English HL
CAPS-aligned English HL practice for Grade 11: 4 terms, 14 topics, with instant feedback, streaks and a leaderboard.
Term 1
Prescribed Prose and Poetry
Engage with prescribed texts using mature literary terminology, device identification, theme support and contextual responses.
Literary Devices and Theme
Identify, explain and analyse literary devices — metaphor, simile, irony, allusion, enjambment — and track theme across texts.
Process Writing for FET Genres
Narrative, descriptive, argumentative, reflective and discursive essays; formal letters, CVs and covering letters; process writing stages.
Listening and Language in Context
Listening comprehension strategies, grammar and editing, unprepared speech, inference and critical response.
Term 2
Prose, Poetry and Visual Literacy
Seen and unseen poetry comparison, prose analysis, visual text interpretation and evidence-based comparative responses.
Advanced Essay and Functional Writing
Discursive and reflective essays, agendas, minutes, formal reports, magazine articles and reviews; register control.
Summary Writing Technique
Identifying main ideas, paraphrasing in own words, keeping to word limits, and writing summaries in continuous prose.
Mid-Year Exam Preparation
Paper 1, 2 and 3 structure and strategies, time management, timed writing practice and exam technique.
Term 3
Drama and Poetry Comparison
Prescribed drama, stagecraft, dramatic devices, comparative poetry analysis and analytical literature responses.
Literary and Transactional Responses
Literary essay writing, review structure, formal interviews and reports, audience and register in transactional writing.
Language Consolidation and Editing
Editing for accuracy, active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, parallel structure and prepared oral delivery.
Term 4
Comprehensive Literature Revision
Revision across novel, drama and poetry — thematic revision, quotation recall, integrated questions and embedded evidence.
Writing Consolidation
Essay and transactional format revision, editing under time pressure and selecting the most suitable exam topic.
Exam Readiness
Paper 1, 2 and 3 strategies, time management, common exam traps and approaching all three papers with confidence.
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