Secondary English Programme

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Secondary English Programme

• QUATRIEME

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A Transitional Year
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Objectives

• Analytical sensitive response to literature
• Engagement with moral issues
• Writing involving analysis reflection
• Sense of logical structures in writing

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Shakespeare

• Link with History programme
• Renaissance Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre and its
  public

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Literature of Political or Moral Engagement

• Nineteenth century fiction
• Twentieth century Literature of prejudice
• Twentieth century works with moral/political
  significance

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Poetry

• Study of one or more poets emphasis on the
  distinctive voice of the poet.
• The Sonnet.

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Writing

• Biography/Autobiography
• Persuasive writing letters, essays, speeches
• Essays on literature

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Speaking and Listening

• Formal presentations
• Exploratory discussion
• Drama
• Debate (rhetoric persuasion)

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The Paragraph

• Role in persuasive argumentative writing
• Role in analytical essay on literature
• Structure
• Logical connectives

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Private reading

• Fiction
• Journalism
• Biography/Autobiography

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Common Tasks

• Common written tasks three times a year
• Common to all three sites
• Moderated by Collège Coordinator

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For Home Reference

• Dictionary Collins Cobuild Advanced Learners
  Dictionary
• Thesaurus

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The Team

• Lycée International Sally Naylor
• Collège des Hauts Grillets Margaret Slaiding
• PMC John Cannon Group One
• Roger Stephens Group Two