SEC 12
English Literature: The Showrunner
A streaming service hires you to adapt the set texts into a series. You cast the characters, storyboard the scenes, choose a soundtrack for each poem and pitch every episode.
Exam on Thursday 13 May
68episodes
6set texts and 12 poems
4mock papers
What is inside
- Units on the six set texts nearly every candidate takes: Macbeth, A View from the Bridge, The Merchant of Venice, Animal Farm, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and the seven short stories of Stories Then and Now.
- All twelve set poems, the unseen poem and the comparison question, in the Paper II pattern.
- Each essay is written as a pitch to the studio, and marked against the MATSEC rating scales: response, methods, evidence, clarity.
- One "Check it" item per unit: fake author quotes, "banned book" posts, AI summaries that get the plot wrong.
- 14 unit tests, revision every seven days, 3 timed Paper II mocks and a Paper I mock for private candidates.
Built from
The MATSEC SEC 12 English Literature syllabus for 2027, the specimen paper and its rating scales, recent papers and the 2026 examiners' report. Short quotations only; students need their own copy of each set text.
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No account, nothing saved. If it works for your child, the whole course is €50 until 30 September 2027.