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- Edexcel IGCSE Eng Lit Component 1: Macbeth Scheme Lessons 1-17
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Skills Development
1. Centres study one set text from the list, either prose or drama. Reflect critically and evaluative on their reading. Learners are expected to respond to some of the following:
- themes, ideas and issues
- atmosphere and emotion
- plot development
- characters and relationships
- language
- relevant social, historical or cultural contexts, or literary contexts such as genre.
2. Learners develop comprehension skills. Learners articulate their understanding of key aspects of plot, characterisation, events and settings and learn to differentiate between literal and implied meaning. Learners should be able to:
- pay attention to the details of a text: understanding the significance of a word, phrase or sentence in context
- demonstrate the ability to read at a literal level and also explore deeper implications
- explain motivation, sequence of events and the relationship between actions or events.
3. Learners develop critical reading skills. Learners engage personally with 19th century texts of enduring appeal and build confidence in their abilities to sustain an individual response which is supported and justified.
- Identify and interpret key themes
- make an informed personal response, justifying a point of view by referring closely to evidence in the text
- reflect critically and evaluative on a text, using an understanding of context to inform reading
- recognise and evaluate the possibility of different valid responses to a text.
4. Learners reflect on…
