STPM Literature in English 920 study plan
STPM Literature in English 920 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Drama (including Shakespearean drama)
Map each prescribed play into act-by-act and scene-by-scene charts, marking exposition, rising action, climax, turning point, and resolution.
Annotate at least 30 quotations per play for characterisation, theme, imagery, and dramatic technique, recording act, scene, speaker, and context.
Analyse two Shakespearean soliloquies or asides in 300-word close readings that connect language and staging to dramatic effect.
Build a character relationship diagram for each play, labelling alliances, conflicts, dependencies, and power shifts.
Your checkpoint
A drama portfolio containing act/scene charts, a quotation bank of at least 30 entries per play, two 300-word close readings, and character relationship diagrams.
Drama (including Shakespearean drama) & Literary appreciation and criticism (unseen texts, critical approaches, essay technique)
Write two timed 45-minute drama essays, one on character and one on theme, using a thesis-evidence-analysis structure.
Apply three critical lenses to one dramatic scene and evaluate in 500 words what each lens reveals and overlooks.
Revise both timed essays against a 15-point drama essay checklist covering argument, textual evidence, dramatic terminology, and coherence.
Compile an error log of recurring weaknesses and design five targeted correction drills.
Your checkpoint
Two marked timed drama essays, a 500-word critical-lens comparison, and a completed error log with five correction drills.
Poetry
Classify each prescribed poem by form, metre, rhyme scheme, stanza pattern, and persona into a one-page taxonomy.
Annotate every poem for imagery, diction, syntax, tone, and sound devices with precise line references.
Write four 250-word close readings, each arguing how formal choices shape meaning.
Memorise 20 short quotations and recite them with accurate line references.
Your checkpoint
A poetry taxonomy, annotated poem copies, four 250-word close readings, and a checked 20-quotation recitation record.
Poetry & Literary appreciation and criticism (unseen texts, critical approaches, essay technique)
Compare two poems thematically and formally in a 600-word comparative response.
Write one timed 45-minute unseen-poem analysis using a repeatable annotation-to-thesis routine.
Apply formalist and reader-response approaches to the same poem and record what each approach reveals.
Revise two earlier close readings after feedback and document the changes in a revision memo.
Your checkpoint
One 600-word comparative essay, one timed unseen-poem essay, and a revision memo showing before-and-after changes.
Prose fiction (novel and short story)
Map plot, chronology, narrative point of view, and setting for each prescribed prose text.
Profile eight major characters, tracing motivation, development, and narrative function.
Annotate at least 20 quotations per prose text for theme, voice, structure, and context.
Write two 300-word passage-based analyses linking language choices to narrative technique.
Your checkpoint
A prose portfolio with narrative maps, eight character profiles, at least 40 quotations across the prose texts, and two passage-based analyses.
Prose fiction (novel and short story) & Literary appreciation and criticism (unseen texts, critical approaches, essay technique)
Write two timed 45-minute prose essays, one on character and one on theme or narrative method.
Compare a novel and a short story on narrative voice and structure in 500 words.
Apply historical-materialist and structuralist readings to one prose passage and evaluate their limits.
Revise both timed essays using a prose-specific checklist for quotation integration and narrative terminology.
Your checkpoint
Two timed prose essays, one 500-word comparative response, and one revised essay with tracked changes.
Literary appreciation and criticism (unseen texts, critical approaches, essay technique) & Drama (including Shakespearean drama)
Practise three unseen extracts, one each from drama, poetry, and prose, under 30-minute timed conditions.
Build a reusable 10-item essay-plan template for character, theme, technique, and comparative questions.
Write one full 900-word integrated essay drawing evidence from two domains.
Audit all portfolios for missing entries and produce a one-week gap-repair list.
Your checkpoint
Three timed unseen responses, a reusable essay-plan template, one 900-word integrated essay, and a prioritised gap-repair list.
Literary appreciation and criticism (unseen texts, critical approaches, essay technique) & Drama (including Shakespearean drama)
Sit a full three-hour mock examination under timed conditions, allocating minutes according to domain weighting.
Mark the mock script against band descriptors and produce a scored breakdown by domain.
Rewrite the weakest mock answer in 45 minutes and compare the new score with the original.
Create a final one-page quotation and terminology sheet covering each domain.
Your checkpoint
A complete mock script, a scored domain breakdown, one rewritten answer, and a one-page final revision sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Complete the drama portfolio and score at least 55% on both timed drama essays using the 15-point checklist, with no checklist category left unaddressed.
Week 4: Complete the drama and poetry portfolios, score at least 60% on two timed essays using the 20-point rubric, and reduce repeated error-log weaknesses by half.
Week 6: Complete the prose portfolio and submit three timed essays across drama, poetry, and prose at 60% or above, each with a revised final draft.
Week 8: Score at least 65% overall on the full mock examination, with no domain below 55%, and submit every portfolio and revision deliverable.