English lit text

[Sunshine1239]

My daughter is only year 9 but will be doing GCSE Lit in year 10. Does anyone know what books they study ? Just because she dislikes reading so it’ll take me a while to get her motivated. I think the exams set by Eduqas?

Thanks

There is a choice and her teacher will decide which ones.

Ah I see ok thanks
Are there any that are a given? Just don’t wanna hassle school currently as I expect they’re up the wall

It varies by exam board and in some schools by individual teachers. Honestly, given the current situation, I would not worry about reading specific texts yet.

I wouldn't start now if she dislikes reading! They spend ages going through the texts in school.

To be honest I was going to get her to watch the film version over lockdown so she knew the basic plot 🤭😂

Do you know anyone in the year above? They usually study the same books each year, well they do in our school.

Ds2 is in year 9, they are studying the same books as Ds1 did in summer of 2019. But it varies by school. For Ds1 they didn't know their 3rd book until they had started year 11! It would have been great to do it over summer. Ds2 will sit his English lit in year 11. I hate it when they sit it in year 10.

For Educas, Component 1 is Shakespeare and a choice of 6 texts, component 2 is a choice of 10 books (post 1914) and a choice of 6 books for 19th century prose.

So there is no way you want to cover all of that with a reluctant reader. She could ask her teacher if she phrased it that she wanted to get a head start on reading it.

It should be on the school's website under curriculum

Surely, if she is in year 9 already and meant to be taking the GCSE in 2021, the school should have told them which texts they are using by now?

Marching y9 now means take GCSEs in 2022. Some schools do different books for different sets and don't officially start GCSE courses until y10 anyway.

They take gcse Lit at end of year 10 and don’t start til start year 10. They do only Lit for full year then Language year 11

Sorry OP & Marching I forgot that bit of the OP.

Maybe they'll change their system and do both end y11?
It might make more sense in the current circumstances.

Usually it's the same books each year, so you can find. If there's an incomprehensible Shakespeare... try looking for Manga Shakespeare - the stories told with the original language but in graphic novel form. Helped our kids.

On the note of Shakespeare, these are plays and as such as not meant to be read but watched. So watching a movie version is a good idea to get the gist of the plot before diving into the book.

I hate it when they take English lit in year 10, but I suppose that doesn't count for the school's achievement, only English Language.

OP did she manage to find out which one it was? Is it on the school website?

AQA Shakespeare is Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet.
DD also studied Jekyll and Hyde, Blood Brothers and love and relationships poetry.

If Macbeth the Mr Bruff guide is very helpful as it contains a complete 'translation' into modern English alongside the original text. Really helped DS understand and appreciate the context of the quotations he planned to use.

There are some fantastic resources for the main texts on Seneca.

Thanks so much Ive found out it’s an inspector calls, Macbeth (or Romeo and Juliet) and a Christmas carol

An Inspector Calls, you can find DVDs/YouTube. You might need to go for an 'older' version that sticks properly to the play without invented dialogue and flashbacks. Because it is a play they will stick reasonably to the text.

Macbeth versions abound aplenty, and they will all tend to stick to the script as people don't mess with Shakespeare so much.

Christmas Carol, again there are quite a few versions, apparently The Muppets Christmas Carol is quite good. But this one, being a book not a play will have more 'missing'. There's probably an audio version somewhere.

DS has studied Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, Jekyll & Hyde and war poetry. Should have been sitting it this year but not anymore. If you’re on Twitter there are some good accounts to follow for resources such as GCSE Macbeth.

I think expecting DC to sit Eng Lit GCSE in one year is a big ask.