Subject: English Language and English Literature (including Literacy)

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1 Subject: English Language and English Literature (including Literacy) n Overview of the journey through KS3 and resources Year 7 Me, Myself & I Novel Shakespeare Poetry Creative Writing Language Introduction to the History of English Language Year 8 Drama utobiographical writing and reading Christmas Carol; The Hobbit; War Of The Worlds; Moonfleet; The Ghost of Thomas Kemp The Tempest; Midsummer s Night s Dream; Twelfth Night Old Q Poems From Other Cultures; epic narrative poetry Exploring character and setting; writing from pictures brief introduction to linguistic origins (dventure of English, Fry s Planet Word) Our Day Out, Bog Child, Limehouse Horror, n Inspector Calls, The Crucible, View From The Bridge, Early Literature n introduction to Chaucer, some of his stories and language; The Odyssey, Short Stories Comparison of similarly themed stories from now and pre 1914 (eg: Red Room & Farthing House) Media Seven Deadly Sins Exploration of the 7 deadly sins in advertising with a focus on graphology, iconography and linguistic devices Non Fiction Exploration Touching the Void; Scott and Shackleton Genre Exploration of a chosen genre through reading and writing gothic, detective, science fiction etc. Year 9 Ex GCSE Shakespeare Ex GCSE novel Ex GCSE Poetry Non Fiction The Edwardians Macbeth; Much do bout Nothing The Woman In Black; Lord Of The Flies; To Kill Mockingbird; Of Mice & Men; Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde; Silas Marner NY old Q GCSE nthology grouping except Other Cultures Exploration of non fiction responses to the Titanic, bdication, Suffrage etc. Year 7 The provision for Year 7 is six one hour lessons per fortnightly cycle, one of which is a dedicated Literacy lesson. Year 8 The provision for Year 8 is five one hour lessons per fortnightly cycle, one of which is a dedicated Literacy lesson. Year 9 The provision for Year 9 is five one hour lessons per fortnightly cycle, one of which is a dedicated Literacy lesson. The Department s aim will be for KS3 to be inspiring and enjoyable and whole texts will be used as a focus for work and discussion. The acquisition of GCSE skills underpins the learning in each year, albeit appropriately focused for age. s a student progresses through the key stage work will be increasingly focused on GCSE and in Year 9 all texts used will be of GCSE standard to ensure that the curriculum is appropriate, exciting and challenging. The students throughout this key stage will learn the skills for later study in order to prepare them fully for KS4 and KS5.

2 Year 7 Curriculum Content UTUMN 1 UTUMN 2 SPRING 1 SPRING 2 SUMMER 1 SUMMER 2 7N CHRISTMS CROL THE TEMPEST Q OF OTHER CULTURES 7S THE GHOST OF THOMS KEMP THE TEMPEST EPIC NRRTIVES 7E THE WR WORLDS MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREM EPIC NRRTIVES 7W THE GHOST OF THOMS KEMP THE TEMPEST EPIC NRRTIVES 7C SHKESPE RE THE TEMPEST NIML FRM EPIC NRRTIVES 7P CHRISTMS CROL MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREM Q OF OTHER CULTURES

3 Year 8 Curriculum Content UTUMN 1 UTUMN 2 SPRING 1 SPRING 2 SUMMER 1 SUMMER 2 8N 8S 8E LIMEHOUSE HORROR 8W GENRE THRILLER/D ETECTIVE/ CRIME 8C THE CRUCIBLE 8P LIMEHOUSE HORROR N INSPECTOR CLLS LIMEHOUSE HORROR OUR DY OUT GENRE GOTHIC GENRE SCIENCE FICTION THE ODYSSEY GENRE GOTHIC TOUCHING THE VOID THE ODYSSEY TOUCHING THE VOID GENRE SCIENCE FICTION TOUCHING THE VOID TOUCHING THE VOID GENRE SCIENCE FICTION Year 9 Curriculum Content PST GCSE TEXTS YER UTUMN 1 UTUMN 2 SPRING 1 SPRING 2 SUMMER 1 SUMMER 2 9 9B 9D THE WOMN IN THE WOMN IN 9F 9G 9L 9R DR JEKYLL ND MR HYDE DR JEKYLL ND MR HYDE

4 LITERCY LESSONS Through the focused Literacy programme the boys will consolidate grammatical skills and hone their reading for meaning skills. There is a comprehensive and PGS dedicated scheme of study to facilitate this. Moreover, and very importantly the scheme aims to foster a love of reading for pleasure. Studies have consistently proved that students who develop good reading habits, at an early age, have better educational outcomes at higher levels of study. TERMLY SSESST TSKS ll topics are suitable to use for Speaking and Listening purposes. There should be a minimum of TWO Speaking and Listening assessed tasks per year which can be related to a studied topic. YER 7 TERMLY SSESST TSKS R Extracts comprehension exploring facts, details, language and voice W Letter to older self NOVEL R PEZZ exploration of a theme W Write an to one character to another R Comprehension extract exploring a scene, character, plot, language W Dramatic monologue for a chosen character R comparison of two thematically linked poems W re writing of a poem from an insider s point of view eg: Night of the Scorpion from the scorpion s perspective R PEZZ response to a story extract exploring characterisation or setting W Using a picture stimulus, write the detailed opening to a story ( words) OF R n analysis of a historical written extract W n extended homework producing a pictorial timeline of the history of English YER 8 TERMLY SSESST TSKS R n extract response exploring the playwright s use of dramatic devices W Writing a hidden scene R PEZZ response to how Chaucer presents a positive view of the Wife Of Bath in his Prologue W modern day Prologue and story R comparison of a pre and post 1914 text W letter from one of the studied author s explaining their intentions for the story MEDI R detailed discussion of a pictorial advert, exploring its presentation of explicit and implicit ideas W The production of a magazine advert with detailed annotation R comprehension response to Scott s last letter W series of diary entries GENRE R n extract response, exploring the writer s use of techniques to present genre. W Recreation of a genre to create a short story (500 words)

5 YER 9 TERMLY SSESST TSKS R/LIT1 response to an extract of the chosen Shakespeare play (Macbeth examples given) investigating language, character, plot and dramatic devices W n agony aunt letter (eg: from Macbeth explaining and trying to rationalise his actions) R/LIT2 How far is Macbeth influenced by the weird sisters and Lady Macbeth? W/Lit The obituary for Macbeth as appearing in the Cawdor Gazette using textual reference to support writing EX GCSE NOVEL R/LIT1 comparison of a seen (chosen novel) and unseen (thematically (Of Mice & Men examples given) linked) extract W1 n exploration of the presentation and development of a key character R/LIT2 How do the settings in OMM influence the thematic development? W2 persuasive speech by Curley s Wife on women s rights R/LIT response to a seen and unseen thematically linked poem W poem to recreate a chosen poet R response to a non fiction piece of text, exploring its presentation and language for audience and purpose W radio script to report a chosen Edwardian event Throughout KS3 study PEZZ will be embedded in the learning to facilitate the skills of literary analysis. This stands for: P Point E Explanation Z Zoom in on, for example, language usage Z Zoom out, for example, on the historical context of the writing. Enrichment activities There are many English based enrichment opportunities each year. In the library there are literary celebrations which often include visits by authors for the following: National Poetry Day World Book Day and World Book Night Harry Potter Day Shadowing the Carnegie The Year 7 Spelling Bee competition is an exciting event that underpins the Literacy curriculum. Year 9 Victorian day aims to provide context to a period studied in depth at key stage 4 David Mason, our poet in residence every summer comes to work creatively with Year 7 to improve their emotive/ creative writing skills often through drama based workshops.

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