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Name of Teachers |
Levels |
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Ms Bridget Ho (Panel Head) |
F.3, F.4 & F.6 |
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Ms Manna Li |
F.3 & F.5 |
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Mr Adam Dowler |
F.2 |
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Ms Fanny Leung |
F.2 |
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Ms Monima Pun |
F.2 |
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F.2-3 |
Coursework |
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Weighting (%) |
100 |
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F.4 |
First Term |
Second Term |
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Coursework |
Tests |
Mid-Year Exam |
Coursework |
Tests |
Final Exam |
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Weighting (%) |
10 |
20 |
70 |
10 |
20 |
70 |
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F.5 |
First Term |
Second Term |
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Coursework |
Tests |
Mid-Year Exam |
Coursework |
SBA proposal |
Tests |
Final Exam |
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Weighting (%) |
10 |
20 |
70 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
70 |
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F.6 |
First Term |
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Tests |
Final Exam |
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Weighting (%) |
30 |
70 |
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F.4
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First Term |
Test |
The Road |
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Test |
1 unseen poem |
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Mid-Year Exam |
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Second Term |
Test |
2 set poets & 1 unseen poem |
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Test |
The Road |
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Final Exam |
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F.5
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First Term |
Test |
4 short stories |
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Test |
The Merchant of Venice: Act I |
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Mid-Year Exam |
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Second Term |
Test |
The Merchant of Venice |
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Test |
12 set poems & 1 unseen poem |
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SBA |
SBA outline/ proposal |
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Final Exam |
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F.6
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First Term |
Test |
The Merchant of Venice |
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Test |
All short stories |
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Test |
15 set poems & 1 unseen poem |
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Final Exam |
The entire HKDSE syllabus |
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Content Area Reading List
Poetry
Abbs, Peter and John Richardson. The Forms of Poetry: a practical study guide for
English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1990.
Bloom, Harold. The Art of Reading Poetry. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004.
Heaney, Seamns and Ted Hughes ed. The Rattle Bag. London: Faber and Faber,1982.
McRae, John. The Language of Poetry. London: Routledge, 1998.
Padel, Ruth. 52 Ways of looking at a Poem. London: Vintage Books, 2002.
Strand, Mark and Eavan Boland. The Making of a Poem. London: W.W. Norton &
Company, 2001.
Novel (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
Bailey, James. Muriel Spark’s Early Fiction: Literary Subversion and Experiments with Form.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
Bower, Anne L. “The Narrative Structure of Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.”
The Midwest Quarterly, 31, 4, Summer 1990, pp. 448.
Carruthers, Gerald and MclIvanney, Liam, editors. The Cambridge Companion to Scottish
Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Gardiner, Michael and Maley,Willy. The Edinburgh Companion to Muriel Spark. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
Jeffares, A. N. and Bushrui, Suheil, editors. York Notes on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Beirut: Longman & York Press, 1995.
Mullan, John. How Novels Work. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Robb, David S. Muriel Spark’s “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” (Scotnotes). Association for
Scottish Literary Studies, 1999.
Short Story
Bell, James Scott. Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure. Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books,
2004.
Gardner, John. The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers. New York: Vintage
Books, 1991.
Gioia, Dana and R.S. Gwynn. The Art of the Short Story. New York: Pearson Longman,
2006.
Gwynn, R.S. Fiction – A Pocket Anthology. New York: Pearson Education, Inc., 2009.
Kempton, Gloria. Write Great Fiction: Dialogue. Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, 2004.
Knight, Damon. Creating Short Fiction: the Classic Guide to Writing Short Fiction.
New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1997.
Kress, Nancy. Elements of Fiction Writing: Beginnings, Middles & Ends. Ohio: Writer’s
Digest Books, 1993.
Kress, Nancy. Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint. Ohio: Writer’s
Digest Books, 2005.
Noble, William. Elements of Fiction Writing: Conflict, Action & Suspense. Ohio:
Writer’s Digest Books, 1994.
