English Literature Department

English Literature Curriculum

The aims of the English Literature Curriculum at Northbrooks are:

• 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; and

• appreciate the importance of the contexts in which literary texts are written and understood.

English Literature Key Programmes

1. Secondary One:  Prose and Poetry

• Haiku writing on Singapore

• Projects on the set text ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne

2. Secondary Two:  Drama and Poetry

• Workshops on creative writing/storytelling

• Projects on the set text ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed’ edited by Ken Misuzawa

3. Upper Secondary:  Elective Literature

• The Unseen – Prose and Poetry

• Projects and debates/forum on the set text ‘Hook & Eye’ edited by Dr Dennis Yeo and Rachel Teo Zhen Li

4. All  Levels:

• Participation in internal and external competitions

• Viewing plays on the set-texts

• Brooksian Theatre Day