A-LEVEL
Join our English Combined course to study Shakespeare one session, and then wield your own words to wax wonders on the world in the next session.
If you’re passionate about communication, and love to read, this is a course you’ll find irresistible.
Learn from the masters, and then put those lessons to the test by concocting a cocktail of your own creative craftsmanship.
We’ll spend lots of time discussing ideas and language, and then use those ideas to inform our own inspired output.
This is a magnificent and extensive introduction to both fields of language and literature as one A-level. But Xaverian also offers English Language and English Literature as separate A-levels, meaning you could choose one or the other – or both, for double the fun!
Today’s session is all about screenplays and characterisation.
This is a great overview of how an English student would tackle a subject more familiarly associated with another Xaverian course – Drama and Theatre.
Whereas the actor would evaluate scripts to influence their live performance, on this course you’ll be analysing how language in its many forms, including colloquialisms and slang, are used to build characters and drive dialogue, action and experience.
You’ll spend much of your time studying in Marylands, a spectacular old building that perfectly sets the scene for lessons rich in discussion and debate.
After a solid introduction to working with screenplays and characterisation you’ll be invited to write the opening of a new TV show using action, dialogue, setting and contrast to expose the uniqueness of your lead character, a doctor, to the audience.
This course will test your creativity to the limits and you’ll emerge acclimatised to thinking on your feet, producing exemplary and detailed written work strengthened further by the style and alternative perspectives of your peers, teachers and literary legends.
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Two Year 12 students at Xaverian College, Caitlin Bowler and Nadia Bishop-Broadhurst entered The British Association for American Studies (BAAS) School Essay Prize earlier this …
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Emma Jones, a Year 12 student at Xaverian College, has been named one of four winners in the prestigious Portico Sadie Massey Awards, which aims …
Two Year 12 students at Xaverian College, Caitlin Bowler and Nadia Bishop-Broadhurst entered The British Association for American Studies (BAAS) School Essay Prize earlier this …
This year we celebrated 160 years of Xaverian! There have been many changes over the years, however the fundamentals have stayed the same. The zeal …
