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CSEC English B (Literature)

Set drama, poetry and prose texts studied genre by genre, quote banks, a weekly timed essay habit, the SBA, past papers and an exam-day plan for students, parents and teachers preparing for CSEC English B.

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📝 Caribbean School Exams

CSEC English B (Literature)

Studying CSEC English B: the set drama, poetry and prose texts, close reading, essay planning and timed literature answers.

  1. English B syllabus, papers and set text check
  2. Getting the right editions of your set texts
  3. Literature folder and annotation colour code
  4. Baseline timed literature essay
  5. Working glossary of literary terms
  6. First complete reading of every set text
  7. English B revision timetable to the exam
  8. Quiet reading corner and literature hour at home
  9. Study partner sessions on the set texts
  10. Saturday timed essay routine
  11. Quotation bank for drama, poetry and prose
  12. Poem of the week close reading
  13. Monthly full practice paper under exam conditions
  14. Marked essay feedback log
  15. Unseen extract drills for Paper 01
  16. Sunday literature check-in for parents
  17. Act and scene map of the Shakespeare play
  18. Shakespeare's language, verse and soliloquies
  19. Character profiles for the set plays
  20. Themes and conflict across the set drama
  21. Dramatic devices and stagecraft in the set plays
  22. Watching a performance or film of the set play
  23. Drama essay practice from past papers
  24. A repeatable method for reading any poem
  25. Poetic devices and their effect on the reader
  26. Set poems grouped by theme for comparison
  27. Caribbean voice, place and history in the set poems
  28. Poetry essay practice from past papers
  29. Chapter map and timeline of the set novel
  30. Narrative voice and point of view in the set prose
  31. Character arcs and relationships in the set novel
  32. Setting, society and context in the set prose
  33. Short stories on the prose list
  34. Prose essay practice from past papers
  35. Answering the question that was actually asked
  36. Choosing your Paper 02 questions and timing plan
  37. Mark schemes and CXC subject reports
  38. English B SBA requirements and topic choice
  39. English B SBA draft and teacher feedback
  40. Final English B SBA submission
  41. School mock exam in English B
  42. Final six weeks of English B revision
  43. English B exam day kit and morning plan
  44. Supporting a teenager through literature you never studied
  45. Literature support plan for a reluctant or struggling reader
  46. Private candidate route through English B
  47. Teacher's scheme of work for the set texts
  48. Moderated marking of literature essays
  49. Staging a key scene with the class
  50. Grade I reading, alternative views of the set texts

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

English B syllabus, papers and set text check

Set texts for CSEC English B are prescribed for a run of exam years and then replaced, so the play, poems and novel an older cousin studied may no longer be on the list. Before reading a page, find out from the current CXC syllabus and your teacher exactly which texts you will be examined on, how Paper 01, Paper 02 and the SBA are arranged, and which sections give you a choice.

First tasks

  • Download the current CSEC English B syllabus from the CXC website
  • Note the paper format and which Paper 02 sections offer a choice of text
  • Ask your teacher to confirm which play, poems and prose texts your class is studying
  • Check the CXC timetable for the English B dates once it is published

Getting the right editions of your set texts

Page numbers, footnotes and even scene divisions differ between editions, so a student holding a different copy from the class loses time in every lesson. A Shakespeare edition with facing-page notes can also make the play far less of a struggle. Settling on the editions your teacher uses, bought new, second-hand or borrowed, is a small decision that pays back all year.

First tasks

  • Photograph the cover and publisher page of the class copy of each set text
  • Ask older students and the school bookshop for second-hand copies
  • Compare prices for the same editions at local bookshops and online
  • Buy or borrow every set text and the poetry anthology before the next lesson

Literature folder and annotation colour code

Notes on three genres spread across exercise books, loose handouts and phone photos are impossible to revise from in April. A single folder with a section per text, plus a simple colour code for annotating the books themselves, means every quotation, character note and marked essay has one home from the first week.

First tasks

  • Buy a binder, dividers and four colours of pens or sticky tabs
  • Write the colour key inside the front cover of each set text
  • Sort every loose literature handout into the right section
  • File loose notes and marked work into the folder @recurring(monthly:28)

Make it yours.

Install CSEC English B (Literature), then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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