Bukit Panjang Government High School

Lower Secondary Core Curriculum 2015

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH
Subject

Learning
Objectives

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH EXPRESS / NORMAL ACADEMIC

The Literature-in-English Programme will enable students to:
Discover the joys of reading Literature and become aware of new ways of perceiving
the world around them.
Appreciate the aesthetic value of language.
Engage personally with a variety of texts and draw connections between self, texts
and the world in order to develop intellectual, emotional, socio-cultural and global
awareness.
Articulate perceptive and analytical thinking when discussing and writing about
literary texts.
Explore how the elements of different genres function in literary works to achieve
specific effects.
Appreciate the importance of the contexts in which literary texts are written and
understood.

Instructional
Programme

Sec One
1.

2.

3.

Sec Two

THE GIVER by Lois Lowry

(Express) / SING TO THE DAWN
by
Minfong
Ho
(Normal
Academic)
3 Plays: AH BAHS MONEY, A
CASE OF DURIANS & THE DURIAN
MAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS
Enrichment Programme Drama
Course (Semester 1 only)

1.

2.

ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

(Express) / SING TO THE DAWN
by
Minfong
Ho
(Normal
Academic)
Selected Prose and Poetry

Areas of Study

Plot
Elements of Plot
Narrative Structure

Plot
Plot Devices
Conflict

Character
Characterisation
Character Traits

Character
Character Development
Relationships

Setting and Atmosphere

Time
Place
Physical Details

Setting and Atmosphere

Situations
Mood

Theme
Identify Central Ideas

Theme
Explore Main Concerns

Style
Point of View

Style

Poetry - Imagery
Prose - Tension & Suspense (Express) /
Characterisation (Normal Academic)

Assessment
Tasks

Sec One

Sec Two

SEMESTER ONE

SEMESTER ONE

Continual Assessment 1 [15%]

Continual Assessment 1 [15%]

2 Class Tests
1. Drama assessment based on A
CASE OF DURIANS
2. Assignment on one of the three
studied plays

a) Common Test based on ANIMAL

FARM / SING TO THE DAWN
Essay Question OR Text-based Question
b) Class Test
Unseen Poetry

Semestral Assessment 1 [30%]

Semestral Assessment 1 [30%]
Mid-Year Examination based on THE
DURIAN MAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS

Mid-Year Examination
1. Essay Question OR Text-based
Question based on ANIMAL FARM
/ SING TO THE DAWN
2. Unseen Poetry

1. Text-based Questions
2. Short Answer Questions

SEMESTER TWO
Continual Assessment 2 [5%]

SEMESTER TWO
Continual Assessment 2 [5%]

2 Class Tests
1. Post-reading quiz based on THE
GIVER / SING TO THE DAWN
2. Essay Question based on THE
GIVER / SING TO THE DAWN
Semestral Assessment 2 [50%]
End-of-Year Examination based on
THE GIVER / SING TO THE DAWN
1. Text-based Question
2. Essay Question
3. Short-answer Questions (NA)

Class Test
1. Unseen Prose

Semestral Assessment 2 [50%]

End-of-Year Examination
1. Essay Question OR Text-based
Question based on ANIMAL FARM
/ SING TO THE DAWN
2. Unseen Poetry OR Unseen Prose