This course will revise aspects of the Junior Cycle course and bridge the gap to Senior Cycle content. Each session will start by reviewing material the students have previously covered and the build up, until they are working on Leaving Certificate Higher Level material. By the end of the course, students will have been introduced to many new concepts, terminology and structures/styles of writing. The goal throughout is to have students better prepared for starting into their Senior Cycle English Curriculum in September.

The material covered each day will be as follows:

Day 1 – Introduction to “Discursive Essay” – Shifting from Junior Cycle length writing to long-form Leaving Cert style essays. How to plan your long-term development as a LC English student.

Day 2 – Structure and responses to Leaving Certificate Paper 1 “Comprehension”. Introduction to the “Language of Information, Argument, Persuasion, Narration, and the Aesthetic Use of Language”.

Day 3 – “Writing Styles” – Engaging with different genres of writing in Paper 1 examination.

Day 4 – “Beyond Theme” – Engaging with ‘Critical Literacy’ in LC poetry – Studied and Unseen Poetry.

Day 5 – Introduction to Shakespeare – Key principles in engaging critically with Shakespearean language and theatrical conventions.