show a few signs of understanding of the
authors intentions and the surface
meanings of the text
make a little reference to the text
show evidence of a simple personal

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Grade Descriptions
Grade C
To achieve a Grade C, a candidate will be able
to:
make a reasonably sustained/extended
response with detail of narrative and situation
show understanding of the authors intentions
and some of the texts deeper implications and
the
attitudes it displays
show some thoroughness in use of the text for
support
make some response to the way language

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Grade Descriptions
Grade A
To achieve a Grade A, a candidate will be able to:
sustain a perceptive and convincing response
with well-chosen detail of narrative and situation
demonstrate clear critical/analytical
understanding of the authors intentions and the
texts deeper
implications and the attitudes it displays
make much well-selected reference to the text
respond sensitively and in detail to the way
language works in the text
communicate a considered and reflective
personal response to the text

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Cambridge IGCSE Literature (English) candidates take Component 1
and either Component 2 or Components 3 and 4 or Components
3 and 5.

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Overview of Syllabus 2015

Set text for Component 2: Drama

Component 2: DRAMA

Time allowed: 1 hour, 30 minutes

This is an optional written paper. (450 to 600 words)
Candidates answer two questions on two texts. All
questions carry equal marks.
There is a choice of two questions on each text: either
(a) a passage-based question or (b) an essay question.
Candidates must answer one passage-based
question and one essay question.
Relevant passages are printed on the question paper.
Candidates may not take their set texts into the exam

Component 2: DRAMA
All questions encourage an informed personal response
and test all four assessment objectives. Candidates will
have to demonstrate the following:
knowledge of the content of the text through reference
to detail and use of quotations from the text (AO1)
understanding of characters, relationships, situations
and themes (AO2)
understanding of writers intentions and methods
response to the writers use of language (AO3)
personal response sometimes directly (answering
questions such as What do you think?, What are your
feelings about?) and sometimes by implication
(answering questions such as Explore the ways in
which) (AO4).
The written paper is an externally set assessment, marked

What is a passage-based
question?
Passage-based questions ask
candidates to re-read a
specific passage or poem
from the set text before
answering. The passage/poem
is printed on the exam paper.

For all passage-based questions, consider

the key words and phrases you will
comment on in your answer. Detailed
analysis of the way writers achieve their effects
is required for success. Stick to the question,
and dont simply re-tell the story of the passage
or paraphrase its content.
Your main job is to provide an informed
personal response to the question that
accompanies the passage.
Read the passage carefully and be prepared to
probe it really closely. A few random or general
points will not do at all.

Annotation
Highlighting or underlining key words and phrases or major ideas is
the most common form of
annotating texts.
Annotating a text, or marking the pages with notes, is an excellent, if
not essential, way to make the most out of the reading you do for
college courses. Annotations make it easy to find important
information quickly when you look back and review a text. They help
you familiarize yourself with both the content and organization of
what you read. They provide a way to begin engaging ideas and
issues directly through comments, questions, associations, or other
reactions that occur to you as you read. In all these ways, annotating
a text makes the reading process an active one, not just background
for writing assignments, but an integral first step in the writing
process.
A well-annotated text will accomplish all of the following:
clearly identify where in the text important ideas and information are
located
express the main ideas of a text

Reading the Importance of Being Earnest by

Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Context:

Before reading the novel, it is imperative that students

become familiar with the literary and social context of the
time period as well as the author. This knowledge will
enhance student comprehension of the events and
character motives in Wildes play and enable them to
make insightful observations and inferences in later
assignments, rather than simply grappling for the rules of
this foreign society.
Facilitate understanding of the context of this play by
allowing the student to do the discovering.
Research the following topics: Oscar Wilde, historical
context of England, literary history context, social
status/classes, etc.