The Perse School Cambridge

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What will your child study?

Year 9

Set Texts

• Prose – The Pearl (Steinbeck) and Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck)
• Poetry – Fleur Adcock, Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy, U. A. Fanthorpe, Seamus Heaney
• Drama – Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)

Additional Texts

• Prose – To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee), Things Fall Apart (Achebe) and Cider With Rosie (Lee)
• Poetry – The Romantics
• Drama – The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde)

Also incorporates:

• Literacy skills
• Drama
• Library studies
• Speaking and listening skills
• Theatre trips, workshops and other visits
• Inter-school linking projects
• ICT and multimodality
• Knowledge about Language
• Preparation for IGCSE English/English Literature
• Continual and terminal assessment

Years 10 and 11 (IGCSE)

All pupils are entered for IGCSEs in English (First Language) and in English Literature, submitting coursework and sitting examinations at the end of Year 11 (ie. the linear route).

We follow the CIE specification for both subjects.