English Literature Graduate Award

English Literature Graduate Award

This part of the website contains the syllabus for the Bricknell Primary School English Literature Graduate Award.

You will need to study all the information presented here.

Staff will help you develop the study skills you need in order to memorize, retain and recall this information.

Once you are confident you can recall this syllabus tell your teacher and they will give you your undergraduate test.

Once you have passed you will receive a badge and be known as a BPS English Literature Graduate!

BPS English Literature Syllabus 

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Emily Bronte
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Rudyard Kipling
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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William Wordsworth

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Emily Bronte

Emily Jane Bronte was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights. She wrote under the pseudonym (fake name) of Ellis Bell, as she feared that publishers would not take her seriously if it were revealed that she was really a woman. King George III and Queen Victoria ruled England during Emily’s lifetime.

  • Born: July 30th 1818, Thornton, Yorkshire.
  • Died: December 19th 1848, Haworth, Yorkshire, aged 30.

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a British short story writer, novelist, poet and journalist. His  children’s books are considered to be classics of English literature. During Kipling’s lifetime, Queen Victoria and George V ruled England.

  • Born: 30th December 1865, Bombay, British India.
  • Died: 18th January 1936, London, England, aged 70.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was another famous English Romantic poet. He lived around the same time as William Wordsworth, and was strongly influenced by Wordsworth’s poetry. Shelley himself influenced many other poets with his expressive language and strong political views. He wrote over three hundred poems and several plays and novels. During Shelley’s lifetime, George IV ruled England.

  • Born: 4th August 1792, West Sussex, England.
  • Died: 8th June 1822, Italy, aged 29. (Shelley drowned whilst out sailing. His death was suspicious: it is possible that he committed suicide; or that he was murdered by an enemy who disliked his political beliefs.)

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William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was a famous English Romantic poet. Romanticism was a style of art, literature and music during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that focused on the imagination and emotions. During his lifetime there were four British monarchs: George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria.

  • Born: 7th April 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland (the Lake District)
  • Died: 23rd April 1850, aged 80.

Learning resources

Example questions

  • Where was Emily Bronte born?

  • What is the poem ‘If’ about?

  • Which mountain does Shelley write a poem about?

  • What country was Rudyard Kipling born in?

  • Tell me something about Ozymondias.

  • What job did Emily Brontes father have?

  • Name the orphan from Wuthering Heights.

  • What flower did Wordsworth write a poem about?

  • Who is the main character in Jungle Book?

  • What famous National Park was home to Wordsworth?

Graduate Award links:

Pupils who wish to become Graduates in the available study topics can elect to study at home and in school during their own time, taking the Graduate Test when they know they are ready.

Upon graduation, they will receive a badge which they can wear on their school uniform with pride.

This will further demonstrate to their peers, parents, visitors and the wider community just how dedicated they are to their studies.