Ok, so the whole bunch of boards have presented their draft offerings for our perusal. I am indebted to @Learningspy, David Didau for his table which puts them neatly into context: His blog on this subject is, as ever, insightful …
Tag: new GCSE English Literature
After Gove: Musings on teaching English Literature 4 More of the same -losing heart.
The point of these blogs was intended to be a chance to clarify and simplify the choices involved in opting for a new GCSE board next year. The idea was that greater breadth and renewed enthusiasm would strike me and …
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After Gove; musings on teaching English Literature 3A – update!
Many thanks to @McAllister1 who has pointed me towards the AQA draft mock literature paper 1 and the full list of examined texts, and then to AQA for the release of this page: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-literature-8702/supporting-resources/specimen-papers-and-mark-schemes though I am having trouble getting …
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After Gove: Musings on teaching English Literature 3 AQA and the waiting game.
This blog post is the third in the series which I hope is proving useful whilst allowing me to get my head round the changes that are about to happen to the teaching of English Literature. The first pair can …
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After Gove: musings on teaching English Literature 2 – OCR in draft.
If you are new to my posts, you might want to start by looking at this: https://jwpblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/after-gove-musings-on-teaching-english-literature-1/ in which I look at the comparative paucity of texts deemed suitable for study at GCSE in the light of preparation for Post …
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After Gove: musings on teaching English Literature 1
This is the 2013 list of prescribed authors deemed fit for study in the International Baccalaureate Diploma English Literature course. It is 18 pages long, but please take a moment to open it. author list 2013 This is a typical …
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English Teaching Resources 