Rozelle, Ron. Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting. Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books,
2005.
Play (The Merchant of Venice)
Bailey, Amanda. "Shylock and the slaves: Owing and owning in The Merchant of Venice."
Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 62, no.1, 2011, pp. 1-24.
Ludwig, Carlos Roberto. "Is The Merchant of Venice a Comedy or a Tragicomedy?" Letras de
Hoje , vol. 56, no.1, 2021.
Lupton, Julia Reinhard. "Exegesis, Mimesis, and the Future of Humanism in The Merchant of
Venice". Religion & Literature, vol.32, no.2, 2000, pp. 123-139.
Newman, Karen. "Portia's Ring: Unruly Women and Structures of Exchange in The Merchant
of Venice." Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 38, no.1, 1987, pp. 19-33.
Spiller, Elizabeth A. "From Imagination to Miscegenation: Race and Romance in
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice”. Renaissance Drama, vol.29, 1998, pp. 137-164.
Willson, Michael J. "View of Justice in Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice and Measure
for Measure." Notre Dame Law Review, vol. 70, No. 3, 1994, pp. 695.
Film
Bergan, Ronald. Film. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2006.
Giannetti, Louis. Understanding Movies. 12th ed. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2010.
Hunt, Robert Edgar, John Marland and Steven Rawle. Basics Film-making: the language
of film. USA: AVA Publishing SA, 2010.
Online Study Guides
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Objectives
The primary rationale for SBA in Literature in English is to enhance the validity of the overall assessment and extend it to include a more extensive range of learning outcomes through employing an assessment mode that is not possible in an examination setting.
SBA Requirements
The SBA component of Literature in English constitutes 20% of the total weighting for the subject.
It involves the preparation of
• an analytical study of at least one film/filmmaker/film genre OR
• an essay on a topic related to at least one film/ filmmaker /film genre
of around 2000 to 2500 words.
Work for the SBA should not be exclusively or extensively based on the films in the List of Set Texts. Similarly, work for the SBA should not be exclusively or extensively based on film adaptations of the written texts in the List of Set Texts. Candidates can use the texts they study as an inspiration for their SBA work, but they should not include detailed analysis of those works.
The main film(s) chosen for study should have been made originally in English. Candidates should be encouraged to take the opportunity to explore in depth areas such as the content, filmic techniques and socio-cultural background underpinning the production of the film(s). Extended essays which deal exclusively with such subjects as history, sociology, psychology or science are not appropriate.
Submissions for SBA work should not exceed the word limit, which includes footnotes. Work should be typed on A4 paper with the task type(s) clearly indicated on the front cover and presented in a folder.
Record Keeping
Students are responsible for keeping a proper record of their work until the end of the assessment process, as it may be required for inspection at the request of the school or the HKEAA.
Absence from Assessment
Students failing to submit work for assessment without legitimate reasons will get a zero mark in the assessment(s) concerned. Schools may consider issuing a warning letter to the student concerned to remind him/her of the consequences of absence from assessment or failure to complete the work.
Malpractice - Plagiarism
Zero marks will be given to the task in which serious plagiarism is proven. In addition, a penalty of downgrade by one level will be imposed in the subject concerned. For extreme cases, e.g. repeated offence of plagiarism, candidates may be subject to disqualification from the subject(s) concerned or the whole examination.
Source: Literature in English SBA Teachers’ Handbook
https://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/sba/sba_hkdse_elective/dse_subject.html?17&2
General Timeline for SBA work
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School Year |
Time |
Task |
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F.5 |
November - December |
Research and decide on an appropriate film/ filmmaker/film genre. |
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After Lunar New Year Holiday |
Submit first proposal. |
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After Easter Holiday |
Submit final proposal. |
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F.6 |
First day of school in September |
Submit first draft of the essay. |
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October |
Submit second draft. |
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November |
Submit third draft. |
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Early December |
Submit final essay. |
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