The overall aim of the English programme is to provide a learning environment in which pupils can improve their skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
The curriculum overview is shared below and categorised by Year Group and Terms below.
Contents:
At Key Stage 3‐(Years 7, 8 And 9) Pupils Will:Pupils will follow a course which covers all aspects of the National Curriculum, including grammar, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary‐building, all of which are taught in the context of real literacy and non‐literacy discourse.
Year 7
Autumn
- Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Characters in the books
- and the parts they play
- Writing to advise
- Writing to persuade
- Writing to complain
- Introduction to poetry
Spring
- What is a story
- Myths and Folk tales
- Unseen poetry
- Non-fictional text
- Introduction to language devices
Summer
- Speeches
- Letter Writing
- Introducing Shakespeare
- Non Fictional texts
- Writing Reports
Year 8
Autumn
- Refugee boy
- Exploring feelings of different characters
- Why and how a person becomes a refugee
- Gothic devices
Spring
- Language devices
- Annotation
- Unseen text
- Poetry
- Non-fictional text
Summer
- Shakespeare Tempest
- PEEL paragraphs
- Assessment
Year 9
Autumn
- Animal Farm
- Lovely bones
- Refugee Boy
- What makes a person evil
- Reading skills
- Annotation
Spring
- Macbeth
- Themes of power, loyalty
- Kingship
Summer
- Introducing poetry
- Introducing conflict
- Assessment
Pupils will follow a dual certification course in English, Language and Literature. Leading to two separate G.C.S.E.
Year 10
Autumn
- How to Tackle
- Language Paper 1
- Language Paper 2
- The Lovely Bones
- Unseen Texts
- Conflict Poetry
- War Photographer
- No Problem
- Half-Caste
- Victorian Era
- Science and God
- Changes of Attitude Towards Religion
- Writing Articles
- Writing Letters
- Expressing Views and Opinions
Spring
- Jekyll and Hyde Analysis
- Conflict Poetry
- Revisiting Macbeth
Summer
- Exam Preparation
- Revision of Poetry
- Revision of Jekyll and Hyde
- An Inspector Calls
- Socialism and Conservatism
- Assessments
Year 11
Autumn
- An Inspector Calls
- Analysis of Inspector Calls
- Revision of Macbeth
- Revision of Jekyll and Hyde
- Exam Preparation
Spring
- Revision
- Exam Practice