This document provides information about the English Language and Literature courses for 10th grade students. It outlines the options of Lang/Lit, Lit Major, and Lit Minor. Lang/Lit is a required course for all students that leads to an IGCSE qualification. Lit Major has additional hours and focuses on world literature. Lit Minor has fewer hours and no IGCSE. The purpose of the inquiry is to investigate why language and literature are studied and how students express themselves through these mediums. Stations and group activities are used to explore these topics.

1. What do you know?
What you need to know at this stage.
What is this Inquiry for?
Yr 10 IGCSE
English Lang/Lit
Lit major
Lit Minor

2. The courses
Lang/Lit
 All of you are taking the LANG/LIT course next year which leads to an IGCSE in
Language in Yr 11.
 You will have 3 hrs of English for this course per week.
 We will cover a range of texts to:
 Develop your understanding of the spoken word and the capacity to participate
effectively in a variety of speaking and listening activities
 To develop your ability to read, understand and respond to material from a variety
of sources, and to recognise and appreciate themes and attitudes and the ways in
which writers achieve their effects
 To develop your ability to construct and convey meaning in written language,
matching style to audience and purpose.
 We will continue to build the skills you need for the IB Literature component during
this course.

3. The Lit Major
 Some of you have elected to study this course.
 You will have 2 hours of English per week for this course
which will lead to an IGCSE in World Literature in Yr 11.
 This course will focus on developing your skills of being able
to:
 • Read, interpret and evaluate literary texts from different
countries and cultures.
 • Develop an understanding of literal and implicit meaning,
relevant contexts and of the deeper themes or attitudes that
may be expressed.
 • Present an informed, personal response to literary texts you
have studied.
 • Explore wider and universal issues and gain skills of
empathy, promoting a better understanding of yourselves and
of the world around you.

4. The Lit Minor
 Those of you who have chosen to study this
course will have 1 hr p/w for this course.
There is no IGCSE qualification at the end
of this course.
 In this course we will endeavour to continue
to foster your love of literature by visiting a
range of texts to continue to develop your
skills of:
 Identifying and analysing implied and literal
meaning.
 Presenting an informed and personal opinion
 Evaluate a range of texts, their features and
writer’s techniques.

5. The Lang/Lit course for all
As part of this course you will complete
 Paper 1 –makes up 70% of the total qualification. The paper
is divided into three sections
 Coursework in total makes up 30% – you will complete two
written assignments.
 One personal & imaginative piece of writing – assessed for
writing
 One analytical piece – assessed for reading
 Speaking & Listening Coursework component
 1 x Individual Oral
 1 x Paired Oral
 1 x Group Oral

6. Details
 Further details of these courses will be
in the Welcome to Yr 10 document
you will receive at the beginning of yr
10.

7. Sowhy do we
study any of these
options?

8. How we express ourselves
in Spoken & Written word
Inquiry Unit
 The purpose of this Inquiry is to
investigate why we study Language
and Literature at school and our
personal connection with language
and literature.

9. Inquiry Units
 We will start by introducing you to a
number of activities in stations, which
relate to Language and Literature.
 You will then choose an aspect
connected to Language and
Literature, which may be inspired by
these stations, that you wish to
investigate further as an Inquiry topic.
 You may choose to work individually
or in groups.

10. The Inquiry
 Once you have chosen your topic you
will spend a number of lessons
researching your Inquiry.
 The findings of your Inquiry research
must be demonstrated through the
creation of a stand alone product
which will be assessed by your peers.
 Your teacher will guide you through
the ways you should Engage,
Investigate and Connect with your
Inquiry topic.

11. How do we Express
ourselves?
 Think about the ways we choose to
communicate.
 In groups create a visual mind map on
the classroom whiteboards to map
these ways.
 Indentify which you think are he most
effective and share these with the
other groups,
 What does this show us about the
ways we choose to communicate?

12. How would you define
Language and Literature?
What do we mean when we
“express” ourselves
 In your groups discuss how you would
define these terms.
 What are your experiences of
Language and Literature at this point
in your life?
 What were your first experiences and
how have they developed and
changed?

13. Student Reflection Journal
 During this Inquiry process you will
keep a journal recording your
reflections at various stages.
 This journal will be an integral part of
this unit and will be assessed by your
teacher at the end of the unit.
 Please download the IBL Student
Journal from the VLE and save in your
Inquiry folder
 Complete questions 1-3.

14. The Stations
 Your teacher will introduce the stations
you have to choose from and tell you
how many stations you should aim to
complete in the lesson.
 You should complete a further Station
for homework.
 Enjoy!