English

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

  • 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
  • What is a story
  • Myths and Folk tales
  • Unseen poetry
  • Non-fictional text
  • Introduction to language devices
  • Speeches
  • Letter Writing
  • Introducing Shakespeare
  • Non Fictional texts
  • Writing Reports

Year 8

  • Refugee boy
  • Exploring feelings of different characters
  • Why and how a person becomes a refugee
  • Gothic devices
  • Language devices
  • Annotation
  • Unseen text
  • Poetry
  • Non-fictional text
  • Shakespeare Tempest
  • PEEL paragraphs
  • Assessment

Year 9

  • Animal Farm
  • Lovely bones
  • Refugee Boy
  • What makes a person evil
  • Reading skills
  • Annotation
  • Macbeth
  • Themes of power, loyalty
  • Kingship
  • Introducing poetry
  • Introducing conflict
  • Assessment

At Key Stage 4 (Year 10 And 11) Pupils Will:

Pupils will follow a dual certification course in English, Language and Literature. Leading to two separate G.C.S.E.

Year 10

  • 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
  • Jekyll and Hyde Analysis
  • Conflict Poetry
  • Revisiting Macbeth
  • Exam Preparation
  • Revision of Poetry
  • Revision of Jekyll and Hyde
  • An Inspector Calls
  • Socialism and Conservatism
  • Assessments

Year 11

  • An Inspector Calls
  • Analysis of Inspector Calls
  • Revision of Macbeth
  • Revision of Jekyll and Hyde
  • Exam Preparation
  • Revision
  • Exam Practice