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| Topic Title | Cat On a Hot Tin Roof | Cat On a Hot Tin Roof | A Handful of Dust | A Handful of Dust | Exam Practice & Revision |
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| Key Skills and Content | • Analysing key elements of dramatic texts | • Understanding character motivations | • Analysing how different social classes impact the plot | • Exploring themes of transition and development within the narrative | • Practising exam techniques with past papers |
| • Analysing how societal issues and historical events influence characters’ actions | • Analysing family dynamics | • Exploring the implications of wealth | • Evaluating characters’ actions based on the moral codes of the text | |
| • Examining setting closely | • Identifying themes related to personal growth and transformation | • Examining societal norms and expectations | • Recognising how foreshadowing builds tension | |
| • Exploring the characteristics of tragic figures | • Exploring social issues in dramatic texts | • Understanding how figurative language contributes to meaning and tone | • Analysing how visual and sensory language creates meaning | |
| • Interpreting symbolic meanings | • Exploring the roles of secondary characters | • Analysing dialogue as a tool for character development | • Exploring the role of comedy in addressing serious issues | |
| • Examining recurring motifs | • Analysing how stage production elements contribute to the play | • Analysing the author’s perspective and how it shapes the narrative | • Understanding the social consequences of broken family structures | |
| • Analysing animal imagery | • Paper 1 exam preparation (Drama) | • Paper 2 exam preparation (Prose) | • Understanding how structure influences pacing, tone, and plot | |
| • Recognising how irony can be used to convey complex emotional layers | | | • Paper 2 exam preparation (Prose) | |
| • Paper 1 exam preparation (Drama) | | | | |
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| Summative Assessment | Teacher choice of assessment including practising exam-style passage-based essay questions | Teacher choice of assessment including practising exam-style passage-based essay questions | Teacher choice of assessment including practising exam-style passage-based essay questions | Teacher choice of assessment including practising exam-style passage-based essay questions | Teacher choice of assessment including practising exam-style passage-based essay questions |
