syllabus aims assessment

Secondary One
	Choral Reading/Speaking
	Poetry (Similies/Metaphors/Personification)
	Montage and Collage
	Lyrical Imaging (Matching pictures/Sounds to words - MTV)
	Short Stories (Plot/Summary)

Secondary Two
	Critical Appreciation (Unseen Poetry and Prose)
	Language of Advertisement
	Art Appreciation
	Fiction Study          - Animal Farm
	Drama & Film Appreciation           - Extracts from Romeo and Juliet

 

        This refers to the work that the students are expected to put in for the course throughout the year.
        Daily work will be broken into two main components:
                Exercises
                        - that test content knowledge and/or require critical thinking
                        - that encourage creative expression, whether individually or collectively
        Assessment is done through discussion, class participation, written assignments and creative projects.
 

SEMESTRAL EXAMINATIONS

        This refers to the two major written examinations in a year.
        Conducted at the end of each semester, the mid-year (or first semestral) exam is termed as SA1 and
        the year-end (or final semestral) exam is termed as SA2.
 

        This refers to any form of literary activities and competitions that the students undertake in a year.
        The purpose of this component is to encourage students to take the initiative in doing well in this subject.
        It is also meant to generate interest, facilitate literary participation, relieve exam pressure and
        contribute to the overall cultural life of the school.

 
        This criteria will be told to all pupils at the beginning of the year by their subject teachers.
        (Each student can gain a maximum of 10 points per year - to be added to the Final Overall score)

  

The Curriculum aims to create student interest in literary texts of any form and making them sensitive to the Language of Literature. This is important as Literature is not taught in primary schools.

Choral Reading/Speaking at Secondary One is meant to help students lose their inhibitions about speaking up in class; Montage and Collage helps students be at ease with pictures and words and to express themselves through a creative medium; Lyrical Imaging allows students to explore the relationship between words, images and sound.

Art and Film Appreciation; Language of Advertisement; uses visual/audio texts as a focal point to study the intentions of the artist, the effectiveness of his message conveyed and the cultural statements encoded in his work.

It is hoped that such a breadth of literary experience, coupled with the structured study of Poetry, Fiction and Drama will develop in each student an appreciation and awareness of the way language is used to achieve its effects.

To this end, the study of these genres will be facilitated through the use of skill-based activities that include IT, critical discussion, graphic/visual presentation of ideas or dramatic techniques.  By engaging students in these activities and requiring them to explain their works or responses verbally and in the written form, they should learn to be more confident in the use of the English Language to clearly express their reactions to any given stimulus.

This will be the foundation from which they can embark on Critical Analysis and Appreciation of Poetry, Fiction and Drama in Secondary Three.