Grade 11 Literature in English Complete Notes Term 1- 3

key learning strands, sub-strands, and core competencies:

• Strand 1.0: Oral Literature
  • Introduction to oral literature, its characteristics, sources, functions, cultural significance, and role in preserving community knowledge and identity.
  • Traditional sources of oral literature, including oral traditions, elders, specialist performers, storytelling sessions, music, dance, ceremonies, and communal occasions.
  • Ogre narratives: genre characteristics, plot development, setting, conflict, characterisation, suspense, moral lessons, performance techniques, and audience engagement.
  • Work songs and praise songs: subject matter, stylistic features, social functions, rhythm, repetition, performance, and audience participation.
  • Spoken-word poetry and jokes: types, structure, language, humour, performance choices, responsible humour, and audience awareness.
  • Myths and legends: meanings, distinguishing features, narrative structures, cultural significance, moral lessons, values, and performance techniques.
  • War songs and sacred songs: subject matter, distinctive features, social and spiritual functions, collective memory, respect, and social cohesion.
  • Modern oral forms: contemporary expression, stylistic elements, performance choices, audience relationships, and the interpretation of meaning.
  • Love songs: subject matter, tone, stylistic devices, functions, performance, interpretation, and the composition of original songs.
  • Fieldwork and research in oral literature: collecting oral items, interviewing resource persons, recording contextual information, ethical considerations, transcription, translation, interpretation, and presentation of findings.
  • Literary analysis and examination techniques, including identification of genres, analysis of stylistic devices, interpretation of evidence, and explanation of social functions.
• Strand 2.0: Poetry
  • Poetic form and structure: understanding lines, stanzas, couplets, tercets, quatrains, and the contribution of structural choices to meaning.
  • Concrete poetry, acrostic poetry, haiku, and limericks: characteristics, conventions, examples, composition, and appreciation of different poetic forms.
  • Writing a poem: selecting a subject, developing an idea, organising lines, choosing suitable language, shaping structure, and revising creative work.
  • Language and style: allusion, apostrophe, juxtaposition, and parallelism, including identification, interpretation, and explanation of their effects.
  • Humour and irony: forms, stylistic features, contextual meaning, and the ways poets use contrast and humour to communicate ideas.
  • Poetic structure and sound: rhyme schemes, metre, rhythm, line arrangement, sound patterns, and their contribution to emphasis, mood, and meaning.
  • Culture and religion in poetry: cultural practices, religious beliefs, identity, values, traditions, and the interpretation of culturally significant references.
  • Tone, mood, and attitude: distinguishing these concepts and analysing how diction, imagery, sound, and structure communicate a poem’s emotional perspective.
  • African poetry: subject matter, themes, cultural experiences, social concerns, values, and interpretation of poems from African contexts.
  • Poetry performance: voice, pace, pauses, emphasis, expression, gesture, audience awareness, and effective oral presentation.
  • Guided poetic analysis, original illustrative poems, composition activities, worked examples, performance practice, revision exercises, and examination-style questions.
• Strand 3.0: Fiction and Non-Fiction
  • The novel: researching the author, understanding plot and setting, writing a synopsis, and explaining the relationship between narrative events and meaning.
  • The novel: character, characterisation, stylistic devices, character relationships, and the representation of values through fictional experiences.
  • The novel: themes, historical context, culture, social experiences, and the interpretation of literary meaning.
  • Biography: features, functions, examples, reliability, narrative organisation, plot, setting, subject matter, characters, relationships, and synopsis writing.
  • Biography: themes, culture, values, life lessons, critical appreciation, and the development of an original biographical account.
  • The play:
  • The play: themes, culture, history, values, dramatic tension, conflict, and the consequences of characters’ decisions.
  • Personal essays: features, structure, subject matter, language, tone, stylistic devices, planning, drafting, and writing.
  • Short stories: setting, plot, conflict, characterisation, synopsis, role-play, historical context, culture, themes, stylistic devices, and values.
  • Magazine articles: features, types, subject matter, themes, stylistic devices, culture, values, contemporary issues, and original writing.
  • Play creation and acting
  • Literary analysis techniques
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